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Fact Check: A look at White House claims about Canada’s fentanyl fight ‘failure’
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
The United States made good on its promise to slap hefty tariffs on Canada Friday as the countries failed to reach a trade deal by U.S. President Donald Trump’s deadline. A fact sheet from the White House said Canada’s “failure” to address the opioid crisis was part of the reason for going ahead with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!McGill faculty groups file constitutional challenge of Quebec labour bill
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
MONTREAL — Four faculty groups at McGill University have launched a constitutional challenge of a Quebec bill that allows the provincial labour minister to terminate strikes. The associations, which represent 500 academics, say the bill restricts the constitutional right to strike. They are asking Quebec Superior Court to declare the bill unconstitutional and invalid, calling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fisheries Department offered support to firm behind doomed Titan submersible
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
HALIFAX — A U.S. Coast Guard investigation into the 2023 sinking of the Titan submersible south of Newfoundland says that Canada’s Fisheries Department sent a letter of support to the sub’s American owner two years before the deadly implosion. The 300-page investigation report says the sinking, which claimed five lives, was “preventable.” It says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Finance and foreign ministers in Mexico to talk trade ahead of Carney’s visit
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand and Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne are in Mexico to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum to talk economic growth, trade and security. Their trip is happening ahead of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s planned visit to Mexico to meet with Sheinbaum. The U.S. hit Canada on Friday with a 35 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Carney scheduled to visit B.C. Interior Tuesday
By Canadian Press on August 5th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney scheduled to visit B.C. Interior Tuesday 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 and touring ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!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 »
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