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In the news today: New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in, Carney says OKs still needed After an initial round of referrals to the new Major Projects Office that saw no Indigenous-led projects chosen, the second list of referrals includes some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Time is brain’: Toronto hospital paving way for remote robotic treatment of strokes
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
TORONTO — A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in northern Ontario. A brain angiogram is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure where doctors place a catheter in the femoral ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A shaky coalition and ‘near-death’ election put Eby under scrutiny at NDP convention
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby received approval from more than 93 per cent of delegates at the NDP’s convention two years ago, and he’s hoping for another “healthy majority” at this weekend’s convention in Victoria. But since 2023, the NDP eked out a majority with just one seat to spare in last year’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in, Carney says OKs still needed
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — After an initial round of referrals to the new Major Projects Office that saw no Indigenous-led projects chosen, the second list of referrals includes some with Indigenous support, ownership or backing — including a liquefied natural gas project. The list of projects earmarked for fast-track approval includes the Crawford nickel mine in Ontario, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebecers descend on Winnipeg for Grey Cup — unwashed jerseys in tow
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Jarrod Dyer Cambridge says he can go another week before washing his Tyson Philpot jersey — at least until the end of Sunday’s Grey Cup championship between the Montreal Alouettes and Saskatchewan Roughriders. The Montrealer hasn’t washed the wide receiver’s No. 6 jersey since the Canadian Football League season began in June and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former immigration minister says Canada’s reputation on welcoming refugees is at risk
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Former immigration minister Lloyd Axworthy, a prominent global champion for refugees, said he believes Canada is putting its reputation as a welcoming place for refugees at risk through recent federal policy shifts. Those shifts, he said, include the Carney government’s new border security bill, C-12, which would limit the ability of individuals who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Soraya Martinez Ferrada officially sworn in as mayor of Montreal
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal can develop the ambition to become one of the world’s great metropolises, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Thursday as she was formally sworn in during a ceremony at city hall. Martinez Ferrada, who arrived in Canada as a child refugee from Chile in 1980, takes over from outgoing mayor Valérie Plante, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at the second batch of projects being weighed by the Major Projects Office
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney has revealed the second batch of potentially “nation-building” infrastructure projects to be reviewed on expedited timelines, making good on his promise to make the announcement before the Grey Cup football championship this weekend. The projects being referred to the new Major Projects Office include an LNG export terminal and electrical transmission ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Deep burial’ for ostriches at B.C. landfill as CFIA completes cull and disposal work
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says it has completed its “active operations” at the British Columbia ostrich farm where its flock was culled by professional marksmen following an outbreak of avian flu. A statement from the agency says the carcasses of 314 ostriches as well as eggs and other material were disposed of ... Read More »
1 responseRuling in 2026 on high-risk offender status for man in fatal Quebec daycare crash
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Superior Court judge says he will rule in 2026 on whether to assign high-risk offender status to a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023. Justice Éric Downs made the comments Thursday at the Laval, Que., courthouse ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Attorney General ‘deeply disturbed’ by social media giant’s intimate image case
By Canadian Press on November 13th, 2025
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s Attorney General says she’s “deeply disturbed” that the social media company X has filed a legal challenge against an order to remove a non-consensual intimate image from the internet. Nikki Sharma says the social media firm is challenging a “clear order” from B.C.’s Civil Resolution Tribunal to remove an image from ... Read More »
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