Carney Says Canada Will Continue to Build Its Military to Support Ukraine Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada will continue to expand its military in the years ahead, in part to provide security guarantees for Ukraine. Carney is in France meeting with fellow leaders of the “Coalition of the Willing,” comprised of approximately 35 nations that have pledged to provide political, military, and security support to Ukraine […] View Article →

Swiss Ski Resort Bar Where 40 Died in Fire Had No Safety Inspection Since 2019, Mayor Says Prosecutors said the fire was likely caused by champagne sparklers igniting the soundproofing foam in the bar's basement ceiling. View Article →

China Bans Dual-Use Exports to Japan, Escalating Tensions Over Taiwan The CCP has dialed up pressure on Japan after verbal threats and economic retaliations failed to compel Japanese prime minister to retract her Taiwan comments. View Article →

Carney Says He’s ‘Absolutely Not’ Keeping Freeland as MP Due to Minority Government Prime Minister Mark Carney says the reason he has not asked Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland to resign her seat is not because the Liberals are in a minority government. Carney was speaking to reporters in Paris on Jan. 6 on the margins of a meeting of the “Coalition of Willing” to discuss terms of a […] View Article →

Strong Gains by Stocks Helped Improve Pension Health in 2025: Mercer A new report says the health of Canadian defined-benefit pension plans improved in 2025, helped by strong gains in equities and modest returns on fixed-income investments. The report by pension consulting firm Mercer says the median solvency ratio, which measures the adequacy of a plan’s assets to cover its promised benefits, was 132 percent as […] View Article →

Speaker Johnson Says He Doesn’t Expect US Troop Deployment in Venezuela Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said a recent briefing on Venezuela to both parties of Congress posed more questions than it answered. View Article →

Morgan Stanley Lifts Gold Forecast to $4,800, Citing Fed Cuts and Global Risk Gold also recently overtook U.S. Treasuries as a share of global central bank reserves for the first time since 1996. View Article →

NDP Demands Freeland ‘Immediately’ Resign Her MP Seat After Accepting Ukraine Position The interim leader of the NDP is calling on former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland to immediately step down as an MP after accepting an unpaid position as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s adviser on economic development. The former Liberal finance minister announced on Jan. 5 her resignation as the prime minister’s special representative for the […] View Article →

Nestlé Recalls Some Baby Formula Products in Europe Over Toxin Concern Product recalls for brands SMA, BEBA, Alfamino, and Nan have gone out across Europe, including the UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Denmark, and Switzerland. View Article →

Two Caribbean Nations Agree to Accept Asylum Seekers From US Trump’s December proclamation imposed ‘partial restrictions and entry limitations’ on Dominica and Antigua and Barbuda. View Article →