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Victoria council backs plan to tackle declining social order in B.C.’s capital
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
VICTORIA — Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto says she’s “thrilled” councillors have signalled support for a plan to address declining social order caused by homelessness, addiction and a fraying health care system in the city. Councillors meeting as a committee voted eight-to-one to endorse the Community Safety and Wellbeing Plan and unanimously directed staff to analyze ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: RCMP say checking reports of injuries, possible deaths in rock slide
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
BANFF — RCMP say initial reports of a rock slide that hit hikers in Banff National Park north of Lake Louise, Alta., indicated “there may be serious injuries and/or fatalities.” More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec dials back emissions projections due to global uncertainty
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is scaling back its projections for cutting greenhouse-gas emissions due to the arrival of the Trump administration. An annual report published today says actions being taken by the province to reduce emissions should account for 65 per cent of the cuts needed to reach the government’s 2030 emissions target. That’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mounties say hikers caught up in a rock slide in Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
BANFF — RCMP say hikers have been caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park. The nature and number of injuries have not been determined. Police say they were notified around 1:30 p.m. Parks Canada says it and other emergency crews are responding to the site near Bow Glacier Falls, north of Lake Louise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Police say hikers caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
BANFF — RCMP say hikers have been caught in a rock slide in Banff National Park. The nature and number of injuries have not been determined. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Steel industry groups say Carney’s retaliatory plan for U.S. tariffs ‘falls short’
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Steel Producers Association and United Steelworkers Union are panning Prime Minister Mark Carney’s response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s punishing tariffs. Their response came hours after Carney announced a tariff countermeasure plan Thursday that includes retaliation against Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs a month from now — depending on how much ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watchdog recommends foreign ownership of domestic airlines amid low competition
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
Canada should allow up to 100 per cent foreign ownership of domestic-only airlines in a bid to lower fares and boost flight options, the Competition Bureau says in a new report highlighting the country’s “highly concentrated” aviation industry. In a market study released Thursday, the watchdog suggested a new class of airline that operates only ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post reaches deal with second-largest union, negotiations continue with CUPW
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post says it has reached a contract deal with its second-largest union while negotiations continue with the Canadian Union of Postal Workers. The Crown corporation says the new collective agreement with the Canadian Postmasters and Assistants Association comes after 18 months of negotiations, the same span of time it’s been in talks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney defends decision to restore diplomacy with India, calls it ‘foundational’
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Reinstating key diplomats in Canada and India is a “foundational” step toward restoring the relationship between the two countries, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday. But Carney still refused to say whether he raised the murder of Hardeep Singh Nijjar in his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Climate activist throws paint on Picasso painting at Montreal museum
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
MONTREAL — A climate activist group says one of its supporters sprayed pink paint this morning on a Pablo Picasso painting at a Montreal museum. Last Generation Canada says an activist smeared washable paint on the 1901 painting L’hĂ©taĂŻre at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. The group is calling for the Canadian government to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scientists question Ottawa more than doubling cod catch in Newfoundland and Labrador
By Canadian Press on June 19th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Scientists say they are surprised and “puzzled” by the federal fisheries minister’s decision Wednesday to more than double the catch in this year’s northern cod fishery in Newfoundland and Labrador. Noel Cadigan modelled the northern cod stock for years as a scientist with Fisheries and Oceans Canada. He said the move to ... Read More »
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