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Oxfam-Québec surprised to find itself on list of NGOs set to be barred from Gaza
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian non-profit Oxfam-Québec says it was surprised to find itself on a list of 37 organizations set to be barred from Gaza by Israel. The country is reportedly moving to suspend more than two dozen humanitarian organizations as of Jan. 1 for failing to comply with new vetting rules for international organizations working ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young girl identified as victim who died after shootout involving police in Nunavik
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
MONTREAL — Authorities in Quebec’s Nunavik region say the person who died 10 days after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service on Dec. 20 was a young girl. Maggie Emudluk, Kativik Regional Government chairperson, says in a statement the girl was an innocent victim of a sad tragedy. Quebec’s police watchdog confirmed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We lost a young man’: RCMP still search for suspects in Sask First Nation shooting
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
BIG ISLAND LAKE CREE NATION — Security has been doubled on a Saskatchewan First Nation as the search continues for a pair of suspects wanted in connection with a deadly shooting. The RCMP says the shooting happened early Tuesday morning in Big Island Lake Cree Nation, 400 kilometres northwest of Saskatoon, which left one person ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Seven Canadians were injured in Peru train collision: foreign affairs minister
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
Canada’s foreign affairs minister says seven Canadians were injured Tuesday in a train crash near the Machu Picchu archaeological site in Peru. Anita Anand says on social media that Global Affairs officials are providing consular assistance to those affected and are in close contact with local authorities. She says Canada stands by the people of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: Claim Rogers collects biometric data from store cameras unfounded
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
The claim Rogers retail stores used facial recognition on customers through its surveillance cameras appeared on social media in December. Rogers says it does not use the technology at its storefronts and its door screening policy at some locations is meant to ensure staff and customer safety. Stores must follow privacy laws that dictate the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta, Quebec referendums likely would fail due to Canadians’ anxiety: pollster
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — A pollster says separatist movements in Alberta and Quebec are unlikely to succeed as long as Canadians feel a persistent sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future. David Coletto, whose polling firm Abacus Data has been studying what it calls the “precarity mindset” in Canada for the last year, says that uncertainty ... Read More »
1 responseCRA says it’s owed more than $10 billion in COVID-19 benefit payments
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says it’s owed $10.35 billion in COVID-19 benefits. Nina Ioussoupova, a spokesperson for the agency, says that as of Nov. 30, it had disbursed $83.5 billion in COVID benefits to Canadians, including $45.3 billion for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit, the financial support program known as CERB. Ioussoupova says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!List of Order of Canada appointees announced New Year’s Eve
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
The Governor General made 80 appointments to the Order of Canada, including six promotions within in the Order and one honorary appointment. Companions Rosalie Abella, Toronto Simon Brault, Saint-Jean-de-Matha, Que. (promotion within the Order) Raffi Cavoukian, Salt Spring Island, B.C. (promotion within the Order) Shaf Keshavjee, Toronto, (promotion within the Order) Michael James Moldaver, Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jobs, economy top voters’ priorities at the end of a turbulent 2025: Nanos poll
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — A year-end poll from Nanos suggests jobs and the economy are the top issues on voters’ minds heading into 2026. Just over one in five respondents to the poll published this week said those economic concerns were the most important national issues — more than double the 10 per cent who listed relations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney reflects on 2025’s ‘challenges’ in New Year’s Eve message
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says in his New Year’s Eve message that Canada faced “challenges” in 2025 but the country is strongest when it’s united. As Canadians prepare to ring in the new year, Carney says it’s a time to reflect on the moments that brought us joy in 2025 and the people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gov. Gen. Mary Simon’s new year’s message to Canadians
By Canadian Press on December 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says she witnessed extraordinary solidarity across the country in the last year in response to wildfires, economic challenges and in advancing Indigenous reconciliation. In a recorded message to Canadians, released by Rideau Hall, Simon says the nation is courageous, inclusive and committed to building peace. She also thanked Canadians ... Read More »
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