Canadian Actor Kiefer Sutherland Arrested in Alleged Assault of Ride-Hail Driver: LA Police Canadian actor Kiefer Sutherland was arrested in Los Angeles this week after city police responded to a report of an alleged assault involving a ride-hail driver. Officers with the Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) were called to the scene near the intersection of Sunset Boulevard and Fairfax Avenue, just south of Hollywood Hills, shortly after […] View article →

Iranian Judiciary Chief Signals Fast Trials, Swift Punishments as Protests Continue Iranian judiciary chief Gholamhossein Mohseni-Ejei said that 'any delay will reduce the effect of deterrence,' in comments broadcast on state TV. View article →

Controversial Islamic Prayer Hall Announces Its Closure After Council Crackdown The controversial Islamic prayer centre had been operating without relevant council approvals. View article →

Pauline Hanson Vows to Oppose Labor’s Anti-Semitism, Hate Bill One Nation Leader Pauline Hanson says Labor's proposed new anti-hate laws could backfire and criminalise displays of national pride. View article →

US Official, Jewish, and Muslim Groups Raise Concern About Australia’s Impending Anti-Hate Bill The broad bill is the Albanese government's main response to the Bondi terror attack and covers hate speech to the national gun buyback scheme. View article →

Carney in Beijing: What’s the Core Chinese Regime Condition for Better Ties? News Analysis The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) appears to have issued a public warning to Prime Minister Mark Carney a day before his China visit: If you want better ties, stop following Washington’s lead. The warning came by way of a Jan. 12 editorial published in the English-language China Daily, a CCP media outlet managed by […] View article →

South Korean President and Japanese Prime Minister Make Joint Statement South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi make a joint statement after meeting in Nara on Jan. 13. View article →

Danish and Greenlandic Prime Ministers Hold Press Conference Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Greenlandic Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen hold a press conference on Jan. 13. View article →

Staples Canada Did Not Fully Delete Personal Info From Returned Laptops: Commissioner The federal privacy watchdog has found Staples Canada did not fully remove personal information from returned laptops that it later resold. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada says its staff recently analyzed laptops returned by customers to four Ontario Staples stores and found 23 percent of the devices had personal information including names, email addresses, account […] View article →

Suspect in BC Double Murder Arrived in Canada on Student Visa Weeks Earlier: Crown The trial of three men accused of killing a couple in a violent invasion of their Abbotsford, B.C., home is underway, with the prosecution alleging the suspects were motivated by “debt, financial pressure and greed.” Crown prosecutor Dorothy Tsui says one of the suspects, Gurkaran Singh, had arrived in Canada on a student visa less […] View article →

Trial Underway Challenging Faith-Based Hospitals’ Right Not to Euthanize Patients in BC A B.C. Supreme Court trial starting this week is challenging the constitutionality of faith-based hospitals in the province opting not to provide medically assisted death for terminally ill patients. The case stems from the death of a terminally ill woman, Sam O’Neill, who sought medical assistance in dying (MAiD) while receiving care at St. Paul’s […] View article →

Carney Seeking to ‘Recalibrate’ Relationship With China: Parliamentary Aide Liberal MP Kody Blois says Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to China this week will seek to rebuild ties and set the stage for a broader partnership as Carney seeks to “recalibrate” the relationship. Blois, who is parliamentary secretary to the prime minister and part of a large Canadian delegation spending a few days in […] View article →

Greenland’s Political Leaders Rebuff Trump’s Takeover Talk At a press briefing, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the U.S. president would not rule out the use of military force to acquire Greenland. View article →

US and Venezuela Explore Restoring Diplomatic Ties After Maduro’s Capture Acting President Delcy Rodríguez balances calls for cooperation with condemnations of Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro’s capture. View article →

Missing Hazard Labels Prompt Recall of More Than 3,000 Cosmetic Products in Canada Health Canada has expanded a previous recall of cosmetic products in Canada, including Axe deodorants and various hair products, citing missing mandatory hazard labelling that could result in misuse. The agency updated its recall on Jan. 8 involving 78 products it says do not comply with Canada’s labelling regulations and could cause injury if used […] View article →

Unemployment Rate Rises to 6.8 Percent in December: Statistics Canada The unemployment rate in Canada has increased despite adding 50,000 full-time jobs to the economy last month, according to Statistics Canada. StatCan said the unemployment rate increased to 6.8 percent in December 2025, up from 6.5 percent in November. The agency said the rise partially offsets a cumulative decline of 0.6 percentage points in October […] View article →

Hands-On Wins: Why This Recent Grad Bet on Trades Over Office Life James Passafiume always knew he wanted to pursue a career in construction, but after high school he was confronted with the dilemma of choosing between an office management position or a more hands-on role at the worksite. He chose the latter option, attending Humber Polytechnic’s Building Construction Technician program in Toronto, where he learned the […] View article →

Tate Modern Attacker Jailed for 16 Weeks After Assaulting Broadmoor Staff A man who threw a six-year-old boy off the Tate Modern’s 10th-storey balcony has been jailed for 16 weeks after attacking two nurses at Broadmoor hospital. Jonty Bravery was found guilty of assaulting nurses Linda McKinlay and Kate Mastalerz after he kicked one in the thigh and clawed at the face of another in September […] View article →

Gun Buyback Pilot in Nova Scotia Netted 25 Outlawed Firearms The Liberal government says it collected 25 prohibited firearms in its gun buyback pilot program, which took place over six weeks in Nova Scotia last fall, falling short of its 200 firearms objective. Ottawa launched an initial pilot program for its federal gun buyback plan in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, in September 2025. The program […] View article →

NDP MP Says She Rejected Offer to Join Liberal Party NDP MP Lori Idlout says she will not be crossing the floor to join the Liberal Party after being asked to do so by party members and some of her constituents. “I am proud of what my fellow NDP Members and I have been able to accomplish during my 2 terms as MP… As such, […] View article →