 | | | | August 4 , 2026 at 04:27:49 p.m. EDT • : | | Five UN rapporteurs have written to the government of Canada calling on it to do more to protect Sikh activist Moninder Singh, who has received four "duty to warn" letters for his activism in favour of a separate Sikh homeland. The UN experts say Singh may have been targeted for speaking to the world body, and ask for the Canadian government to respond. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 4 , 2026 at 01:57:17 p.m. EDT • : | | Canada's federal government is advancing the process to designate the Alberta government's proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast as a project of national interest. A notice published in the Canada Gazette on Aug. 1 marks the start of a 30 day notice period to designate the potential pipeline as a project of national interest under Bill C-5. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 4 , 2026 at 01:26:42 p.m. EDT • : | | Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is back in Washington, D.C., for another slate of meetings as the latest U.S. tariff threat is just over two weeks away. | | Read more | | |  | | | | August 4 , 2026 at 10:39:02 a.m. EDT • : | | During the pandemic, members of Parliament began voting and attending committee meetings from home. Six years later, parliamentarians are divided over whether those hybrid rules should remain in place. | | Read more | |  | | | | August 4 , 2026 at 11:27:50 a.m. EDT • : | | Alberta's referendum on national unity could be a target for foreign interference, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is monitoring the risks, the agency says in a letter to the leader of the Alberta NDP. | | Read more | | | |
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