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Budget signals lower increases to health transfers, end of funding deals
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal budget signals there is no room for the premiers to negotiate for more health-care funding in coming years, one economist says, as the Ontario government calls for that to change. The Canada Health Transfer is projected to be $54.7 billion in 2025-26 and is set to grow by five per cent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
TORONTO — Ontario has secured a one-year extension with the federal government for the national $10-a-day child-care program, giving parents reassurance their fees won’t rise for at least 12 more months, but with much hard work still to be done. The program that lowers parents’ child-care fees — now $19 a day on average in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DFO investigating third whale death off B.C.’s coast within weeks
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
VICTORIA — An advocate for whales says many collisions between vessels and the animals are likely undetected or unreported as Fisheries Department investigates another death of a humpback whale off B.C.’s coast. Caitlin Birdsall, executive director of the Marine Education and Research Society, says the whale discovered Nov. 8 off Lasqueti Island in the Georgia ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veterans Affairs minister ‘respects’ independence of court in poppy ban decision
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Veterans Affairs Minister Jill McKnight says she respects the independence of Nova Scotia’s judiciary in determining judges have the right to ban the poppy from their courtrooms. Earlier this week, the heads of Nova Scotia’s supreme and provincial courts expressed their support for judges who ban court staff from pinning poppies to their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chief justice to stand in for Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Remembrance Day due to illness
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday, Rideau Hall said Monday. Chief Justice Richard Wagner will fill in for the King’s representative in Canada at the National War Memorial. It’s rare that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New website raises awareness about available cancer clinical trials
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
Canadians now have access to a public listing of active cancer clinical trials across the country, a resource that’s long existed in the United States and Europe. The Canadian Cancer Society announced the launch of a website called Cancer Trials Canada on Monday. The site is entirely bilingual and was created in collaboration with the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec premier lays out economic vision, warns economy headed for tough times
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
BEAUHARNOIS — Quebec Premier François Legault showed little interest on Monday to raising immigration levels, saying the way the economy is heading, the province will have more employees than job openings. He made the comments after he announced his economic vision for the province during an event at the Beauharnois hydropower generating station southwest of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Chief justice to stand in for Simon on Remembrance Day due to illness
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is recovering in hospital from a respiratory virus, leaving her unable to preside over the national Remembrance Day ceremony in Ottawa on Tuesday. Chief Justice Richard Wagner will fill in for Simon at the National War Memorial. Rideau Hall did not specify the virus or say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Why we do it’: More than 100 volunteers lay flags at soldiers’ graves in Kingston
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
KINGSTON — On a chilly November morning, more than 100 volunteers began arriving at a historic cemetery in Kingston, Ont., to help honour soldiers who are buried there. Some came with family members, others were joined by friends and strangers, forming small groups that scattered across the civilian side of the sprawling Cataraqui Cemetery in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. going door to door to hear residents’ concerns in Cowichan title area
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
The office of British Columbia Premier David Eby has appointed a “community contact” whose job is to work with residents of Richmond, B.C., going door to door to talk to those potentially affected by the landmark Cowichan Aboriginal title decision. A flyer sent to residents says the person’s role is to answer questions and listen ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime minister, N.B. premier tease major project announcement in the province
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
FREDERICTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt say federal support for a major project in the province will be announced later this week. The pair met today in Holt’s downtown Fredericton office, before Carney toured the warehouse of a pre-fabricated home manufacturing company and held a news conference. New Brunswick ... Read More »
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