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Photo Gallery: When moose took over Toronto
By Canadian Press on July 29th, 2025
As people around the world welcomed a new millennium, Torontonians in the year 2000 were welcoming something even bigger – a herd of hundreds of life-size moose statues. Twenty-five years ago, Toronto launched its Moose in the City campaign, a project featuring 326 colourful moose statues decorated by artists and placed all over the city ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: 10 candidates in Alberta byelection to debate
By Canadian Press on July 29th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… 10 candidates in Alberta byelection to debate Ten candidates vying to represent Battle River-Crowfoot in the House of Commons are to debate tonight in the riding’s largest municipality. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s press secretary Sarah Fischer says he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial deficits to narrow in coming years despite trade war: report
By Canadian Press on July 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Under pressure from the U.S. trade war and a slowing economy, Canada’s provinces are all expected to run fiscal deficits this year — but a Conference Board of Canada report predicts those deficits will narrow in the coming years. The report released Tuesday paints a picture of provinces struggling to balance their books. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Katrina Chen’s kids’ book tells of gender-based violence. It’s a story she knows well
By Canadian Press on July 29th, 2025
BURNABY — Former British Columbia legislator Katrina Chen sits on a couch in her Burnaby home, reading aloud from the children’s book she’s co-written. “‘Maybe,’ Mommy tells me, ‘It’s time for a stronger house. We leave everything behind. And we go.'” The mother and son in the story, “A Stronger Home,” co-written with Elaine Su, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Motion in Nanaimo, B.C., to ask for closure of safe injection site deferred
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
City council in Nanaimo, B.C., has voted to defer a motion on asking the local health authority to close an overdose prevention site next to city hall. The vote to defer Coun. Ian Thorpe’s motion passed with a 6-3 vote in favour of deferral during a special meeting of council on Monday night. Had the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada pledges $30M in Gaza aid, $10M for Palestinian Authority work toward statehood
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — While Canada is not joining France in recognizing a Palestinian state, it is funding the Palestinian Authority’s preparations to lead a globally recognized country that includes Gaza and the West Bank. Ottawa is also adding $30 million to its humanitarian funding for desperate Palestinians in the Gaza Strip. “The Palestinian question is at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Voters in Alberta byelection to use adapted ballots due to high number of candidates
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
CAMROSE — Elections Canada says voters in the upcoming Battle River-Crowfoot byelection will be required to write out the name of their preferred candidate given the unusually high number of people running and past challenges with long ballots. More than 200 people were registered to run as of Monday, which was also the last day ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Equal funding is the answer’: Eby says Ottawa must lift subsidy for B.C. ferry users
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
VICTORIA — Premier David Eby has called for the federal government to float more money for ferry users in British Columbia, adding that equal funding “is the answer,” after Ottawa cut ferry rates in Atlantic Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that starting Aug. 1, there will be a 50 per cent fare cut for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says trade talks in ‘intense phase’ after Trump scores win with European Union
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday that Canada’s negotiations with the United States are in an “intense phase” after President Donald Trump achieved a critical agreement with the European Union days away from his tariff deadline. The prime minister’s comments come after Trump last week told reporters that Canada wasn’t a priority ahead ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MAGA singer’s rights violated in Canada, say free speech experts, religious group
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — Sean Feucht, a Christian singer and rising star in the MAGA movement, has been censored and mistreated during his Eastern Canadian tour, say civil liberties experts and a religious group. All six of the concerts scheduled last week were cancelled, forcing him to seek alternative venues. In Montreal, a church allowed Feucht on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advocates question fairness as federal government backs away from pharmacare program
By Canadian Press on July 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Reproductive health advocates say the federal government’s failure to commit to funding pharmacare in all provinces and territories is leaving people with a lot of uncertainty, and could create inequality across the country. “It’s really disappointing, honestly,” said Liz Thompson, advocacy lead for Cover Contraception. “It seems like they don’t really know what ... Read More »
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