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UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
By Canadian Press on November 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — The head of the United Nations’ HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government’s planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. “My message to Prime Minister Carney, to Canada, and to all the other donors is, stay the course,” UNAIDS executive director Winnie Byanyima told The Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government’s legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed at the labour movement. Tens of thousands of Quebecers armed with noisemakers and signs marched from Place du Canada to Premier François Legault’s Montreal offices marching against ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Investigators deployed to scene following a train derailment near Cranbrook, B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
CRANBROOK — An investigation is underway after multiple cars of a Canadian Pacific Kansas City train derailed about 16 kilometres east of Cranbrook, B.C. The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a team of investigators has been sent to the scene. CPKC says in a statement that the derailment took place around 7 a.m. in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian watched childhood home burn as Hong Kong blaze killed more than 100 people
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leaving more than 100 dead and hundreds missing. It has been a roller-coaster of emotions for Chow, who has gone from worry to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Unions, community groups to hold demonstration in Montreal against Quebec government
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s major labour unions are expected to take over downtown Montreal to express their anger over the Quebec government. The unions believe that the François Legault-led government is embarking on a shift to the right of the political spectrum, which jeopardizes the Quebec that generations have built together. In particular, they criticize the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Independent report into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations due in January 2026
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
QUÉBEC — The Quebec Liberal Party says a retired judge hired to investigate allegations of cash payments during the party’s leadership race will have to submit a report by the end of January 2026. The party’s executive signed off on the independent investigation mandate given to retired judge Jacques R. Fournier, a former chief justice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Study says Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament’s rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That conclusion was arrived at after a 10-year study conducted by a trio of defence experts — academics David Auerswald, Philippe Lagassé and Stephen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The NDP leadership candidates have some ambitious ideas — here are some of them
By Canadian Press on November 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The five NDP leadership candidates all agree on the need to revitalize the party’s grassroots and build up riding associations as the party recovers from its near-wipeout in the April election. Beyond that, the contenders are offering significantly different platform pitches now that the first debate has come and gone. Here are some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expected to be open next month. For security reasons, journalists were required to sign a nondisclosure agreement preventing them from revealing the facility’s location. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hodgson says it’s ‘premature’ to draw conclusions about fate of B.C. tanker ban
By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Federal Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said Thursday it’s “premature” to draw conclusions about the potential removal or adjustment of the West Coast tanker ban, since no pipeline route has been mapped out to bring oil from Alberta to the B.C. coast. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Hodgson said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feds set to open new coordination centre for disaster response
By Canadian Press on November 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expected to be open next month. For security reasons, journalists were required to sign a nondisclosure agreement preventing them from revealing the facility’s location. ... Read More »
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