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Gun control group warns of Liberal ‘inaction’ ahead of Polytechnique anniversary
By Canadian Press on November 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — A well-known gun control group is telling Prime Minister Mark Carney it would be “disingenuous and even hypocritical” for Liberal MPs to wear white ribbons to mark the anniversary of the Montreal massacre given the government’s lack of action on key firearm measures. In a letter sent to Carney this week, the group ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With the rise of AI ‘slop,’ Canada’s creative sector sets sights on licensing regime
By Canadian Press on November 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — On Nov. 1, Xania Monet appeared for the first time on the Adult R&B Billboard chart. One week later, the song ‘Walk my Walk’ by Breaking Rust topped Billboard’s country digital song sales chart. While both performers look and sound human, they’re not. Both are generated by artificial intelligence. Monet was the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. NDP delegates mull resolutions and mandatory review for Premier David Eby
By Canadian Press on November 15th, 2025
VICTORIA — Members of British Columbia’s New Democrats are meeting this weekend in Victoria with a mandatory leadership review for Premier David Eby and as many as 400 resolutions for delegates to consider. Eby says he’s looking forward to the convention to celebrate with friends he hasn’t seen in a long time, but he expects ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal transit strike averted after tentative deal reached with drivers’ union
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Bus and metro service is set to continue in Montreal this weekend after the city’s public transit network says it reached a tentative deal with its drivers’ union, ending planned strike action. The strike was scheduled to begin early Saturday and last until Monday, but the Société de transport de Montréal says it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Montreal transit strike averted after union reaches tentative deal
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit network says a two-day strike that would have shut down bus and Metro service this weekend has been averted. The Société de transport de Montréal says it reached a deal late Friday with the union representing bus drivers, Metro operators and station agents. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal transit network prepares for more disruption as third union plans to strike
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — A third union representing workers in Montreal’s public transit network has announced it will go on strike. Maintenance workers walked off the job three times since June, and bus and metro drivers are to strike this weekend. Now it’s the union representing about 1,316 administrative, technical and professional employees that says its members ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. lawyers receiving extortion threats, legal regulator warns
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for “substantial sums of money.” The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its members that says lawyers have been targeted with threats to their physical safety and it urges victims to contact police. Conservative member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some NDP leadership candidates report struggling to meet conditions to remain in race
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The first of three fundraising deadlines for the NDP leadership race landed Friday, with some candidates coming close to not meeting the requirements for remaining in the race. A campaign spokesperson for Tanille Johnston, a city councillor in Campbell River, B.C., said she will be able to make the $25,000 payment allowing her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Backdoor dealing’: B.C. farmer decries omission of private owners from Cowichan case
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
RICHMOND — The co-owner of an eight-hectare farm on the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title lands says he and fellow private landowners were unfairly left out of the court case that confirmed the title claim. Gord Maichin says the decision of the B.C. Supreme Court not to inform landowners about the case that has set off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to return $623 million to small businesses in rebate payments
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — More than 600,000 small businesses will share $623 million in carbon price rebate payments before the end of the year, the final payment they will receive following the end of the consumer carbon price last spring. The payments are the second rebates issued to businesses under the carbon pricing program, after an initial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Governor General Simon released from hospital, recovering from illness
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was released from hospital today and is now recovering at home. The 78-year-old head of state missed the annual Remembrance Day service in Ottawa on Tuesday after being hospitalized with a respiratory illness. The statement says Simon extends thanks to Chief Justice Richard Wagner for representing ... Read More »
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