A Canadian drone maker with investments from a company linked to Donald Trump Jr. lobbied the federal government 44 times over the course of just over a year prior to receiving an up to $24-million contract.

On Sept. 11, the Canadian government awarded Saskatoon-headquartered Draganfly Inc. a five-year contract to supply the Canadian Armed Forces with an initial 100 drones, up to a possible 5,000, described as “low-cost tactical intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance uncrewed aircraft systems.”

Record numbers of foreign workers in Canada are claiming their employers are abusing them, straining a federal relief program designed to help them find other jobs. 

In 2025, more than 15,600 foreign workers applied for a federal open work permit intended to help them escape abusive workplaces — a more than twelvefold increase from the number of applications in 2021. 

Behind Prime Minister Mark Carney and EU President Ursula von der Leyen’s joint announcement to make Canada an “associate member” of the 27-nation bloc by next June, there looms CBAM, a ‘carbon tax’ that could make it very expensive for Canadian companies shipping to Europe. Analysts say the solution lies at home.

Decades of environmental assessments and contemporary earthquake hazard mapping warn of severe risks posed to the environment if oil is allowed to ship out of Roberts Bank, undermining government claims the site is well suited for development.

The Israeli government has said repeatedly that it wants to lessen its reliance on the U.S. for military funding

WASHINGTON — The Democratic flip of the Senate is expected to put two Democrats who support “Medicare for All” in charge of key committees.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is expected to lead the Finance Committee, and Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) is the presumptive next chair of the health committee. 

The wins that Democrats amassed on Tuesday night could breathe life into efforts to create some type of a single-payer system. While Sanders has long been a vocal advocate of Medicare for All, Wyden has only recently voiced support for the policy. 

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