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Storm tracker group confirms rare tornado touchdown on B.C.’s Sunshine Coast
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
A resident of British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast says a rare tornado that she saw touch down on Monday was like a scene out of a movie with trees coming down “like dominoes” in the high winds. Western University’s Northern Tornadoes Project, which tracks storm events across Canada, has confirmed that what Lynn Smith captured on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Expert says silence in B.C. port lockout unusual while retailers call for urgency
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Canadian retailers say their frustration is growing with the lack of movement to resolve disruptions at Canada’s two largest ports, including silence surrounding a lockout at British Columbia ports that is into its fourth day. Matt Poirier with the Retail Council of Canada says there “doesn’t seem to be any urgency” in resolving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man’s acquittal in 1978 double murder ‘historic and exceptional,’ lawyer says
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
MONTREAL – One of the lawyers for a Quebec man who was acquitted Wednesday of a decades-old double murder hopes her client’s case will convince other wrongfully convicted people not to lose hope. For the first time in more than 40 years, Claude Paquin woke up today as a completely free man after Quebec’s Crown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing minister announces applications open for $1B critical infrastructure program
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – Applications opened Thursday for a $1-billion federal program to help municipalities and Indigenous communities build critical infrastructure. The Canada Housing Infrastructure Fund set aside $1-billion in direct funding to communities to build or improve infrastructure to support drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and solid waste. Applications opened online today, with municipalities and Indigenous communities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian business groups say Trump second term may bring different risks for Canada
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – Donald Trump’s mandate to get tough on trade is expected to be stronger in his second term as U.S. president, posing different challenges for Canada than his first time in the White House. Goldy Hyder, the president of the Business Council of Canada, is warning the past might not offer a good road ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister wants all Quebecers to have access to a health professional by 2026
By The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
QUEBEC – The Quebec government says it wants every Quebecer to have access to a health professional by the summer of 2026 – just before the next provincial election. Health Minister Christian Dubé made the announcement in Quebec City on Thursday, as part of his effort to improve Quebecers’ access to health care. Quebec Premier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judicial recount in Surrey-Guildford underway, starting with 28 unreported ballots
By Brieanna Charlebois, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – Election officials filed into an industrial building in Surrey, B.C., to begin a judicial recount for the most narrowly won riding in British Columbia’s election, starting with 28 extra ballots found to have gone unreported days after the vote. The recount will decide if the NDP’s one-seat majority stands, after it claimed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India halts some consular visits amid Sikh-Hindu clashes
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – India’s consulate in Toronto is suspending some of its diplomatic visits to process paperwork at places like religious temples after violence between Sikh and Hindu people. The violence started Sunday outside the Hindu Sabha Mandir in Brampton, Ont., where police allege people in the crowd were carrying weapons and throwing objects. The next ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Senate committee makes major changes to Bloc Québécois supply management bill
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – A committee of senators voted to add a major caveat to a politically charged bill from the Bloc Québécois that’s intended to protect supply management. The private member’s bill seeks to protect Canada’s supply management system during international trade negotiations, and had broad support in the House of Commons from all parties. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Inuk man shot dead by police a victim of systemic racism: Crown-Indigenous minister
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
MONTREAL – Canada’s minister for Crown-Indigenous relations says the killing of an Inuk man by police in an Inuit village in Quebec’s Far North is an example of systemic racism. Gary Anandasangaree said today in a statement the death of Joshua Papigatuk earlier this week underscores the systemic racism Indigenous Peoples experience in the justice ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Liberal MP warns of tough times ahead with U.S. over NATO spending target
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on November 7th, 2024
OTTAWA – Retired Lt.-Gen. Andrew Leslie says Canada will soon face a rough ride from the U.S. for failing to meet its defence spending targets after the dramatic political comeback of president-elect Donald Trump. Leslie, a former member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s caucus, told the House of Commons defence committee that he sees “no ... Read More »
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