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CP NewsAlert: Canada Post set to reduce frequency of letter mail delivery: minister
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Public Works and Procurement Minister JoĂ«l Lightbound says Canada Post will reduce the frequency of door-to-door letter mail delivery in an effort to shore up its finances. The minister announced today the federal government will accept all of the recommendations in the Industrial Inquiry Commission’s report on Canada Post, which also called for ... Read More »
1 responseOntario plans to ban speed cameras; Ford frames move as affordability measure
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
VAUGHAN — Ontario will introduce legislation next month to ban the use of speed cameras across the province, Premier Doug Ford announced Thursday, framing it as an affordability measure. Ford has been bemoaning the cameras in recent weeks as a “cash grab,” suggesting they don’t work to slow traffic and are only used by some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM’s adviser says India committed to co-operating with police investigations
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s national security adviser says India has “absolutely” committed to co-operating and sharing information with Canadian police for ongoing investigations. Nathalie Drouin told reporters outside the cabinet room on Parliament Hill today that she had a “very productive meeting” last week with Indian government officials. Drouin travelled to India and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I did it for the victims’: Robert Pickton’s killer tells court during guilty plea
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — An inmate who has pleaded guilty to murdering Robert Pickton in prison last year says he did it for the serial killer’s victims. Martin Charest admitted today to fatally assaulting Pickton with a broken broom handle at the Port-Cartier federal penitentiary in May 2024. Charest pleaded guilty to first-degree murder during a court ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Branch of Montreal light-rail network to open in November, the other delayed to 2026
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal’s fully automated light-rail network won’t open all its new lines according to plan this fall. Instead, only the branch connecting downtown’s central station to Montreal’s northwest suburbs across the river from Laval, Que., will open in November. Network operator CDPQ Infra — a subsidiary of Quebec’s pension fund manager — says the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney heading to U.K. to talk trade, court investment
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney travels to London this afternoon in advance of meetings with the leaders of the United Kingdom, Australia, Iceland, Spain and Denmark tomorrow. This will be Carney’s second official visit to the U.K. since becoming prime minister, and his third one-on-one meeting with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer. Carney has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. fugitive, gangland killer arrested in Qatar: police
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
SURREY — A gangland killer who escaped from a British Columbia jail in 2022 has been captured in Qatar. Police say Rabih Alkhalil is in custody, three years after he escaped from the North Fraser Pretrial Centre in Port Coquitlam, B.C. At the time, Alkhalil had been on trial for the 2012 shooting death of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police arrest teen for threats after 15-year-old killed by officer in Montreal area
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Police on Montreal’s South Shore say they’ve arrested a teenager who allegedly threatened officers in the wake of the police shooting of a 15-year-old last weekend. The arrest of the suspect, also 15 years old, comes hours after police said they had opened an investigation into threats against the force following the killing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Parliamentary budget watchdog forecasts sharp rise in deficit to $68.5B this year
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer said Thursday he expects the coming fall budget will reveal a sharp increase in Ottawa’s deficit that puts the government’s previous fiscal anchors in jeopardy. Ottawa’s fiscal watchdog Jason Jacques now projects the federal government will post an annual deficit of $68.5 billion this year, up from $51.7 billion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget watchdog forecasts sharp rise in deficit to $68.5B this year
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer says he expects the upcoming fall budget will reveal a sharp increase in Ottawa’s annual deficit to $68.5 billion this year, up from $51.7 billion last year. Interim PBO Jason Jacques also says in a new report that federal debt-to-GDP is no longer on a declining path over the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Multiple suspects charged in dark web drug trafficking network: Ontario RCMP
By Canadian Press on September 25th, 2025
Mounties in Ontario have made seven arrests in what they say is one of the largest known dark web drug trafficking operations in Canadian history. The RCMP says the investigation began after a “takedown” of a dark web marketplace by German authorities, who contacted the force about several alleged Canadian-based users linked to drug trafficking. ... Read More »
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