Category Archives: Canada

Mom urges chiefs to vote in favour of landmark $47.8B child welfare reform deal
OTTAWA - The representative plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit against Canada are urging First Nations chiefs to accept a landmark $47.8-billion child welfare reform deal. The deal was struck in Jul...
Oct 17, 2024

Car set on fire at home of owner of Old Montreal buildings hit by fatal arsons
MONTREAL - A vehicle was set on fire this morning in the driveway of the residence of a lawyer who owns two Old Montreal buildings that have burned down in the past two years and left nine people dead...
Oct 17, 2024

Singh 'doesn't understand' why Poilievre won't get top security clearance
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it's very disturbing that Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre won't get the top-level security clearance needed to view classified documents on foreign interfer...
Oct 17, 2024

Montrealer ordered to pay $35,000 fine for not declaring luxury watch at border
MONTREAL - A Montreal business owner will have to pay a hefty fine after he imported a luxury watch without declaring it to customs. A Federal Court judge this week ruled that David Segall Blouin must...
Oct 17, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Trudeau to shuffle his cabinet as four ministers plan to step down
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to shuffle his cabinet yet again after four more cabinet ministers informed the Prime Minister's Office they won't run in the next election. Filomena...
Oct 17, 2024

PBO projects deficit exceeded Liberals' $40B pledge, economy to rebound in 2025
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government likely failed to keep its deficit below its promised $40 billion cap in the last fiscal year. However the PBO also projects in its...
Oct 17, 2024

Supreme Court won't hear spy service analyst's appeal over discrimination case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has refused to hear the case of a Canadian Security Intelligence Service employee who filed a discrimination lawsuit against the spy agency. In March, the Federal ...
Oct 17, 2024

In the news today: Canada-India tiff triggers travel concerns, youth climate trial
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Canada-India tensions spark travel concerns As tensions escalate between India and Canada, some in the Indian ...
Oct 17, 2024

No shortage when it comes to B.C. housing policies, as Eby, Rustad offer clear choice
British Columbia voters face no shortage of policies when it comes to tackling the province's housing woes in the run-up to Saturday's election, with a clear choice for the next government's approach....
Oct 17, 2024

B.C. voters face atmospheric river with heavy rain, high winds on election day
VANCOUVER - Voters along the south coast of British Columbia who have not cast their ballots yet will have to contend with heavy rain and high winds from an incoming atmospheric river weather system o...
Oct 17, 2024