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13-year-old girl struck and killed by school bus in Montreal suburb
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LAVAL — A 13-year-old girl died Thursday evening after she was struck by a school bus moments after she had exited the vehicle in Montreal’s northern suburb. Erika Landry, a spokesperson for Laval police, says emergency vehicles were called to an intersection in the Ste-Rose district around 5:40 p.m. She says the girl died on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada announces $1B for Global Fund to fight infectious diseases
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada will contribute just over $1 billion over the next three years to the Global Fund to fight infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. Cindy Termorshuizen, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal representative for the G20 summit in South Africa, made the announcement today in Johannesburg ahead of Carney’s arrival at the summit. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sidhu: $6-billion trade infrastructure fund key to doubling non-U.S. exports
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he’s witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. Sidhu told The Canadian Press that in more than a decade working in the private sector as a customs broker, the focus for private ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion in investment from the United Arab Emirates. The announcements came as Carney concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi that focused heavily on trade amid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Grizzly attacks B.C. elementary class, many hurt
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
PORT COQUITLAM — When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver. What unfolded over the next 13 hours was a horrific ordeal for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man accused of killing his two children granted third postponement
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LAVAL — The trial for a Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has been postponed for a third time. Kamaljit Arora is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his 13-year-old daughter and his 11-year-old son, and charged in the attempted murder of another ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharmacare advisory committee report set to be made public
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to release a report today by the advisory committee tasked with determining how to set up a national pharmacare program. The committee was set up last fall, after the Pharmacare Act became law, and was given a year to report back to the health minister. The pharmacare law ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B to be invested in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1 billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 million in investment from the United Arab Emirates. The announcements come as Carney concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi, which focused heavily on trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney’s office says United Arab Emirates will invest $70 billion in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates plans to invest $50 billion USD in Canada, the equivalent of $70 billion, according to the office of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney’s office says the deal is part of a bilateral investment framework agreement, and did not indicate what timeline under which the dollars would flow. His ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says $1B critical-mineral processing project coming, heads to South Africa G20
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is working on a project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, which he says will be valued at more than $1 billion. Carney told business leaders in Abu Dhabi that the agreement is still being finalized, and aims to create jobs in Canada. ... Read More »
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