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In the news: Food prices rise, First Nations to meet Feds, B.C. Conservative chaos
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Food prices to rise 4-6% next year: report Expect food to take up a bigger share of household budgets next year. The latest Food Price Report produced by several Canadian universities is projecting that an average family ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Consultations set to begin on controversial Quebec constitution bill
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
MONTREAL — A draft constitution tabled two months ago by the Quebec government was supposed to be a unifying declaration of Quebecers’ common values, but it has instead been denounced as ill-conceived, divisive and authoritarian. Critics say the constitution bill would erode human rights and limit dissent, and could reopen an unnecessary debate on abortion. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rustad may make B.C. Conservatives ‘ungovernable’ if he doesn’t exit, says analyst
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
VICTORIA — A political analyst says John Rustad’s disputed leadership of the B.C. Conservatives appears “unsustainable” after he refused to step down in the face of a caucus mutiny. University of British Columbia political science lecturer Stewart Prest says he can’t see a way for Rustad to regain control of the Opposition, but he can ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why was ‘incredible’ giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.’s big-tree protection law?
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was “incredible,” the largest he’d ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island. The monumental cedar stood in what was one of the few intact or nearly intact old-growth valleys left on the island, says Wright, an advocate who also recorded the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Key ministers to address Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — A handful of key federal cabinet ministers will address the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today, including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne. But Energy Minister Tim Hodgson and Defence Minister David McGuinty — two ministers helping to advance Prime Minister Mark Carney’s major projects agenda — have been taken off the agenda, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dr. Roberta Bondar, 1st Canadian woman in space, turns 80
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Dr. Roberta Bondar was the first Canadian woman and the first neurologist to travel to space. As she celebrates her 80th birthday on Thursday, the Sault-Ste-Marie-born Bondar, reflects on the future of space exploration, her life and what’s to come. On being the first Canadian woman in space: Bondar holds four degrees and is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Arctic air, coastal flooding, and high winds forecast for parts of Atlantic Canada
By Canadian Press on December 4th, 2025
Icy cold weather is sweeping into parts of Atlantic Canada starting today, while other regions begin to shake off the effects of yesterday’s nor’easter. Environment Canada has issued a yellow warning for cold in New Brunswick, with temperatures forecast to drop to between -30 and -33 degrees Celsius, into Friday morning. Meanwhile, most snowfall warnings ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BC Hydro takes ranchers to court, says they blocked ‘nation-building’ hydro line work
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Crown utility is taking a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., to court for allegedly blocking access to properties that BC Hydro needs to enter as it prepares for work on the $6-billion North Coast Transmission Line. Prime Minister Mark Carney was in Terrace, B.C., last month to announce that his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney meets with Prairie chiefs outside Assembly of First Nations gathering
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney met Wednesday with chiefs representing Treaties 6, 7 and 8 on Parliament Hill, who expressed openness to the idea of pipeline ownership days after Carney signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta that opens the door to get one to B.C.’s coast. Piikani Nation Chief Troy Knowlton, speaking to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby says no to harvesting old growth for pulp to extend life of B.C. mill
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
VICTORIA — The British Columbia government is looking for ways to help a pulp mill closing on Vancouver Island, Premier David Eby said Wednesday, but logging the province’s old-growth forests for pulp is not an option. Eby was scheduled to meet Wednesday with the head of the union representing the 350 Domtar workers who are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some B.C. Conservatives say ‘incapacitated’ Rustad out as leader. But others disagree
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
VICTORIA — The B.C. Conservative Party announced that John Rustad was “removed” as leader of the Opposition on Wednesday and a caucus vote had installed Trevor Halford as interim leader after 20 MLAs representing a caucus majority said they had lost confidence in Rustad and wanted him out. But if Rustad’s opponents thought that was ... Read More »
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