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Ontario health officials report 3 new measles cases, all in Southwestern region
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
TORONTO — Health officials in Ontario are reporting just three new measles cases over the past week, all of them in the province’s southwest region. Public Health Ontario says that brings the province’s total case count to 2,362 measles cases since an outbreak began in October. One case previously reported in Sudbury’s public health unit ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinese tariff on canola seed comes into force as producers, premiers demand action
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
SASKATOON — A Chinese tariff of nearly 76 per cent on Canadian canola seed came into force Thursday, with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre again calling on Ottawa to act. The duty, announced Tuesday, has already caused the price of one of Canada’s most valuable crops to fall, wiping out millions of dollars in its value. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec language watchdog backtracks on pub sign it deemed too English
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its sign. The language office had instructed Pub Burgundy Lion to add French language to its sign because “burgundy” is an English word. But co-owner Toby Lyle argued publicly that the name is a nod to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge reduces suspension for two Montreal officers sanctioned for lying to watchdog
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec court judge has overturned the majority of the sanctions against two Montreal police officers who were suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died in custody in 2017. Judge Alexandre Henri ruled that police watchdog investigators had not informed the officers of their right to remain silent. Quebec’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Payments start for first claimants in First Nations child welfare case
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Some claimants are now receiving compensation payments through a $23-billion settlement for more than 300,000 First Nations children and their families. The settlement is meant to compensate children and their families for Canada’s chronic underfunding of on-reserve child welfare services. Assembly of First Nations National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the start of ... Read More »
1 responseFact File: No truth to online claims of dramatic drop in potato exports to U.S.
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
While Canadians wait for news of an improved trade situation with the United States, false reports about quiet deals with other countries have begun to fill the void. Recently, unfounded claims have spread online that Canada has slashed potato exports to the United States in response to tariffs, and struck a $1.6 billion trade deal ... Read More »
1 responseConservatives plan national campaign against federal electric vehicle mandates
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is planning to swap his fight against the carbon tax this fall for a new battle against what he’s calling the “Carney tax.” The Conservative leader says his party will launch a national campaign to call on the Liberals to scrap their electric vehicle mandate. The policy requires 20 per cent ... Read More »
2 responsesMontreal public health reports three heat-related deaths since Sunday
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal public health has received three reports of heat-related deaths since Sunday. That’s a rise from one death reported earlier this week. Environment Canada says recent temperatures broke records in Montreal, with the mercury rising to 34 C or higher on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. The city’s public health agency says it has ... Read More »
1 responseAir quality warnings expand as wildfire burns on south-central Vancouver Island
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
PORT ALBERNI — The wildfire that has triggered evacuation orders and alerts on south-central Vancouver Island is billowing smoke that has prompted Environment Canada to expand an air quality advisory to the northern Gulf Islands and Sunshine Coast. The bulletin says the smoke will be heaviest on eastern Vancouver Island as well as Texada Island ... Read More »
1 responsePM’s staff say search is on for a local office that meets Carney’s security needs
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says work is “well underway” to find a local constituency office for the prime minister that meets his security requirements and is conveniently located for residents of his Nepean riding. As first reported this week by the Ottawa Citizen newspaper, Carney still doesn’t have his own constituency office ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear Eaton Centre shooter’s sentencing appeal
By Canadian Press on August 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the sentencing appeal of a man who opened fire in Toronto’s Eaton Centre mall in 2012, killing two people and leaving several others injured. Christopher Husbands was found guilty in 2019 of two counts of manslaughter in the deaths of Ahmed Hassan and Nixon Nirmalendran. ... Read More »
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