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Mark Carney is the new Liberal leader. What happens now?
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Mark Carney was elected to lead the Liberal party on Sunday and will soon become Canada’s next prime minister. Carney captured 85.9 per cent of the Liberal vote – far ahead of opponents Chrystia Freeland (who got eight per cent), Karina Gould (3.2 per cent) and Frank Baylis, who came in last with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby: B.C. will remove consumer carbon tax as promised once federal barrier is down
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will move as quickly as it can to remove the consumer-based carbon tax once the federal law upholding it is removed. Eby’s response comes after Mark Carney won the federal Liberal leadership race and reiterated during his speech Sunday that he will reverse the consumer ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Mountie tells hearing that ‘dark humour’ in group chats was to relieve stress
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
A B.C. RCMP officer says he showed a “lack of judgment” and regrets comments he made in police group chats, but using “dark humour” was a way to vent frustrations about the stressful job of policing. Port Coquitlam RCMP Const. Ian Solven is one of three officers from the detachment facing allegations of discreditable conduct ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. pulling all U.S. booze from government stores, widening red-state liquor ban
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
American beer, wine and all other alcohol is being removed from government stores in British Columbia in retaliation for U.S. tariffs, expanding a ban on liquor from so-called red states that voted for U.S. President Donald Trump. Premier David Eby said the widening of the ban to cover all alcohol, regardless of its state of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As Ontario hikes cost of electricity exports, Lutnick says more tariffs are coming
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Ontario placed a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the United States on Monday as Canada braced for steel and aluminum duties the Trump administration is set to deploy on Wednesday. “I feel terrible for the American people, because it’s not the American people who started this trade war,” Ontario Premier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec committee to look at how to strengthen secularism, possible public prayer ban
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government has announced a new committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province, including by possibly restricting public prayer. Amid a flurry of concern over religious practices emerging in Quebec public schools, Secularism Minister Jean-François Roberge said the committee will “document the phenomenon of infiltration of religious ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative candidate drops out of race for Ontario seat as election looms
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Conservative candidate for a northern Ontario riding has dropped out just weeks ahead of an expected election, citing issues with the local electoral district board. Cassidy Villeneuve, who was nominated to run for the Tories in Nipissing-Timiskaming, says in a letter posted to social media that she’s been working tirelessly on the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney promises ‘quick’ transition after meeting with Trudeau
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Newly minted Liberal leader Mark Carney is promising a “seamless” and “quick” transition as he takes the reins from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Carney spoke today — a day after his resounding victory in the leadership race — following a meeting with Trudeau and a separate gathering with the Liberal caucus on Parliament ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. expands alcohol ban in its liquor stores to all U.S. booze
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says Americans can “keep their watery beer” as he announces an expansion of the U.S. alcohol ban from provincial liquor stores. The province had removed alcohol from Republican states in reaction to President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Canada, but Eby says the latest news from the United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three B.C. Conservative rebels will sit as Independents
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
VICTORIA — Three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the caucus on Friday over her comments about residential schools, and Jordan Kealy and Tara Armstrong quit later that day, saying Opposition Leader John Rustad had abandoned the truth. Kealy had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three B.C. Conservatives kicked from the party will sit as Independents
By Canadian Press on March 10th, 2025
VICTORIA — Three former B.C. Conservative legislators have announced they will sit as Independents in the provincial legislature. Dallas Brodie was kicked out of the party on Friday over her comments about residential schools, and Jordan Kealy and Tara Armstrong left the party saying Opposition Leader John Rustad had abandoned the truth. Kealy had said ... Read More »
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