Author: The Canadian Post

Canada’s big public pension funds are splitting into climate leaders and laggards, advocacy group Shift says in its annual report card. Quebec’s La Caisse earned the benchmark’s first A-range grade, while CPP Investments fell to a D after abandoning its net-zero target and a $130-billion green investment pledge. ‘Totally different directions’ Shift: Action for Pension Wealth and Planet Health released its annual ranking of 11 of Canada’s largest public pension funds on Wednesday, and its central finding is divergence. Where funds once improved incrementally and in the same direction, they are now moving apart. “They’ve gone in totally different directions,”…

The president of the Tahltan Central Government urged British Columbia on Tuesday not to weaken its Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, speaking at the signing of a mineral tax revenue-sharing agreement for the Eskay Creek mine — a project approved through the first consent-based assessment held under that law. ‘Not a good idea to take anything away’ Kerry Carlick, president of the Tahltan Central Government, delivered the message at an event in Vancouver where he co-signed the revenue-sharing agreement with Deputy Premier Niki Sharma. He said it is not a “good idea to take anything away from…

Justin Bieber and Tate McRae lead the nominations for the 2026 Juno Awards with six each, the most either artist has earned in a single year. The Weeknd and newcomer Cameron Whitcomb follow with five apiece. Winners will be revealed March 28–29 in Hamilton, with Mae Martin hosting the televised broadcast. A career-high tie at the top The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) unveiled the nominees for the 55th Juno Awards on Tuesday, and the top of the list is a tie between two of the biggest pop stars Canada has produced. Bieber, of Stratford, Ont., and…

Burst pipes at Montreal’s Douglas Mental Health University Institute flooded four research laboratories on Monday, damaging sophisticated equipment used in Alzheimer’s and depression research. The local health authority blamed cold weather and the aging Lehmann pavilion, built between 1894 and 1910, and said nobody was injured in the flooding. Water through the ceiling Video of the incident shows water raining down onto equipment in one of the labs as a waterlogged ceiling tile gives way and crashes to the floor. The local health authority, the CIUSSS de l’Ouest-de-l’Île-de-Montréal, said the incident was major and damaged the second and ground floors…

Darrell Jones, the former Save-On-Foods president known to British Columbians from his “Darrell’s Deals” grocery ads, launched a bid Tuesday for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C., saying the province stands at a “crossroads” and pledging to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. From the stock room to the board room Jones announced his candidacy in Surrey, in front of about 100 supporters, with his wife and son on stage beside him. Raised in Cranbrook, he has lived in Surrey for more than 30 years and spent his career at the Pattison Food Group,…

Canada and India relaunched their dormant ministerial energy dialogue at India Energy Week in Goa on Tuesday, pledging deeper two-way trade: Canadian crude oil, liquefied natural gas and LPG to India, and Indian refined petroleum products to Canada, alongside closer investment and clean-energy co-operation. A dialogue brought back to life Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson met India’s Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri on the sidelines of India Energy Week 2026 in Goa, where the two issued a joint statement and formally relaunched the Canada–India Ministerial Energy Dialogue. The mechanism was once the main channel for…

Alberta’s three chief justices issued a rare joint statement Tuesday defending judicial independence, days after Premier Danielle Smith told a radio caller she wished she could “direct” judges. The statement did not name Smith, but said democracy works only when each branch of government respects the independence of the others. A rare statement from the bench The statement, dated Tuesday, is signed by acting Chief Justice of Alberta Dawn Pentelechuk, Court of King’s Bench Chief Justice Kent Davidson and Court of Justice Chief Justice James Hunter. Public interventions by sitting chief justices are uncommon in Canada, and a joint statement…

A second major winter storm in a week struck Atlantic Canada on January 26, 2026, dumping up to 35 centimetres of snow on Nova Scotia and driving Labrador wind chills toward -46 under orange warnings. Schools closed, flights were cancelled and winds gusting to 70 km/h created blowing snow across the region. Second storm in seven days The snow arrived overnight Sunday and kept falling through Monday, exactly one week after the region’s first major storm of the season. Environment Canada placed all of Nova Scotia under a yellow snowfall warning, with the system expected to continue into Tuesday morning…

Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew said on Jan. 26, 2026, that the search of Winnipeg’s Brady Road landfill for the remains of Ashlee Shingoose is showing promising signs, with excavated material matching the date ranges and trucking routes associated with her March 2022 disappearance, though he cautioned there are no guarantees of success. Searching the right zone Excavation at the Brady Road landfill in south Winnipeg began the previous month, after the province completed tests to narrow the search area and removed and stored a layer of overburden. Kinew said searchers have uncovered material from date ranges and trucking routes that…

Prime Minister Mark Carney unveiled the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit on January 26, 2026, renaming and boosting the GST credit by 25 per cent for five years, plus a one-time top-up this year. Ottawa says the enhanced payments will reach more than 12 million low- and modest-income Canadians starting in July. An affordability package for Parliament’s return Prime Minister Mark Carney chose the day MPs returned to the House of Commons from the winter break to unveil a package aimed squarely at the cost of groceries and other daily essentials. The centrepiece is the Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit,…