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Influencers have more reach on 5 major platforms than news media, politicians: report
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — More than two-thirds of younger Canadians engage with political content from influencers — and influencers have significantly more reach on five major social media platforms than news media outlets or politicians, a new study indicates. A significant portion of the political content Canadians see on the major platforms “comes directly from influencers,” says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Major projects list updated, budget infrastructure plan supported
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney to announce next major projects referrals Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval. A senior Ontario government source tells ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney to announce latest batch of Major Project Office referrals today
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval. A senior Ontario government source tells The Canadian Press the Crawford Nickel Project will be among the projects Carney announces he is forwarding to the new Major Projects ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Canada won’t explain $20M in pharmaceuticals lost from national stockpile
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20 million worth of pharmaceutical products from the national stockpile this year because of what it calls a “temperature deviation.” The figure was reported in the 2025 public accounts but Health Canada refuses to say what was lost, citing national security implications. In a ... Read More »
1 responseRiders’ original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
One of Don Hewitt’s core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters — P.U. “They’d wash the suit once at the end of the season, and it just stunk,” Hewitt said of the rancid Gainer the Gopher getup. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec daycare crash: Final arguments begin in challenge of high-risk offender status
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — Final arguments are set to begin today in a hearing involving a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023. Lawyers for Pierre Ny St-Amand say it would be unconstitutional for a Quebec Superior Court judge to declare him ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney’s 1st budget wins support for infrastructure, immigration plans: poll
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney secured broad support from across party lines and provincial borders for some major items in his first federal budget, new polling suggests. But one pollster warns Carney risks reopening old regional wounds if he doesn’t show progress soon on critical infrastructure and housing files. Leger polling this week showed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soraya Martinez Ferrada to be sworn in today as mayor of Montreal
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal’s new mayor will formally assume the city’s top role today during a swearing-in ceremony. Soraya Martinez Ferrada, who arrived in Canada as a child refugee from Chile in 1980, takes over from outgoing Mayor Valérie Plante, who did not seek a third term. Martinez Ferrada led centrist party Ensemble Montréal to victory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nickel mine, hydroelectric project to be added to major projects list
By Canadian Press on November 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Crawford Nickel Project in Ontario and a hydroelectric project in Nunavut are expected to be added to Canada’s major projects list. Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting to its Major Projects Office. A senior Ontario government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada-U.S. trade negotiations not addressed in Anand’s G7 meeting with Rubio
By Canadian Press on November 12th, 2025
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations gathered in the Niagara region this week to discuss global crises — but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she did not broach stalled trade negotiations between Ottawa and the United States. Anand and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio met on the margins of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eight-year-old girl falls to her death at Vancouver highrise, police say
By Canadian Press on November 12th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Police are investigating the death of an eight-year-old girl who fell from a Vancouver highrise. A statement from Vancouver police says the girl fell from a balcony on Tuesday in the city’s Yaletown neighbourhood. Officers were called to the residential building around 2:30 p.m. after the child fell from an upper floor. They ... Read More »
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