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CP NewsAlert: House Speaker splits major projects bill for two separate votes
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will hold two separate votes on the government’s major projects bill later today after the House Speaker ruled the legislation has two distinct parts. Bill C-5, known as the one Canadian economy act, contains measures to tackle internal trade barriers and also gives the government sweeping new powers to approve ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!VIA Rail and Unifor reach tentative agreement, strike averted
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — Via Rail has reached a tentative deal with the union representing 2,400 workers across the country. The deal averts a walkout involving members of Unifor, who had voted for a strike mandate to be exercised as early as Sunday. Unifor says the tentative agreement offers gains in wages, job security and working conditions. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Applications open for new disability benefit program, payments start next month
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s new disability benefit — a program that provides eligible people with up to $200 a month — is now open for applications. The program is available to people with disabilities between the ages of 18 and 64 who already have been approved for the disability tax credit. The government says applications will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CSIS says it took steps against dozens of employees over misconduct last year
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s spy service says it closed 34 misconduct cases last year and concluded the allegations were founded in 33 of the cases. In its latest annual report, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service says disciplinary or administrative measures were taken in the cases, ranging from verbal warnings to dismissal. CSIS says there were 50 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bail hearing in July for Montreal mom charged with abandoning three-year-old daughter
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario for four days is scheduled to have a bail hearing early next month. Lawyers in Quebec court set hearing dates of July 3 and July 4 for the 34-year-old Montreal woman who faces one count of unlawful abandonment of a child. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Searchers recover second body after rockfall near Banff National Park hiking trail
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescue teams searching for victims in a rockfall along a hiking trail in Banff National Park have found a second body. Parks Canada and RCMP say the person was found this morning and officials are notifying family. A 70-year-old woman from Calgary was first found dead at the site of Thursday’s rock ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Searchers recover second body after rockfall at Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — RCMP and Parks Canada say the body of a second person killed by a rockfall in Banff National Park has been recovered. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives set January dates for convention, review of Poilievre’s leadership
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of the Conservative party will hold a national convention in late January, where they’ll vote on Pierre Poilievre’s leadership. The party’s national council has scheduled the convention for Jan. 29 and 31 in Calgary. Poilievre, who lost his seat in the House of Commons in the April election, will face a secret ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Searchers using infrared scan area where hikers caught in deadly Banff rockfall
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescuers in Alberta, including aircraft with infrared technology, were to resume their search Friday after a massive rockfall killed one and injured three in Banff National Park. Parks Canada and the RCMP, in a joint statement, said they were working with Canada Task Force 2, a national disaster response team that employs ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Brampton mayor ‘cautiously optimistic’ about Bishnoi gang terrorist designation
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Brampton Mayor Patrick Brown says he’s “cautiously optimistic” about the chances of India’s Lawrence Bishnoi gang being designated as a terrorist group after meeting with the public safety minister Wednesday night. Brown says that he and Peel region police officials met with Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree in Ottawa to discuss the “scourge” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search to continue for hikers after rockfall at Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — Rescuers in Alberta are set to resume their search today after a massive rockfall that killed one and injured three in Banff National Park. Video posted online appears to show a large shelf of stone crashing down a mountainside at Bow Glacier Falls, about 200 kilometres northwest of Calgary. The slide kicked ... Read More »
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