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Senator says U.S. tariffs from Trump White House damaging for Washington state
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
Opponents from Washington state of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats against Canada are vowing to fight, saying the ongoing trade war has delivered a heavy blow to American border communities. In a conference call led by Democrat U.S. Senator Patty Murray that included British Columbia Premier David Eby, Murray said regions such as Whatcom ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Report raises questions about First Nations ownership in major projects
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — A new think tank report is questioning how the federal and provincial governments’ sprint to build major infrastructure projects might affect Indigenous Peoples’ rights — and warns that it could end up pitting Indigenous communities against each other. The report by the Yellowhead Institute, “Buried Burdens,” takes a look at major projects through ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Luck and a rooftop sprinkler saved a Jasper home and its neighbours from wildfire
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
JASPER, ALTA. — When locals on the far west side of Jasper, Alta., returned to their homes last August, they suddenly felt a great distance away from their small mountain town. Some have taken to calling the area the “Republic of Stone Mountain,” a reference to the name of the multi-family village that still stands ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney visits his birthplace in Northwest Territories
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
FORT SMITH — Prime Minister Mark Carney visited the town where he was born Wednesday, as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. On Wednesday he visited the town’s community centre, spoke with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec to review files of immigrant children facing daycare expulsion
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it will review cases involving children facing expulsion from daycare after the province moved to restrict access to subsidized spots for certain immigrants. The concession comes following pushback to a new government directive, issued earlier this month, that said foreign workers with open work permits are not eligible for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military Police Complaints Commission investigating botched shooter drill on CAF base
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Military Police Complaints Commission will hold public hearings to investigate what happened during a botched active-shooter drill on a Canadian Forces base last fall that reportedly left an employee injured and traumatized. An internal report from the local garrison depot commander, obtained by The Canadian Press in February, said there was a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers praise Carney and one another as they wrap up meetings in Ontario
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA — Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe wrapped three days of meetings with his fellow premiers and Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday with a message he admitted he wouldn’t have sent over the past decade. “We can be proud of the work our federal government is doing, in fairness,” Moe said. Moe has been ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa threatens to pull Toronto’s housing funding over sixplex decision
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Claiming the city is falling short on its promise to ramp up density, Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson is threatening to pull some of Toronto’s housing funding. In a letter to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow earlier this week, Robertson wrote that he’s disappointed by a recent decision to limit where builders can put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney visiting his birthplace in Northwest Territories
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
FORT SMITH — Prime Minister Mark Carney is back in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. On Wednesday he visited the town’s community centre, spoke ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigrant families threaten legal action over new directive limiting daycare access
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
MONTREAL — Two families are threatening legal action over the Quebec government’s move to deny some immigrants access to subsidized daycare spots. The two sets of parents, from France and Ukraine, are at risk of losing their children’s spots in a subsidized home daycare that costs $9.35 per day. The Quebec government recently sent out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three workers trapped in B.C.’s Red Chris mine have air, food, water, operator says
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — The majority owner of the Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia says three workers trapped underground in a refuge area have enough air, water and food for an “extended stay.” The statement from Newmont Corp. says it is working to assemble specialist teams from nearby mine sites to respond to the accident, ... Read More »
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