OTTAWA — China’s foreign minister is visiting Canada this week, something International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu is calling a positive sign about the relationship between the two countries.

Wang Yi arrives in Canada on Thursday for a three-day visit that is the first by a Chinese foreign minister in a decade.

The Chinese minister and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand are expected to discuss the recently updated Canada-China Strategic Partnership, trade, investment and global security, says a statement released by her office last week.

Sidhu says the

MONTREAL — Canada’s main flight attendants union is crying foul on airline submissions to the federal government for its probe into unpaid work in the sector.

In a letter, the head of the union’s airline division says the self-audits on wages that airlines provided to authorities this month rely on a narrow and “misleading” definition of what constitutes work in order to show that cabin crew are paid fairly.

Wesley Lesosky called on Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu to reject the submissions, claiming they fail to reveal that many

Six years after the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet following an interaction with Toronto police, her family and community advocates are calling for changes and accountability when it comes to coroners’ inquests.

An inquest into Korchinski-Paquet’s death was announced in April , and family and friends say that whatever recommendations are made, they will be implemented as soon as possible and that they are binding.

“One of the challenges we have with the coroner’s inquest, including ones that are juried, is that those recommendations often

TORONTO — Uber’s president wants the federal government to act faster on policies and programs that will help Canadian companies build.

Andrew Macdonald says he thinks the country needs to move more quickly from announcements to progress.

As an example of how the government could speed up, he pointed to the major projects office Prime Minister Mark Carney launched last summer to fast-track the development of ports, railways, energy corridors and more.

Macdonald says the idea of a six-month target for getting project approvals is admirable, but

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will introduce its long-awaited AI strategy next week.

Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon initially promised it would be tabled by the end of last year.

The government at first signalled an adoption-focused approach, while critics said the group Ottawa asked to advise it on AI leaned too much on the perspective of industry and the tech sector.

The public conversation around AI has shifted since to focus more on concerns about safety and social impacts.

Canada also has strengthened relationships with

Peel Regional Police officers are investigating what they’re calling a “suspicious” tow truck fire in Mississauga early Wednesday morning.

Officers were called to the Credit Valley Drive and Glen Erin Drive area at around 4:09 a.m. for reports of a vehicle on fire.

Police later confirmed that the vehicle was a tow truck.

No injuries were reported and police have not yet determined if the latest incident is considered a case of arson.

Peel police have been dealing with a rash of recent tow truck fires