OTTAWA — The federal government will introduce two major bills in the last days of the Parliamentary sitting, focusing on privacy and ensuring First Nations have access to clean drinking water.

The Liberal government has given notice it will bring forward a long-promised update to Canada’s private-sector privacy law.

The bill is expected to include protections for children’s data as well as measures ensuring Canadians’ data is not used for surveillance pricing.

It would be the Liberal government’s third attempt to update the Personal Information

MONTREAL — Porter Airlines is betting travellers will embrace a new passenger terminal at Montreal Metropolitan Airport, on Montreal’s South Shore.

Commercial service begins today from the new terminal in Saint-Hubert, with Porter launching flights to 11 Canadian destinations, including Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton and Toronto, marking a major expansion of its passenger service.

Chief executive Michael Deluce says bookings have already exceeded expectations and he predicts the airport will quickly become “the talk of the town.”

Deluce says Porter’s research found roughly

MONTREAL — Doctors say Quebec paved the way for medical assistance in dying in Canada and influenced federal MAID legislation, passed by the House of Commons 10 years ago to allow eligible adults to request the process.

The province now has the highest MAID rate in the world. Medically assisted deaths made up a record 7.9 per cent of all deaths in Quebec, or 6,268 cases, in 2024-2025. Across Canada, the rate was 5.1 per cent

TORONTO — For some, the 10th anniversary of Canada legalizing medical assistance in dying might evoke a peaceful memory of their loved one’s final moments.

Others who long to die but are ineligible for MAID because their sole condition is a mental illness may find the date sinks them further into the pain of waiting.

Then there are those who feel shame that this country offers death as a solution to suffering.

A decade after MAID was first introduced in Canada, opinions are far more divided than they were at the

OTTAWA — Starting today, military police will no longer accept Criminal Code sexual offence complaints, in anticipation of passage of the Liberal government’s military justice system reform bill.

Bill C-11 will strip the military of its jurisdiction to investigate and prosecute sexual offences involving Canadian Armed Forces members committed within the country, and hand those cases over to the civilian justice system.

The legislation follows on past recommendations from former Supreme Court justices Morris Fish and Louise Arbour, the current Governor General.

Arbour concluded in a 20

The United States and Iran have reached an interim deal aimed at ending the war and reopening the Strait of Hormuz .

There are plans for a signing of the deal on Friday in Switzerland. However, previous announcements fell through, and what the deal contained remained in dispute Monday.

Here’s a timeline of the tensions over Iran’s atomic program:

Early days

1967 — Iran takes possession of the Tehran Research Reactor supplied by America under the “Atoms for Peace” program.

1979 —

INGLEWOOD, Calif. (AP) — Iranian Americans are torn over Iran’s participation in the World Cup, as some community members plan to watch Monday’s match and others plan to protest outside the stadium where the team will play.

A rally is planned for outside the stadium near Los Angeles, home to the largest Iranian community outside Iran. Many of Southern California’s Iranian Americans arrived after the Islamic Revolution, and a hub of eateries, shops and markets about 10 miles (16 kilometers)

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes won their first Stanley Cup championship in 20 years on Sunday night, using a suffocating defence in Game 6 to shut down the Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 and winning three straight games of a thrilling final filled with momentum swings and spectacular offence.

Brandon Bussi, who entrance late into Game 3 helped turn around the series for Carolina, recorded his first career playoff shutout in stopping 22 shots. Jackson Blake had a goal and assist, and Taylor Hall scored just 3

Toronto police have identified the victim of a “gruesome” homicide that was reported in North York early Sunday morning.

Authorities say 32-year-old Erik Safar of Toronto was killed in what investigators describe as a “targeted” attack in the city’s west end.

Police were called to a residential building on Agate Road in the area of Keele Street and Wilson Avenue shortly after 6 a.m. for reports of unknown trouble.

It was alleged that there was a fight between a group of people in