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CP NewsAlert: Judge rejects request by Bloc Québécois for new vote in Terrebonne
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
A Superior Court judge has rejected the Bloc Québécois’s request for a new election in the Montreal-area riding won by the Liberals in April by a single vote. The Bloc had challenged the result in the Terrebonne riding after a Bloc voter revealed that her special ballot was returned to her because of an error ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ford says no 10% tariffs coming, claims Reagan ad ‘most successful’ ever
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he doesn’t believe U.S. President Donald Trump will follow through on his threat to hit Canada with an additional 10 per cent tariff over Ontario’s anti-tariff ad campaign. Speaking in the provincial legislature this morning, Ford said he’s confident tariffs “aren’t going to go up” and other premiers are on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Newborn abandoned at bus stop on Montreal’s South Shore is dead, police say
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — Police on Montreal’s South Shore say a newborn baby found abandoned inside a bus shelter has died. Longueuil police say it is the second incident involving an abandoned baby in the suburb in less than a month. Police say the were alerted around 6:30 a.m. about a newborn inside a bus shelter on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget to include millions for job retraining, foreign credential recognition
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu says the upcoming federal budget will include $75 million over the next three years to boost an apprentice training program focused on the building trades. The proposed funding for the Union Training and Innovation Program in the 2026-27 fiscal year is part of a suite of jobs programs Hajdu ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says Canada, U.S. were close to a deal when Trump ended trade talks
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and the United States were close to a deal when President Donald Trump abruptly cut off trade talks on Thursday. Carney says there were “very detailed, very specific, very comprehensive” negotiations about steel, aluminum and energy trade before everything changed late last week. Speaking to reporters ... Read More »
1 responsePrime Minister Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese President Xi at APEC
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Mark Carney plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping while the pair are at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum later this week in South Korea. Carney said the pair will discuss “a broad range of issues, both in terms of the commercial relationship as well as the evolution ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese leader at APEC
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he plans to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping this week. Carney says the pair will have a discussion at the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation forum later this week in South Korea. It will mark the first time the leaders of the two countries have met in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says he won’t be meeting with Carney ‘for a long time’
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
KUALA LUMPUR — U.S. President Donald Trump has ruled out a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney this week while the pair are both in Asia. Trump spoke to reporters on Air Force 1 today en route to Japan, saying he won’t be meeting with Carney “for a long time.” He also says he doesn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Alberta set to order end to mass teachers strike
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta government set to table legislation to order striking teachers back to work The Alberta government is set to table legislation today ordering thousands of striking teachers back to work and end their weeks-long strike. Premier Danielle Smith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. man dies, three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
KELOWNA — A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack. Joe Pendry’s wife, Janice Pendry, says he died on Saturday morning, from what doctors believed was a blood clot. She says her husband had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal’s mayoral election is about affordability and the homeless — and bike lanes
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
MONTREAL — In a recent debate on Radio-Canada, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, one of the leading candidates for mayor of Montreal, brought up comments made more than two years ago by a borough mayor comparing a car to a refrigerator. The local mayor — Laurence Lavigne Lalonde — said during a 2023 council meeting that the ... Read More »
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