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CP NewsAlert: Carney announces 20% increase in military starting pay
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TRENTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will boost the entry-level pay for Canadian Armed Forces privates by 20 per cent for the regular force and 13 per cent for reservists. Other military members will also receive pay raises, with smaller increases for higher ranks, as part of a plan to boost recruitment ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Iran International network says two journalists working in Canada targeted by regime
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — Two journalists working for Iran International in Canada are among dozens who have been targeted by regime officials in recent weeks, the network says. Iran International is a prominent online broadcaster that covers news in Iran and its diaspora, including anti-government protests that advocates say are censored within Iran. Network spokesman Adam Baillie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American company Lyten interested in purchasing Northvolt battery plant in Quebec
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
MONTREAL — Lyten, an American company, has announced it hopes to purchase the Northvolt battery plant in Quebec. This comes after the company shared Thursday it entered into a deal buy Northvolt’s assets in Sweden and Germany. The acquisition includes the Northvolt Ett, Ett Expansion, and Northvolt Labs facilities in Sweden, as well as Northvolt ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RFK Jr.’s war on mRNA vaccines breeds distrust, threatens Canada’s access to development: experts
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Canadian doctors and scientists say Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s defunding of mRNA vaccine development projects will have negative health effects in Canada and around the world. University of Saskatchewan virologist Angela Rasmussen says unlike other vaccines, mRNA vaccines can be made very quickly and easily modified to fight new viruses and adapt to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative campaign manager Jenni Byrne says she won’t run the next campaign
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Conservative party will have a new campaign manager in the next federal election, now that Jenni Byrne says she’s stepping back from the role she held this spring. Byrne, who remains a key adviser to party leader Pierre Poilievre, also ran campaigns for former prime minister Stephen Harper in 2011 and 2015. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mother charged in abandonment case to continue psychiatric evaluation
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD — The 34-year-old Montreal mother charged with allegedly abandoning her daughter in a field near a major Ontario highway will continue to undergo a psychiatric assessment. A Quebec court judge ordered the evaluation to continue at a Montreal psychiatric hospital during a brief court hearing today west of Montreal. Judge Mylène Grégoire says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accommodations scarce for wildfire evacuees in eastern Newfoundland
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it is facing challenges finding accommodations for people displaced by wildfires on the east side of the province. The government issued a statement last night saying the Canadian Red Cross and Salvation Army are working diligently to help evacuees find a place to stay. But the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Baklava pastries containing pistachios recalled due to salmonella
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
TORONTO — Baklava pastries containing pistachios are being recalled over salmonella concerns. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued a recall notice for some Andalos brand pastries distributed in New Brunswick, Ontario, Quebec and sold online. Most of the recalled products were sold at a bakery in Montreal and served to customers between June 25 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Advance polls open in Alberta byelection
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Advance polls open in Alberta byelection Advance polls in a historic federal byelection for Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot open today. For the first time ever, Elections Canada says voters must fill out a blank ballot. The agency lists a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Advance polls open in Alberta byelection with 214 candidates, historic blank ballots
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
CAMROSE — Advance polls in a historic federal byelection for Alberta’s Battle River-Crowfoot open today. For the first time ever, Elections Canada says voters must fill out a blank ballot. The agency lists a record 214 candidates running in the rural riding, with voting day on Aug. 18. The majority are part of the Longest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Titan disaster: federal Fisheries Department was part of previous OceanGate mission
By Canadian Press on August 8th, 2025
HALIFAX — The federal Fisheries Department is shedding new light on its relationship with OceanGate, the American company behind the deepsea Titan submersible that imploded south of Newfoundland in 2023, killing all five people aboard. The department confirmed Thursday that in the summer of 2021, a staff member boarded a vessel “associated with OceanGate” to ... Read More »
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