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Following healthy food guidelines in Canada comes at a high cost, study finds
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
MONTREAL — A recent study out of Laval University finds many foods that are high in sodium and sugar on Canadian shelves are much cheaper than healthier, equivalent options. The lead author said she hopes the findings could prompt meaningful action at the political level to reduce health inequalities caused by high food prices in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM Carney makes last-minute trip to Egypt summit for Trump’s Gaza peace plan
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney was set to leave Sunday afternoon for Egypt, to take part in a hastily organized summit surrounding the truce U.S. President Donald Trump helped arrange between Israel and Hamas. Carney will join leaders from more than 20 countries in the Red Sea city of Sharm el-Sheikh, where Egyptian President ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: PM Carney making last-minute trip to Egypt for Trump peace plan summit
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is off to Egypt this afternoon to take part in a summit surrounding the truce U.S. President Donald Trump helped arrange between Israel and Hamas. Carney is heading to the city of Sharm el-Sheikh, joining other world leaders Monday where Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi says he will co-chair a ... Read More »
1 responseFrench language complaints and inspections surge in Quebec
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
Quebec’s office for the protection of the French language carried out close to 10,000 inspections this past year as the province ramped up its crack down on businesses that fail to comply with its language law. A total of 9,813 inspections were carried out between April 1, 2024 and March 31, 2025, representing a 47 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three N.L. activists aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla released from Israeli detention
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
AMMAN — Three Newfoundland and Labrador activists have been released from Israeli detention and are en route home to Canada. Sadie Mees, Devony Ellis, and Nikita Stapleton were part of a flotilla of nine ships aiming to bring medical aid to Gaza, and break the Israeli naval blockade. According to the Gaza Freedom Flotilla group, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!University of B.C. launches mushroom-powered toilet, turning waste into fertilizer
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A “beautiful experience” isn’t a term often used for a trip to an outhouse, but researchers at the University of British Columbia say the description fits for their mushroom-powered waterless toilet. It’s described as the world’s first such toilet, turning human waste into compost using mycelia, the root network of mushrooms. The MycoToilet, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Learning lessons from Canada’s wildfire season, Manitoba evacuations
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Governments and non-profit groups are taking time to review this year’s wildfire season and the unprecedented challenges posed by evacuating tens of thousands of people across wide swaths of the country. The Canadian Red Cross registered 52,000 people across the Prairies, Ontario and Atlantic Canada, making it the agency’s largest domestic operation in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Shifting global picture disrupted Canada’s national security strategy update: memo
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government’s efforts to revise Canada’s national security strategy hit a snag when it became clear earlier this year that many of the assumptions underlying the work were “no longer valid,” a newly released memo reveals. John Hannaford, the Privy Council clerk at the time, told Prime Minister Mark Carney in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senator says she was never told her 2005 surgery would leave her sterile
By Canadian Press on October 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Quebec senator says she was never told by her doctor that a surgical procedure she went through in 2005 would render her unable to have children, and hopes her story can advance a broader reckoning on systemic racism in Canada. Sen. Amina Gerba told her story to her colleagues on the floor ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney condemns Russia’s attacks on Ukraine’s energy during call with Zelenskyy
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy spoke Saturday about recent Russian attacks on Ukraine’s energy grid. A readout about the call issued by the Prime Minister’s Office says Carney condemned the attacks, and that Canada is closely co-ordinating with Ukraine on new ways to support defending Ukraine’s energy infrastructure and ensuring Ukraine ... Read More »
1 responseActivists from Gaza-bound flotilla expected to return to Canada this weekend
By Canadian Press on October 11th, 2025
After being detained by Israeli forces, activist and doctor Nimâ Machouf is expected to land in Montreal on Sunday, her husband said. The epidemiologist from Montreal was among several Canadians that had been aboard a flotilla attempting to bring humanitarian aid to the Gaza Strip. The vessel, named The Conscience, was intercepted by Israeli military ... Read More »
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