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The continental trade pact is up for review in 2026 — here’s what Trump might want
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — A mandatory review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement on trade kicks into high gear next year as U.S. President Donald Trump continues his campaign to realign global trade and poach key industries from America’s closest neighbours. Negotiations on the trade pact, better known as CUSMA, were a stress test for Ottawa during the first Trump ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Interim budget officer says he regrets calling feds’ fiscal management ‘stupefying’
By Canadian Press on December 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Jason Jacques says he learned a lot about the importance of choosing his words carefully in his first few months as the interim parliamentary budget officer. His whirlwind ascent from obscure bureaucrat to high-profile thorn in the Liberal government’s side began in late summer, when outgoing budget officer Yves Giroux’s term was set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pulled ’60 Minutes’ segment surfaces on web with Canadian broadcaster’s branding
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
A segment of the American news program “60 Minutes,” pulled by CBS News prior to its U.S. airing, began circulating online Monday with the branding of Canadian broadcaster Global TV. Multiple media reports say the program was uploaded to StackTV, Global’s streaming platform, though it was not available to watch as of late Monday. Global ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Independent state?’ Proposed referendum question approved on Alberta separation
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta’s election agency announced Monday it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada. The question seeks a yes or no answer to: “Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state?” Elections Alberta said the proponents ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Proposed referendum question approved on Alberta separation
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta’s election agency says it has approved a proposed referendum question on the province separating from Canada. The question: Do you agree that the province of Alberta should cease to be a part of Canada to become an independent state? Elections Alberta says the proponent — the Alberta Prosperity Project — has until ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four people hospitalized related to Pizza Pop recall, CFIA says
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says 20 people have been made sick and four hospitalized after an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops. The agency says those who became ill range in age from 1 to 87 and live in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick. A national recall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young child hurt after gunfire exchange involving police in northern Quebec: mayor
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
MONTREAL — The mayor of a village in Quebec’s Far North says a six-year-old girl was one of two people injured after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service. Inukjuak Mayor Bobby Epoo says the girl was flown to a hospital in Montreal where she is receiving care, but did not provide an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things to know about Quebec Premier François Legault’s tough year in 2025
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault is finishing 2025 with his party running in third place in the polls, behind the Parti Québécois and the Liberals. The polling caps off a difficult year that saw his party lose six legislature members, including five who are now sitting as Independents. With just nine months until the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. health authority wins in court against husband’s ‘death plan’ for sick wife
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
NANAIMO — The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the husband of a woman with Alzheimer’s disease removed as her representative over a “death plan” he decided to carry out if his wife became ineligible for medical assistance in dying. The ruling says the Vancouver Island Health Authority took the man — who isn’t identified by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American visits north up for first time in eight months as Canadians still avoid U.S.
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
Canadians are still holding back from travelling south of the border, as trips by Americans to Canada rose for the first time in eight months in October, Statistics Canada reported. The number of Canadian-resident return trips from the United States in October totalled 2,336,872, down 26.3 per cent from 3,170,986 a year ago. “There’s a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa, First Nations presenting plans to reform child welfare system
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa and First Nations are presenting the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal with competing plans to reform the First Nations child welfare system today — the latest step in a lengthy fight that has stretched nearly 20 years. The August tribunal order that mandated the proposals came nine years after it concluded that the ... Read More »
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