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Advocates disappointed budget offered no funding for IVF, despite campaign pledge
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Fertility advocates say they’re disappointed the Liberal government did not make good on its campaign promise to fund in vitro fertilization treatments in the recent federal budget. The Liberals pledged in April to create a program to provide up to $20,000 per cycle of IVF, something they estimated would cost $103 million annually ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Airport security firm sues Canada for $420 million after failed contract bid
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
TORONTO — A multinational security firm that used to provide screening services at airports in British Columbia and the Yukon is suing the Canadian government for more than $420 million after being replaced by a rival bidder last year. Universal Protection Service of Canada Corp., known as Allied Universal Canada, filed a statement of claim ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: Hudson’s Bay art collection at auction
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
A Winston Churchill painting sold for the highest price yet for art once owned by the defunct Hudson’s Bay Co., earning $1.3 million at a Toronto auction Wednesday. The 1935 oil work, a Marrakech scene gifted to HBC by Churchill’s wife, had been expected to sell for between $400,000 and $600,000. The Yorkville sale drew ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate activists award Canada satirical ‘fossil of the day’ title at COP30
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s reputation as a global climate leader took a hit Tuesday when it was awarded the “fossil of the day” title at the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. Climate Action Network International, which has handed out the satirical award since 1999, said Canada was singled out for the first time in more than ... Read More »
1 responseEnding tanker ban risks billions, B.C. minister says; Liberal MPs say consent needed
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
British Columbia’s jobs minister says ending a tanker ban to service a pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s northern coast would put billions of dollars’ worth of other projects at risk by defying the wishes of First Nations. Ravi Kahlon says the province’s NDP government also remains opposed to the pipeline project, while B.C. Liberal MPs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New trade deal to chop red tape, knock down trade barriers across Canada
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
VICTORIA — A trade agreement has been signed between all provinces, territories and the federal government to will bring down trade barriers, allowing businesses to sell their products across Canada. Ravi Kahlon, British Columbia’s minister of jobs and economic growth, announced the agreement in Victoria, although it was signed by the country’s trade ministers at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Activists award Canada ‘fossil of the day’ title at UN climate conference
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s reputation as a global climate leader took a hit Tuesday when it was awarded the satirical “fossil of the day” title at the UN Climate Conference in Brazil. The Climate Action Network, which has handed out the satirical award since 1999, said Canada was singled out for the first time in more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney visits Abu Dhabi as alarm grows over possible UAE role in Sudan’s civil war
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived Wednesday in Abu Dhabi to seek more ties with the United Arab Emirates in fields like artificial intelligence — just as the country stands accused of helping to fuel a genocide in Sudan. Carney’s visit to the UAE, the first by a sitting Canadian prime minister since ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP says B.C. ostrich farm investigations continue, charges neither laid nor stayed
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
RCMP say investigations are ongoing in relation to their enforcement operation at a British Columbia farm where avian influenza prompted the cull of hundreds of ostriches, with charges neither laid nor stayed after several arrests. Katie Pasitney, whose mother Karen Espersen is the co-owner of Universal Ostrich Farms, had posted a video to her Facebook ... Read More »
1 responseB.C.-incorporated cryptocurrency firm appeals record $176 million Fintrac penalty
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
TORONTO — A cryptocurrency firm incorporated in British Columbia is appealing a $176 million penalty issued by Canada’s anti-money-laundering agency last month. Xeltox Enterprises Ltd. says in an appeal filed in Federal Court that Fintrac’s penalties for violations of the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act were based on “errors of law.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Will Newfoundland energy deal be finalized? ‘Good question,’ says Hydro-Québec chief
By Canadian Press on November 19th, 2025
Hydro-Québec’s chief executive says she is confident a draft energy deal with Newfoundland and Labrador will be finalized, despite political moves in the eastern province that leave the agreement on shaky ground. When reporters first asked Claudine Bouchard if the deal would proceed, she chuckled and said it was a “good question.” The new head ... Read More »
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