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Prime Minister Mark Carney scheduled to visit Kelowna, B.C., Tuesday
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
KELOWNA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Kelowna, B.C., for an announcement at a lumber facility on Tuesday after attending the Vancouver Pride parade on the weekend before he toured a Canadian Forces facility on Vancouver Island on Monday. Carney toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility near ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!After unionized Canada Post workers reject ‘final offers,’ what happens next?
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Labour experts say another postal service strike is unlikely after unionized Canada Post workers rejected their employer’s latest round of offers in a forced vote and the parties mull their next steps. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said Friday that the roughly 55,000 members represented by the union shot down the Canada ... Read More »
1 responsePhoto Gallery: Prime Minister Carney Visits BC
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his visit to British Columbia on Monday as he toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility on Vancouver Island. Wearing a navy blue suit, Carney visited the facility near Nanoose Bay, about 30 kilometres north of Nanaimo, for about 2 1/2 hours, during which he toured the ... Read More »
1 responsePhoto Gallery: Fighting the Wesley Ridge Wildfire
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
The B-C Wildfire Service says the Wesley Ridge wildfire on Vancouver Island has grown to more than five square kilometres and is now considered a wildfire of note. The service says numerous fire departments on the island have converged on the blaze to protect properties and structures around Cameron Lake. Here’s a look at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney toured Canadian Navy facility as B.C. visit continued Monday
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
NANOOSE BAY — Prime Minister Mark Carney continued his visit to British Columbia on Monday as he toured the Canadian Forces Maritime Experimental and Test Ranges facility on Vancouver Island. Wearing a navy blue suit, Carney visited the facility near Nanoose Bay, about 30 kilometres north of Nanaimo, for about 2 1/2 hours, during which ... Read More »
1 responseThree facing smuggling-related charges after 44 migrants intercepted in Quebec: CBSA
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
MONTREAL — Canada Border Services Agency says it has arrested and charged three alleged smugglers after police intercepted a truck carrying 44 foreign nationals in southern Quebec over the weekend. CBSA says RCMP and Quebec provincial police intercepted the vehicle with dozens of people aboard near Stanstead, Que. overnight between Saturday to Sunday. The agency ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man dead, four injured in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont., crash: police
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
Provincial police say a 35-year-old man is dead and four people are injured after a two-vehicle crash Sunday evening in Whitchurch-Stouffville, Ont. Ontario Provincial Police say they responded to the crash at around 9:20 p.m. on Highway 48 in the hamlet of Ballantrae, located around 15 kilometres east of Aurora, Ont. Police say the crash ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Armed Forces airdrop aid to Palestinians in Gaza
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadian aircraft carried out an airdrop of nearly 10,000 kilograms of aid to Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. The Canadian Armed Forces flew a CC-130J Hercules aircraft over the Gaza Strip to conduct the drop. Prime Minister Mark Carney says in a social media post that Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada airdrops aid to Palestinians in Gaza
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canadian aircraft carried out an airdrop of 21,600 pounds of aid to Palestinians in Gaza on Monday. Earlier this week, Israel loosened restrictions on food and medicine reaching the Gaza Strip in response to an international outcry over starvation in the Palestinian territory. More coming. The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian researchers solve 12-year mystery of sea star wasting disease
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
A team led by researchers in British Columbia has solved the mystery of a gruesome disease that has killed billions of sea stars along the Pacific coast of North America, more than a decade after the die off. Melanie Prentice, the lead author of a new study, recalls a moment of “not really believing it” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family caught in police shootout announces lawsuit against Montreal police, city
By Canadian Press on August 4th, 2025
MONTREAL — A family that was caught in a shootout between Montreal police and an armed suspect last year is suing the police force and the city. Houssam Abdallah and his family members allege the officers acted negligently and recklessly towards them, causing lasting physical and mental impacts. Lawyer Virginie Dufresne-Lemire says Abdallah was shot ... Read More »
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