
OTTAWA — The Liberal government is mulling arming the Canadian Coast Guard as it launches a significant reform of the civilian maritime agency to give it a bigger role in the country’s security apparatus.
The move is one of many significant changes that the Liberals are planning for the chronically underfunded Canadian Coast Guard (CCG) that Prime Minister Mark Carney has promised to equip with new gear and a new security mandate.
On the same day Carney announced his plan to accelerate defence spending this year, his office told National Post Monday that the CCG — which currently...
June 9, 2025 - 19:26 | Christopher Nardi | National Post
Luguentz Dort and Bennedict Mathurin are going head-to-head on the court – but off it, their families are on the same team.While Dort’s Oklahoma City Thunder battled Mathurin’s Indiana Pacers in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Sunday night, the players’ mothers and sisters watched side by side in Montreal, coming together to celebrate two homegrown talents with deep ties.
June 9, 2025 - 19:19 | Daniel Rainbird | The Globe and Mail
The RCMP lost a USB key containing personal information about victims, witnesses and informants, and later learned it was being offered for sale by criminals, the federal privacy watchdog says.
June 9, 2025 - 19:05 | | CBC News - Canada
A government push to steer Canada Post and the union representing 55,000 mail workers toward common ground hit a big pothole Monday.
June 9, 2025 - 19:00 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
After being set to close Monday, the Northwood Recovery clinic in Chinatown is to remain open under new management. Read More
June 9, 2025 - 18:58 | Sadeen Mohsen | Ottawa Citizen
A stowaway porcupine is back home in northern B.C. after a 2,000-kilometre trip by road and air across the province.
June 9, 2025 - 18:43 | | CBC News - Canada