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Group of U.S. distillers complains N.S. and other provinces favouring local alcohol
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
HALIFAX — A group of U.S. alcohol producers claims Canadian retailers are giving unfair advantage to local spirits, including what it calls “discriminatory” markups in Nova Scotia and other provinces. The Distilled Spirits Council of the United States has sent a 77-page submission to the office of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer outlining obstacles the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Christmas cold for the West, freezing rain in Ontario and winter storms in the East
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
Relentless cold and snow are in the forecast for many areas of Western Canada for Christmas, while northern Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador will see blizzard conditions until Boxing Day. Environment Canada says a windy winter storm is on the way for almost all of Newfoundland and Labrador and northeastern Quebec where between 30 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Act one is over,’ says MP who defeated Poilievre in last election
By Canadian Press on December 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal MP Bruce Fanjoy has a square glass case in his office that holds a spray-painted pair of sneakers he wore while campaigning for the federal election. He calls it his “Stanley Cup.” Fanjoy became the MP for the Ottawa-area riding of Carleton in the last election after defeating Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.W.T. RCMP deny excessive force, racism allegations after suspect suffers frostbite
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
BEHCHOKǪ̀ — Mounties in the Northwest Territories are defending the actions of some of their officers during the arrest of a suspect after the Dene Nation alleged the man was left with severe hypothermia and frostbite. Police dispute the allegation from the nation that officers with the Behchokǫ̀ detachment used excessive force when they apprehended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn won’t run for leadership of B.C. Conservatives
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
VICTORIA — Vancouver Island MP Aaron Gunn says he won’t run for the leadership of the Conservative Party of B.C. because he doesn’t want to risk giving the federal Liberals a majority government. Gunn says his departure could “upend the balance of power in Ottawa” and leaving would be too great a risk as Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!5 people hospitalized in E. coli outbreak linked to Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
The Public Health Agency of Canada is reporting a fifth hospitalization in an E. coli outbreak linked to recalled Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops. The federal agency says 23 people got sick with the bacterial illness in seven provinces after eating or handling certain flavours of the frozen snack between early October and late November. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec school cellphone ban has had positive impact, students and administrators say
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s expanded school cellphone ban is getting top marks from some students and administrators who say the measure has improved students’ concentration and social interactions. Longueuil, Que., Grade 11 student Constance Boie told The Canadian Press that students now spend their breaks talking or playing games instead of staring at their phones. Fellow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney’s holiday message to Canadians
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the holiday season is a time to slow down and reflect and to reconnect with loved ones. In a recorded message to Canadians, he says the holidays remind people of all traditions that light follows darkness. Carney, who is Catholic, says Christmas is a special time for Christians ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Santa cleared for Christmas Eve travel, transport minister says
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal transport minister says Santa Claus has been cleared for travel in Canadian airspace. Steven MacKinnon released a video in which he authorizes Santa to deliver Christmas presents in Canada. It has become an annual tradition for the federal transport minister to release a Christmas Eve video officially permitting Santa’s travel. This ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Amid talk of possible peace deal for Ukraine, Canada’s focus is Ukraine’s sovereignty
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Europe is watching for a possible breakthrough in U.S.-led talks for a ceasefire in Ukraine, as Canada has repeatedly said it’s up to Ukrainians to decide how the war ends. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has told reporters he would be willing to withdraw troops from the country’s eastern industrial heartland as part of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government to ask Supreme Court of Canada to weigh in on electoral map changes
By Canadian Press on December 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will seek leave to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada to block a redrawing of the provincial electoral map. Premier François Legault’s government tabled a law in 2024 to interrupt the boundary-redrawing process, which had called for the removal of a riding on the Gaspé Peninsula and ... Read More »
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