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Country singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta singer Corb Lund has been given the go-ahead to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. Elections Alberta posted the official OK on its website. Lund has said he’s seeking the intervention as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Singer Corb Lund gets OK to launch anti-coal petition drive in Alberta
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta has approved a bid by country music singer Corb Lund to start collecting signatures for a petition to ask the province to pass a law banning new coal mining on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby rejects a recall of the legislature, will amend, not repeal UN Indigenous Act
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
VICTORIA — Opposition politicians and a business group are urging the British Columbia government to recall the legislature in order to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act after the province’s Appeal Court ruled in favour of Indigenous groups over the mineral claims regime. Trevor Halford, the interim leader of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada turns to EU for agreements on AI as Montreal hosts G7 digital, tech ministers
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s artificial intelligence minister kicked off two days of meetings among G7 ministers Monday touting new digital agreements with Europe — a move that comes at a time of deep divisions between the EU and the U.S. on AI regulation. “In the global economy where trust is becoming a scarce commodity, the EU ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Transat poised to start suspending flights as strike deadline looms
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
MONTREAL — Air Transat passengers face the prospect of flight suspensions this week as the leisure airline prepares to wind down operations ahead of a Wednesday strike deadline from pilots. Travel company Transat A.T. Inc., which owns the carrier, said cancellations would ramp up ahead of a potential work stoppage that could begin as early ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coroner investigating after woman, 88, found dead outside retirement home in Laval
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
LAVAL — The coroner is investigating the death of an 88-year-old woman found outside a retirement home north of Montreal. Laval police say the woman was found on Monday morning near the Villagia de l’île Paton residence in Laval, Que. Police spokesman Nicolas Mongeau says a 911 call came in at 6:50 a.m. for medical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post commits to free postage for people who are blind as legislation changes
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post is vowing to maintain free-postage service for people who are blind even as Ottawa’s budget bill looks to repeal those parts of the postal service’s legislation. Bill C-15, the federal budget implementation act, contains a proposal to allow Canada Post to set its own postage rates. Right now, the Crown corporation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gull-Masty signals go-slow approach to changing First Nations status eligibility
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says the Assembly of First Nations sent a strong signal to her government to end the second-generation cutoff in the Indian Act, but her government won’t make that change without broad consultations with leaders. First Nations chiefs voted last week to support Senate amendments to a government bill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous Act can be repealed in days if Eby recalls legislature: Opposition leader
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
VICTORIA — The interim leader of the Conservative Party of B.C. says the Declaration on the Rights of the Indigenous Peoples Act can be repealed in a few days, if Premier David Eby immediately recalls the provincial legislature. Trevor Halford says British Columbia cannot wait until February to repeal the legislation, following a court ruling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM says back-to-office plan for bureaucrats coming soon as MPs call for flexibility
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday his government’s plan to get public servants to spend more time in the office will come into “sharper view” over the next several weeks. The issue came up when Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe asked Carney about the prospect of public sector job cuts during the mayor’s monthly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The salmonella outbreak linked to pistachios is still ongoing. What you need to know
By Canadian Press on December 8th, 2025
As holiday baking season begins, federal health agencies are warning Canadians that an investigation into salmonella-contaminated pistachios is still ongoing. Since March, 155 people have been reported sick with the bacterial illness after eating various brands of pistachios and pistachio-containing products, some as recently as November. That includes 24 people who were hospitalized. The Public ... Read More »
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