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CP NewsAlert: Elections BC looks into vote complaint in riding that gave NDP majority
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
VICTORIA – Elections BC says it is looking into a complaint of voting irregularities from a B.C. Conservative candidate in a riding narrowly won by the NDP, giving the government a one-seat majority in October’s provincial election. It says the complaint was lodged by B.C. Conservative Honveer Singh Randhawa last Friday and it is “under ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man sentenced in U.S. for exporting weapon components to Russia
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
MONTREAL – A Montreal man has been sentenced to 40 months in prison by a United States federal court for running a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars’ worth of electronic components to Russia for military use. Nikolay Goltsev, 38, used two companies in Brooklyn, N.Y., to purchase electronics from U.S. manufacturers and send ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Longtime Liberal MP, cabinet minister Gudie Hutchings not running in next election
By Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
OTTAWA – Newfoundland MP Gudie Hutchings says she’s not planning to run in the next federal election. Hutchings, who was first elected as a Liberal in 2015, is the minister of rural economic development and minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency. In a media statement issued this morning, she thanks her family for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. steel, plastics among items Canada may target with retaliatory tariffs
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
OTTAWA – Canada is looking to target American steel, ceramics and plastics with retaliatory tariffs in response to an escalating trade dispute with the incoming Trump administration. A senior government official says the list is not final and that Ottawa has made no decisions yet on retaliation. Incoming U.S. president Donald Trump has threatened to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to send water bombers, helicopters to help fight Los Angeles wildfire
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
EDMONTON – Alberta is preparing to send water bombers, night-vision helicopters and incident command team support to help battle wildfires ravaging parts of Los Angeles. Premier Danielle Smith says on X that neighbours are always there for each other in times of need and the province will assist its American friends in this crisis. Water-bombing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Coutts blockade sentencing, oilsands decarbonization uncertainty
By The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Sentencing hearing for leaders of Coutts blockade A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Booze-free ‘liquor’ stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER – Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen’s liquor store on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila – so long as you don’t want any actual liquor. Hansen’s “alcohol free liquor store” Mocktails opened last March, and just a few days into the new year, she was anticipating a “boom” for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing hearing begins for men convicted of leading Coutts blockade
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
LETHBRIDGE, Alta. – A sentencing hearing is set to start today for three men convicted of helping co-ordinate a blockade at the Canada-U.S. border at Coutts, Alta., in protest of COVID-19 rules and restrictions. Alex Van Herk, Marco Van Huigenbos and Gerhard (George) Janzen were each found guilty in April of mischief over $5,000. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian school boards among those affected by cyber incident involving third party
By The Canadian Press on January 8th, 2025
School boards in multiple provinces have been affected by a data breach involving software used by schools across North America to store student information. Ontario’s Toronto, Peel and Durham district school boards issued similarly worded notices about a “cyber incident” targeting PowerSchool, a third-party application that’s also used to store some school-based staff information. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Scary’ or ’empty threats’? Canadians weigh in on Trump’s ’51st state’ plan
By The Canadian Press, The Canadian Press on January 8th, 2025
The Canadian Press asked people from Halifax to Vancouver what they thought of U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s idea to make Canada the “51st state” and use “economic force” to do so. Here’s what they told us: “The next person who becomes the prime minister has to be able to stand up and defend the sovereign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Retaliatory tariffs expected next week as Trudeau, premiers meet on Trump threats
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on January 8th, 2025
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada’s premiers will meet in Ottawa Jan. 15 to finalize a plan to respond to tariff threats from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump, including discussing what the best targets are for Canada to retaliate with tariffs of its own. The meeting comes as the federal and provincial governments are ... Read More »
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