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Prime minister, N.B. premier tease major project announcement in the province
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
FREDERICTON — Prime Minister Mark Carney and New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt say federal support for a major project in the province will be announced later this week. The pair met today in Holt’s downtown Fredericton office, before Carney toured the warehouse of a pre-fabricated home manufacturing company and held a news conference. New Brunswick ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. police investigate vandalism at CFIA office, drone footage over ostrich pen
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
SURREY — Mounties in British Columbia have set off separate investigations that may be connected to the cull of hundreds of ostriches last week. Police say they are looking into a report of vandalism at a Canadian Food Inspection Agency location in Kelowna, B.C., where photos of the front of the office show an expletive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal activist Yves Engler officially looking to enter NDP leadership race
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Montreal-based activist Yves Engler is applying to enter the NDP leadership race months after announcing his intention to make a bid. Engler says he’s going through the vetting process to join the race in time to take part in the first formal leadership debate, scheduled for Nov. 27 in Montreal. Engler says he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada loses measles elimination status, causing entire region to lose designation
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada has officially lost the measles elimination status it had held since 1998, causing the entire region of the Americas to also lose the designation. The status is granted and revoked by the Pan American Health Organization, the World Health Organization’s office for countries in North and South America. It said Monday Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hydroelectricity, state interventionism lead Legault’s economic vision for Quebec
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
BEAUHARNOIS — Quebec Premier François Legault presented his economic vision for the province today, with a focus on growing hydroelectric power, cutting bureaucracy, and intervening directly in the economy. With less than one year to go before the provincial election, Legault’s announcement at the Beauharnois hydropower generating station was largely a rehash of measures already ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Next batch of national interest major projects to be released Thursday, Carney says
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the next tranche of projects the government is referring to the Major Projects Office for review will be announced Thursday. Carney revealed the timing while taking questions from reporters at a news conference today in Fredericton. Two months ago, Carney announced the first five projects for consideration, drawing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Competition Bureau says algorithmic rent pricing a concern, but not widespread
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal Competition Bureau says it hasn’t found evidence that using computer software to recommend rent prices reaches the point of anti-competitive behaviour, but it remains concerned about possible issues. The practice, known as algorithmic pricing, involves software that may be used to analyze non-public competitor pricing, potentially artificially inflating rates. A media ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘No hope of rehabilitation’ for Quebecer who killed 10-year-old in 1994, judge says
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec man who was convicted of second-degree murder in the killing of a 10-year-old girl north of Montreal in 1994 has been sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years. Superior Court Justice Hélène Di Salvo said today in St-Jerôme, Que., that Réal Courtemanche has not shown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous Services minister says community shouldn’t worry about zeros in budget
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Indigenous Services minister says community leaders shouldn’t worry about zeros in the recent federal budget for programs their members rely on. Mandy Gull-Masty says those holes are an opportunity for leaders to suggest where the government should allocate money in the future. The budget froze annual base funding for Indigenous health and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand says U.S. secretary Rubio has avoided ’51st state’ chatter as G7 meeting looms
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hasn’t repeated President Donald Trump’s musings about making Canada the 51st state during their conversations. Anand will welcome Rubio and other foreign ministers from G7 countries to Ontario’s Niagara region this week to discuss shared economic and security challenges amid geopolitical ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High-risk offender status is unconstitutional in fatal Quebec daycare crash: lawyers
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
MONTREAL — Lawyers for a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023 say it would be unconstitutional for a judge to declare him a high-risk offender. A Quebec Superior Court hearing began in Laval, Que., this morning in the case ... Read More »
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