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‘Life and death’: Chief tells of trauma and bravery in grizzly attack on B.C. pupils
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a scene of trauma and heroism when a grizzly bear attacked without cause, badly injuring four people, the Nuxalk Nation’s elected chief said on Friday. Thursday’s attack on the elementary class as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union, strike suspended
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing thousands of mail carriers across the country say they have reached agreements in principle after two years of contentious bargaining. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says rotating strike action has been suspended as the parties work out language in the new contracts. The union says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada Post reaches deal in principle with union
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post and the union representing thousands of mail carriers across the country say the parties have reached agreements in principle after two years of contentious bargaining. More coming. Craig Lord, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Class-action lawsuit in plant-based milk recall settled at $6.5M
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
TORONTO — Canadians who bought or drank recalled plant-based milk linked to a listeria outbreak have reached a $6.5-million settlement with Danone Canada, Wal-Mart Canada Corp., and Intact Insurance Company. The settlement is tied to a listeria outbreak that led to a national recall of several Silk and Great Value plant-based milk products in July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberals want media to release names in anonymous text-message exchanges
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez says his party will send a formal legal notice to the Journal de Montreal, after the news outlet published a report alleging some party members were paid to vote for him in his leadership campaign. The report published earlier this week alleges two people who “actively worked” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cargo unloaded from sinking barge off B.C. coast as planning starts for move south
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BELLA BELLA — The local First Nation in the vicinity of a sinking barge off the central British Columbia coast says some cargo containers have been moved off the damaged vessel. The Heiltsuk First Nation says 25 containers from the barge that was being towed by a tug from Alaska to Seattle have been moved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigration minister extends pause on new private refugee sponsorships to 2027
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab is extending until 2027 the pause on new applications through the Private Sponsorship for Refugees Program as the department works to clear its backlog. New ministerial instructions were published in the Canada Gazette today along with a notice on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website. This pause applies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian workers’ free speech fears persist two years after Israel-Hamas war began
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
During the Israel-Hamas war, a Canadian paramedic was fired, a teacher was put on extended leave and a doctor’s residency was suspended. All of them said they were penalized for criticizing Israel on social media, calling their punishments unfair and a blatant violation of their Charter right to freedom of expression. Free-speech advocates and legal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney in South Africa as concerns grow over U.S. boycott of G20
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in South Africa for a G20 summit overshadowed by a U.S. boycott — and as critics of Canada’s Africa strategy closely watch Carney’s first trip to the region as prime minister. “There’s a great synergy and opportunity for us to collaborate on core challenges that affect us all,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzly attack on B.C. elementary class is latest in series of encounters
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
A grizzly bear attack on a group of elementary school students in Bella Coola, B.C., on Thursday is the latest in a series of recent encounters with the animals in British Columbia. Several people have been badly injured and at least one person has died. Here is a list of attacks in B.C. this year: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada’s first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries — a move that has been sharply criticized by Canada’s development sector. The announcement of Canada’s $1 billion contribution to the Global Fund — down more than 17 per ... Read More »
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