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Poll shows more young women want to leave U.S. — their top destination is Canada
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
WASHINGTON — A record number of younger American women now say they want to leave the United States — and their most common destination of choice is Canada. Those findings come from a new Gallup poll that says 40 per cent of American women aged 15 to 44 report they would permanently leave the United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Carney attends launch of new branch of Montreal-area light rail network
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the dignitaries attending the launch of the northwest expansion of a light rail project in the Montreal area. Carney and Premier François Legault were among the first invited aboard to ride the Deux-Montagnes branch of the Réseau express métropolitain, or REM, before it opens to the public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s operating spending — not capital — driving deeper deficits: PBO
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer projects Ottawa will blow past the new fiscal anchors set out in last week’s 2025 federal budget. Interim budget officer Jason Jacques says in a new analysis of the budget that Ottawa is set to run an average deficit of $64.3 billion over the next five years — double ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some NDP leadership candidates at risk as first fundraising deadline arrives
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Today is the first of three fundraising deadlines for the NDP leadership race, and while most candidates say their payments are in, two are at risk of falling short. A campaign spokesperson for Tanille Johnston, a Campbell River B.C. city councillor, says she will “most likely” be able to make the $25,000 payment. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in, Carney says OKs still needed After an initial round of referrals to the new Major Projects Office that saw no Indigenous-led projects chosen, the second list of referrals includes some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Time is brain’: Toronto hospital paving way for remote robotic treatment of strokes
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
TORONTO — A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in northern Ontario. A brain angiogram is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure where doctors place a catheter in the femoral ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A shaky coalition and ‘near-death’ election put Eby under scrutiny at NDP convention
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby received approval from more than 93 per cent of delegates at the NDP’s convention two years ago, and he’s hoping for another “healthy majority” at this weekend’s convention in Victoria. But since 2023, the NDP eked out a majority with just one seat to spare in last year’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in, Carney says OKs still needed
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — After an initial round of referrals to the new Major Projects Office that saw no Indigenous-led projects chosen, the second list of referrals includes some with Indigenous support, ownership or backing — including a liquefied natural gas project. The list of projects earmarked for fast-track approval includes the Crawford nickel mine in Ontario, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebecers descend on Winnipeg for Grey Cup — unwashed jerseys in tow
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Jarrod Dyer Cambridge says he can go another week before washing his Tyson Philpot jersey — at least until the end of Sunday’s Grey Cup championship between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Montrealer hasn’t washed the wide receiver’s No. 6 jersey since the Canadian Football League season began in June and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former immigration minister says Canada’s reputation on welcoming refugees is at risk
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Former immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy, a prominent global champion for refugees, said he believes Canada is putting its reputation as a welcoming place for refugees at risk through recent federal policy shifts. Those shifts, he said, include the Carney government’s new border security bill, C-12, which would limit the ability of individuals who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soraya Martinez Ferrada officially sworn in as mayor of Montreal
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal can develop the ambition to become one of the world’s great metropolises, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Thursday as she was formally sworn in during a ceremony at city hall. Martinez Ferrada, who arrived in Canada as a child refugee from Chile in 1980, takes over from outgoing mayor Valérie Plante, who ... Read More »
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