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Bear emerged from forest to attack school group having lunch: B.C. conservation
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BELLA COOLA — British Columbia’s Conservation Officer Service says a grizzly attack on a group of school students happened when the bear emerged from the forest as pupils and teachers were having lunch on a trail in the coastal community of Bella Coola. The service says multiple teachers “physically intervened” in the attack and used ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. school thanks staff and pupils after grizzly attack, vowing support for victims
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BELLA COOLA — A British Columbia school whose pupils and staff were injured when a grizzly bear attacked an elementary class is thanking them for their courage and resilience. The Nuxalk Nation’s academy in Bella Coola on the central coast says in an online statement that it will continue to support any students or staff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberal crisis: Leader Pablo Rodriguez convenes his caucus in Montreal
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez has convened his caucus for a meeting in Montreal this afternoon as the party is rocked by twin crises. Rodriguez suspended Marwah Rizqy from caucus earlier this week, claiming she had fired the chief of staff of the official Opposition without consulting him. Rizqy and the former staffer, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two broken prison sprinklers cost Correctional Service Canada $1.1M
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Correctional Service Canada incurred a $1.1 million damage bill after an inmate at a New Brunswick prison broke two sprinklers. The damage was reported in last year’s public accounts document recently tabled by the federal government. A Correctional Service Canada spokesperson said the incident occurred at the Shepody Healing Centre in May 2024. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man accused of killing his kids gets new trial date after third postponement
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has a new trial date, after recently being granted a third postponement. Kamaljit Arora is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his 13-year-old daughter and his 11-year-old son, and charged in the attempted murder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
WASHINGTON — American industries ranging from whiskey makers and Wisconsin dairy producers to steel and automobile associations are weighing in on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. The continental trade pact, known as CUSMA, is up for mandatory review next year and the Office of the United States Trade Representative has been collecting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a federal prisoner can challenge a refusal to reclassify them to a lower-security facility through a habeas corpus hearing before a judge to determine if a detention is lawful. In a 6-3 ruling today, the top court says continuing a more restrictive form of confinement, instead of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saab CEO says plan to build Gripen jets in Canada depends on Ottawa making an order
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Saab CEO Micael Johansson says his company’s plan to set up shop in Canada to build fighter jets will depend largely on whether Ottawa buys its Gripen aircraft. Johansson tells The Canadian Press it “doesn’t really make sense” to build the aircraft in a country that isn’t buying the jets, which are designed ... Read More »
1 response13-year-old girl struck and killed by school bus in Montreal suburb
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LAVAL — A 13-year-old girl died Thursday evening after she was struck by a school bus moments after she had exited the vehicle in Montreal’s northern suburb. Erika Landry, a spokesperson for Laval police, says emergency vehicles were called to an intersection in the Ste-Rose district around 5:40 p.m. She says the girl died on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada announces $1B for Global Fund to fight infectious diseases
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada will contribute just over $1 billion over the next three years to the Global Fund to fight infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. Cindy Termorshuizen, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal representative for the G20 summit in South Africa, made the announcement today in Johannesburg ahead of Carney’s arrival at the summit. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sidhu: $6-billion trade infrastructure fund key to doubling non-U.S. exports
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he’s witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. Sidhu told The Canadian Press that in more than a decade working in the private sector as a customs broker, the focus for private ... Read More »
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