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Supreme Court of Canada agrees to weigh in on B.C. First Nations’ title dispute
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to weigh in on a dispute between First Nations that have overlapping land title claims in British Columbia. The overlapping claims involve the Gitanyow Nation, the Nisga’a Nation and the Tsetsaut Skii km Lax Ha Nation, and Canada’s high court on Thursday agreed to hear appeals of decisions ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Quebec court overturns out-of-province tuition hike
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec Superior Court judge has invalidated the provincial government’s tuition hike for out-of-province students. The ruling also overturns a new requirement that 80 per cent of out-of-province undergraduate students at English-language universities reach an intermediate level of proficiency in French by the time they graduate. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
1 responseGuilty pleas to bylaw charges in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary pleaded guilty Thursday to four bylaw offences after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the eight-week outbreak that was declared in September 2023. There were at least 448 infections, and 39 ... Read More »
1 responseGuilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023. There were at least 448 infections, and 39 children and one ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada caught up in China-U.S. trade war as Trump claims fentanyl continues to flow
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Pulling Canada into his trade war with China, U.S. President Donald Trump claims Chinese fentanyl continues to “pour” across both borders. Trump complained on social media today about Chinese airlines refusing to accept Boeing planes to protest his administration’s massive tariffs on China. In his post, he says that fentanyl continues to flow ... Read More »
1 responseCP NewsAlert: Guilty pleas in case of E. coli outbreak at Calgary daycares
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
CALGARY — A commercial kitchen company in Calgary has pleaded guilty to four charges after a massive E. coli outbreak at daycares led to hundreds of children falling ill. Fueling Minds Inc. was charged in relation to the outbreak that started in September 2023. There were least 448 infections, and 39 children and one adult ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court hears legal arguments in former world junior hockey players’ sex assault case
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
LONDON — A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments today in the sex assault trial of five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. Michael McLeod, Carter Hart, Alex Formenton, Dillon Dube and Callan Foote have all pleaded not guilty to sexual assault. McLeod has also pleaded not guilty to an additional charge ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre paints picture of gloomy future under Carney as election day draws closer
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is predicting a gloomy future of more crime and higher inflation under a Liberal government led by Mark Carney. Poilievre began Thursday in Halifax, where he pitched a promise of change for Canadians struggling to afford life’s essentials. Federal leaders are making campaign stops across the country as election ... Read More »
1 responseMan, 30, shot dead by police at Toronto’s Pearson Airport: SIU
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says a 30-year-old man was shot dead by police this morning at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. The Special Investigations Unit says three officers shot at the man who was later pronounced dead in hospital. The SIU says just before 7 a.m. Peel regional police were investigating a “man in distress” in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: 30-year-old man shot dead by police at Toronto’s Pearson Airport
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
TORONTO — Ontario’s police watchdog says a 30-year-old man was shot dead by police at Toronto’s Pearson Airport. The Special Investigations Unit says three officers fired at the man outside the departures level at Terminal 1. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government receives fourth extension to fix unconstitutional ‘Lost Canadians’ issue
By Canadian Press on April 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government has received a fourth extension to pass legislation to grant citizenship to “Lost Canadians” after the existing law was ruled unconstitutional. “Lost Canadians” is a term applied to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country. In 2009, the Conservative ... Read More »
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