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Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell to oversee provincial efforts on DTES
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
VICTORIA — Former senator and past Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell has been appointed as British Columbia’s new point-person to improve quality of life for those living in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside. Campbell, who served as mayor between 2002 and 2005, then in the Senate until 2023, says in a statement that he will use his experience ... Read More »
1 responseNew Major Projects Office absorbing existing team already doing much of the same work
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government’s new Calgary-based major projects office to help fast track major infrastructure proposals will absorb a similar division created in Ottawa just over one year ago to do almost the same thing. The Clean Growth Office launched in July 2024, as a division within the Privy Council Office. It was allocated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Groups urge PM Carney to act on climate finance risk, 10 years after key speech
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — A decade after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a famous speech about the financial risks associated with climate change, global organizations called for financial system reforms in an open letter on Monday. The letter signed by Canadian, European, and American environmental groups calls for urgent changes, noting that a decade on, inaction is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Committee gets nearly 1,000 budget submissions ahead of federal budget
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal finance committee has received 948 briefs as part of its consultation ahead of the federal budget. It’s the highest number of submissions the committee has received in recent years, with many of them touching on artificial intelligence and digital policy issues. That includes a request from an organization representing hospitals for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flu shot rollout begins this week as doctors urge vaccination for people at risk
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
TORONTO — Flu and COVID-19 vaccine shots are available in parts of the country this week, with doctors urging people at highest risk in particular to get vaccinated as the respiratory virus season sets in. In Ontario, seniors, long-term care residents, hospital staff and patients will be able to get the flu shot starting this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One of three beached sperm whales in P.E.I. dead; condition of another unknown
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
A marine rescue organization says one of three beached sperm whales off the coast of northern Prince Edward Island has died. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of Marine Animal Response Society, says her organization got a call about the stranded animals on Saturday evening. She says the first whale was dead soon after. She adds that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says major projects push can coexist with reconciliation
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says reconciliation hasn’t returned to the back burner as the country pushes forward to develop major projects. In an interview just ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Simon tells The Canadian Press she sees a firm commitment to ensure Indigenous Peoples are involved as the major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Canada does not retreat’ as crises shake multilateralism, Anand tells United Nations
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand told the United Nations General Assembly today that Canada “does not retreat from duty” at a time of numerous global crises. Anand’s speech on behalf of Canada combined humanitarian and security concerns along with Ottawa’s desire to be what Anand called “an attractive destination for international capital.” She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jobs minister urges Canada Post to table new offer to striking union
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Jobs Minister Patty Hajdu is urging Canada Post to quickly table an offer to the union of striking postal workers. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers took to the picket lines Thursday after Ottawa announced sweeping changes to the Crown corporation’s operations to address its troubled financial situation. Those changes include ending daily ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa lists the Bishnoi gang as a terrorist entity, as India ties deepen
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The India-based Bishnoi gang, accused last year by the RCMP of orchestrating a campaign of violence and intimidation against Sikh activists in Canada, was listed as a terrorist entity by the federal government on Monday. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree announced the designation in a news release issued early Monday morning, saying it ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa orders post-mortem appeal for Manitoba man in killing of restaurant worker
By Canadian Press on September 29th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The federal government has ordered an appeal into the conviction of a First Nations man — 14 years after his death — in the killing of a restaurant worker in Winnipeg. Federal Justice Minister Sean Fraser says a review of the conviction of Russell Woodhouse, who died in 2011, found reasonable grounds to ... Read More »
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