OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney sat down this week with two of Quebec’s leading television anchors to discuss a tumultuous year for him and for Canada. Read More

Population fell by 0.2% in third quarter – and the only other quarterly decline on record was attributed to Covid limits

Canada experienced one of its largest drops in population in the most recent quarter, the result of a crackdown on international students. The drop marks dramatic turnaround for a country that has long pegged its economic growth to immigration.

New estimates released on Wednesday by Statistics Canada showed that Canada’s population fell by 0.2% in the third quarter to stand at 41.6 million, down from 41.65 million on 1 July.

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© Photograph: Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images

© Photograph: Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images

© Photograph: Andrej Ivanov/AFP via Getty Images

Toronto launched its bid Wednesday to host a new defence-oriented world bank that could create up to 3,500 jobs in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Read More

Canadian researchers tracking bear known as X33991 noticed she had gained a second cub who likely needed help

Scientists in Canada have documented a rare case of female polar bear adopting a new cub, in an episode of “curious behaviour” that highlights the complex relationships among the apex Arctic predators.

Polar Bears International, a non-profit conservation group, said on Wednesday that when they first placed a GPS collar on a female polar bear in the spring, she had one young cub. But when she was spotted with two cubs of roughly the same age last month, they realized they were witnessing an exceedingly rare case of adoption.

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© Photograph: Dave Sandford/Discover Churchill

© Photograph: Dave Sandford/Discover Churchill

© Photograph: Dave Sandford/Discover Churchill

The Ontario Provincial Police on Wednesday announced the dismantling of an auto theft criminal organization and the recovery of more than 300 vehicles valued at approximately $25 million and destined for foreign markets including the Middle East and West Africa. Read More

Le Canada modifie en profondeur ses règles d’accès à la citoyenneté. Entrée en vigueur le 15 décembre, la loi C-3 veut mettre fin à des discriminations de longue date.

Only 13 examples of polar bear adoptions have been recorded among Canada's western Hudson Bay population since studies began more than 45 years ago. The mother, known as bear X33991, was spotted with two cubs in November near Bird Cove in the Churchill wildlife management area when she had only one in the spring. Alysa McCall, the director of conservation outreach and staff scientist at Polar Bears International, explains how the adoption gives the second cub a better chance of survival

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© Photograph: Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill

© Photograph: Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill

© Photograph: Dave Sandford / Discover Churchill

Pro-Palestinian advocates are claiming that Israel is suppressing independent reporting in the West Bank after a delegation of Canadians, including six MPs, was denied entry into the conflict-prone region. This is nonsense, as the Palestinian territory is easily accessible. I know because I travelled there last Friday. Read More

OTTAWA — If the road to Canadian prosperity is to now be built on growing exports to markets other than the United States, as Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed, a major new pothole may need attention. Read More

The surprise defection of former Conservative MP Michael Ma to the Liberals has prompted allegations of an overly close orientation to Chinese-government views, as well as protests outside his office and a petition urging him to resign. Read More

The B.C. Court of Appeal has granted interim release to a medical aesthetics spa owner convicted of seven counts of sexual assault, pending the hearing of his appeal. Read More

There’s baking and then there’s Christmas baking. The elevated latter version involves sprinkles. It involves candy cane flavour infusions. It involves a bit more time and energy — but it also involves family or friends bonding in the kitchen. Up the festive fun factor with these five Canadian-made finds. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government is implementing stricter methane regulations on both the oil and gas and landfill sectors in an initial batch of more severe environmental policies to be implemented by the Carney government.  Read More

The Liberal government concealed a deal with alleged "raging antisemite" Laith Marouf, two Conservative MPs say after they learned about it through a written inquiry. Read More

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has clapped back at remarks by Ontario Premier Doug Ford regarding a boycott of travel there by Canadians, suggesting it's not hurting his state as much as the premier says it is. Read More