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Court clears Manitoba Métis president of wrongdoing in case launched by national body
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Manitoba Métis Federation is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court decision that found its president did not breach his fiduciary duties while serving as finance minister for the Métis National Council. In a decision released Tuesday, Justice Loretta P. Merritt wrote that a series of transactions made under the leadership of former MNC ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!$50K reward to help find Liam Toman, Ontario man last seen at Quebec ski resort town
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Montreal non-profit is offering up to $50,000 for information that could help find an Ontario man who went missing in the Mont-Tremblant, Que., area in February. Liam Toman, 22, disappeared around 3 a.m. on Feb. 2 after leaving a bar in the ski village north of Montreal following a night out with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBSA, PMO say they were not involved in MP announcing ban on Belfast band Kneecap
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canada Border Services Agency and the Prime Minister’s Office say they were not involved in an Ontario Liberal MP’s announcement that members of the Belfast band Kneecap were banned from entering Canada. Vince Gasparro, parliamentary secretary for combating crime, released a social media video in September announcing the ban in response to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs call on feds to bring back bill criminalizing coercive behaviour in relationships
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee want the government to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships. The committee members, representing multiple parties, issued a report today following a committee study on the issue of coercive control. Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu says coercive behaviour in relationships can include things like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Women’s groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — More than a dozen women’s advocacy groups are denouncing what they call federal government inaction on a gun control measure designed to save lives. In a statement issued today, the organizations chastise the Liberals for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coroner finds lapses in care for Quebec man who sought MAID after hospital bedsores
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — A coroner says Quebec health authorities should improve their approach to caring for people with spinal cord injuries, after a man sought a medically assisted death because of bedsores from a hospital stay. Coroner Dave Kimpton issued his report today in the death of Normand Meunier, 66, who received MAID in March 2024, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new number means that almost a third of the 47 United Conservative members in the legislature are under recall. The latest ones include cabinet ministers Searle Turton ... Read More »
2 responsesCP NewsAlert: Five more Alberta MLAs facing recall, bringing total to 14
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
EDMONTON — Elections Alberta says it has approved recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative caucus, bringing the total to 14. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
TORONTO — Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside their scope of practice. Dr. Nina Ahuja, president-elect of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, says surgery must remain in the hands of physicians and handing over even ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec economic update: modest financial relief to households, lower deficit
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s finance minister is looking to give taxpayers a little breathing room in an economic update that includes a reduction to the contribution rate for social security programs. Eric Girard’s update also includes modest decreases to payroll deductions for the provincial pension plan and parental insurance. These reductions, along with adjustments to how ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal, provincial governments raked in more than $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa and the provinces have raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. The federal government has collected $1.2 billion, with the remaining $4.2 billion going to provincial coffers. Ontario has taken in the greatest provincial share of revenue — ... Read More »
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