Author: The Canadian Post

Canada’s biggest airlines asked an Ontario court in January 2026 for intervener status to oppose a constitutional challenge to the federal rule that keeps the outcomes of air passenger complaints before the Canadian Transportation Agency confidential unless both the passenger and the airline agree to disclose them. A filing to defend the gag rule In a filing made the previous Wednesday, Air Canada, WestJet, Air Transat and Jazz Aviation asked to intervene in a case over whether Canadian Transportation Agency decisions on passenger complaints should be open to the public. Under the complaint resolution process in place since 2023, customers…

Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville announced on January 24 and 25, 2026, that they will run for the leadership of the Coalition Avenir Québec, forming a two-person race to succeed François Legault. The winner, chosen on April 12, 2026, automatically becomes premier of Quebec until the October provincial election. The CAQ’s first leadership race takes shape The contest to replace François Legault became a two-person race over a single weekend in January. Bernard Drainville announced his candidacy in a social media video on Saturday, January 24, and Christine Fréchette launched hers the next day in her hometown of Trois-Rivières —…

A record winter storm buried Toronto on January 25, 2026, dropping 46 centimetres of snow at Pearson airport — the most in a single day since records began in 1937. The storm pushed January’s total at Pearson to 88.2 centimetres, cancelled hundreds of flights and shut schools, transit lines and city services. Records that stood for decades fall in a day Environment Canada confirmed that 46 centimetres of snow fell at Toronto Pearson International Airport on Sunday, January 25, the highest single-day total at the airport since its records began in 1937. The old daily mark of 36.8 centimetres had…

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency expanded its recall of Pillsbury Pizza Pops on January 25, 2026, adding more varieties over possible E. coli O26 contamination. The recall is tied to an outbreak spanning seven provinces, with 23 confirmed cases and five hospitalizations reported as investigators urged consumers to check their freezers. More varieties added to the recall The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) announced on Sunday, January 25, that numerous Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops products had been added to an existing recall due to possible contamination with E. coli O26. The expansion brought the recall to 11 product varieties made…

British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Yukon, the Northwest Territories and Nunavut signed a memorandum of understanding in Vancouver on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, to jointly develop a Western Canadian critical minerals strategy aimed at making the region a preferred global supplier. A first-ever summit of western and northern mining ministers The agreement was signed at a first-ever in-person summit of the ministers responsible for critical minerals from the four western provinces and three territories, held in Vancouver. The sessions included presentations and a roundtable with industry, investment and Indigenous leaders before ministers signed the deal. The MOU establishes a framework…

Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro said Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, that six of the seven generating units at the Bay d’Espoir station had restarted after divers cleared mattress-sized sheets of frazil ice from its intakes, but the island’s power warning remained in effect and rotating outages were still possible. Divers clear the intakes A fragile recovery got underway Sunday at the province’s largest hydroelectric plant, two days after frazil ice — a slushy buildup of ice crystals in supercooled water — shut Bay d’Espoir down completely for the first time since 1967. Hydro reported that divers had cleared substantial ice sheets,…

Government House leader Steven MacKinnon welcomed the Conservatives’ “spirit of co-operation” on Sunday, Jan. 25, 2026, as Parliament prepared to resume, saying he would discuss the details of the Opposition’s offer to fast-track crime, trade and cost-of-living bills with Conservative House leader Andrew Scheer. A welcome, with details to follow Speaking on CBC’s Rosemary Barton Live on the eve of the Commons’ return from its six-week winter break, MacKinnon acknowledged the co-operative approach from the Conservatives and expressed interest in discussing the specifics with Scheer, his opposite number. The comments responded to an open letter Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sent…

U.S. President Donald Trump threatened on January 24, 2026, to impose a 100 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods if Ottawa went ahead with a trade deal with China. Ottawa responded that Canada is not pursuing a free trade agreement with China, saying the Beijing arrangement only resolved several outstanding tariff issues. ‘China will eat Canada alive’ Trump issued the threat in posts on his Truth Social platform on Saturday, January 24, warning Prime Minister Mark Carney — whom he again addressed as “Governor,” a reference to his suggestion that Canada become the 51st U.S. state — against turning…

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wrote to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Jan. 24, 2026, offering to fast-track legislation on trade deals, grocery prices, bail reform and major projects as Parliament returned, while sharply criticizing the Liberal record under the subject line “Time to turn rhetoric into reality.” An olive branch with thorns The letter, sent Saturday before Parliament opened Monday after a six-week winter break, opened by quoting Carney’s widely shared speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos earlier in the week: “A country that can’t feed itself, fuel itself, or defend itself has few options.” Poilievre argued Canada…

The Parti Québécois rallied around Quebec independence at its annual congress in Saint-Hyacinthe on Jan. 24, 2026, where hundreds of delegates began adopting a platform for a future government centred on holding a sovereignty referendum during a first mandate, as the party leads in Quebec voting intentions. ‘The last PQ congress before independence?’ Hundreds of delegates gathered in Saint-Hyacinthe, about 60 kilometres east of Montreal, for a weekend congress the party framed as the drafting table of the next Quebec government. The PQ is polling near the top in voter intentions ahead of the provincial election set for October, even…