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Photo Gallery: B.C. spill response team runs exercises
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
The Western Canada Marine Response Corporation exercised off Vancouver Island last month. Five vessels, including Canada’s largest oil response ship, the nearly 75-metre-long K.J. Gardner, were out on the waters between Moresby and Pender islands. The practice is all the more important as more ships leave Vancouver’s Burrard Inlet after the expansion of the Trans ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Auto sector tempering expectations of Carney-Trump meeting
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian auto industry is tempering its expectations of the high-profile Tuesday meeting between Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump. The industry is among those suffering the most from steep U.S. tariffs and officials from it say they are looking for positive signals but not much more. Brian Kingston, president ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa shifts budgets to the fall as minister defends new fiscal focus
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne on Monday unveiled major changes to how and when the Liberal government will introduce federal budgets in the future as the focus on Ottawa’s current fiscal path intensifies. Champagne announced the Liberal government plans to table the federal budget in the fall going forward, ending the long-standing practice of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta teachers say provincewide strike aims to fix underfunded system in crisis
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
EDMONTON — The head of Alberta’s teachers union says the provincewide strike by thousands of his members is about drawing a line in the sand on underfunding and overcrowding that has become so egregious, kids can’t learn. “We’re in a crisis right now with what’s happening in our schools,” Jason Schilling told a news conference ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Trump vows new 25% tariff on heavy trucks ahead of Carney meeting
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump says he will slap a 25 per cent tariff on medium and heavy-duty truck imports, an announcement that comes just a day before he meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney. Trump made the announcement in a post on his social media platform Truth Social saying the new tariff rate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Number of temporary worker applications fell as fine total increased, government says
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa issued almost $5 million in fines to companies for not complying with the rules that accompanied the temporary foreign worker permits they received, new government data shows. The Employment and Social Development Canada report also said that after new rules kicked in last year making it harder to get a temporary foreign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three men arrested, charged in extortion shooting in Surrey, B.C.: police
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
SURREY — Three men have been arrested and charged on shooting allegations that police in Surrey, B.C., say are believed to be linked to an extortion investigation. Police say charges stem from an early-morning shooting on March 27 in a residential area of the city where multiple shots were fired at the home. The service ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airport warns about catfishing as people arrive to meet loved ones who don’t exist
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — The chief executive of an airport in central Newfoundland says staff have noticed an increase in people who appear to have been victims of a manipulative scheme known as catfishing. Reg Wright with the Gander International Airport says more people have been arriving at the facility to meet someone they’ve been speaking ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Economic uncertainty takes centre stage at summit of Great Lakes premiers, governors
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Economic uncertainty caused by the Trump administration was the focus of a three-day summit of Great Lakes governors and premiers in Quebec City. Ontario Premier Doug Ford took aim at U.S. President Donald Trump during today’s closing news conference, saying the president should be more concerned about China than Canada. Pennsylvania Democratic Governor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Number of temporary worker applications falls as fines rise, government says
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa says the number of temporary foreign worker applications has dropped by half since September 2024, when new rules were introduced to make it harder to get a permit. Employment and Social Development Canada also says it collected nearly $4.9 million in fines for non-compliance, including the largest penalty ever imposed under the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premature baby boy abandoned on porch of home on Montreal’s South Shore
By Canadian Press on October 6th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — Police say a premature baby boy was abandoned Sunday night outside a home on Montreal’s South Shore. Longueuil police say someone left the boy on the porch of the home at around 11 p.m., rang the doorbell and fled. The occupants found the newborn and called 911. Police say medical authorities determined the ... Read More »
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