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B.C. to contest lawsuit by U.S.-based tribes over consultation rights in Canada
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
British Columbia’s premier says his government will be fighting a lawsuit by an Aboriginal group based in the United States, saying B.C.’s obligations are to Indigenous people in Canada. David Eby was responding to litigation brought by the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation in Washington state, which says it is being unfairly excluded from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘As long as it takes’: Union escalates B.C. public service strike
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
VANCOUVER — BC General Employees’ Union president Paul Finch says public sector workers are willing to strike for “as long as it takes” to get a fair deal from the provincial government, as the union escalates job action on day three of the dispute. The union has expanded picket sites to include a building in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says the temporary foreign worker program should “be cancelled or significantly reformed” because the province can’t have an immigration system that takes young people’s jobs, while filling up homeless shelters and food banks. Eby says one reason B.C. is facing “significant fiscal headwinds” is because of “very high ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Victims of Quebec weekend plane crash identified, investigation continues
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
LA TUQUE — The victims of a plane crash over the weekend in La Tuque, in the province’s Mauricie region, have been identified. The victims are Valérie Fortier, 42, of St-Valère, and Jean-Pier Godin, 41, of Ste-Eulalie. Fortier, a dairy farmer, was the president of Agricultrices du Québec, which promoted women working in the agriculture ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs vote down pitch to include First Nations infrastructure in major projects push
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
WINNIPEG — First Nations chiefs today voted down a resolution that would have called on Ottawa to include First Nations infrastructure ventures in its national push to fast-track major projects. The resolution, which also would have allowed the Assembly of First Nations to intervene in lawsuits against the federal government’s major projects legislation, failed to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: Montreal church did not burn down; old video used in false arson claim
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
Video showing a church in flames appeared on social media this week along with claims the fire happened at Montreal’s Notre-Dame Basilica and was the result of arson by “Islamists.” The actual video is from last year and shows a fire that destroyed a decommissioned church in Trois-Rivières, Que. While the cause of the fire ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario’s top doctor says province needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
TORONTO — Ontario’s top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada – but first, he says his own province needs a centralized digital vaccine system. Dr. Kieran Moore’s annual report, recently tabled with the provincial legislature, says a co-ordinated approach from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet next week, prorogue provincial legislature
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Mired in scandal and dismal polling numbers, Quebec Premier François Legault will shuffle his cabinet next week and prorogue the provincial legislature until the end of the month. In a statement Thursday, his office said the shuffle signals that Legault is following through on a promise to make changes. “This will be an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two dead, including suspect, in mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
WINNIPEG — RCMP say two people, including a suspect, are dead after a mass stabbing at Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. They say at least six people are in hospital after the attack this morning in the community 200 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. Health officials say two victims were airlifted to Winnipeg, while others ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Two dead, including suspect, in mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
WINNIPEG — RCMP say two people, including a suspect, are dead after a mass stabbing at Hollow Water First Nation in Manitoba. They say at least six people are in hospital after the attack this morning in the community 200 kilometres northeast of Winnipeg. Health officials say two victims were airlifted to Winnipeg while others ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney sending MP Blois to China to help Saskatchewan push back on canola tariffs
By Canadian Press on September 4th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office says he is sending his parliamentary secretary to China to join Saskatchewan’s efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other “trade irritants.” Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is leading a trade mission to China that starts Saturday, and Carney’s office says Nova Scotia MP Kody ... Read More »
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