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First Nations leaders meet in Winnipeg to discuss major infrastructure projects
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
WINNIPEG — The countrywide push for major projects won’t happen without First Nations at the table, the Assembly of First Nations warned government and industry Wednesday, as its annual summer gathering began in Winnipeg. “We can all agree on this, that progress cannot come at the cost of our rights, our treaties or our responsibilities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec wants court to declare branch of Swedish battery developer Northvolt insolvent
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government wants a judge to declare insolvent the North American branch of Swedish battery manufacturer Northvolt. Quebec filed the court application in an attempt to recoup some of the province’s losses on a failed electric-vehicle battery project. The province says Northvolt Batteries North America owes more than $260 million on a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!They had to navigate the health-care system growing up. Now they’re students at Canada’s newest med school
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
TORONTO — Toronto Metropolitan University opened Canada’s newest medical school this week, with 94 students who administrators believe reflect the diversity needed among this country’s future doctors. “It’s very intentional for us to be locating the school in Brampton — a diverse community, underserved from a medical human resources standpoint,” said Dr. Dominick Shelton, interim ... Read More »
1 responseTrain cars leave the tracks in B.C.’s Kootenay region near Alberta’s boundary
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
CALGARY — Federal investigators are looking into a train derailment in British Columbia’s Kootenay region near the Alberta boundary. The Transportation Safety Board says in a statement that a team is being deployed to the site near Elko, B.C., where investigators will gather information and begin to assess what caused the derailment. A spokesman with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal transit constables should be better armed, says workplace safety board
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s workplace safety board says Montreal’s transit constables fear for their security and should be better armed. Its recommendation is included in a report the board produced for the public transit agency in response to two complaints about constables’ safety in the network. The report, however, does not say what additional weapons should ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!System failed Quebec girl whose 2019 killing led to youth protection reforms: coroner
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
MONTREAL — A coroner says Quebec’s child protection services failed a young girl from Granby, Que., whose death in 2019 galvanized the province into reforming the system. Géhane Kamel’s report says institutions that were supposed to protect the seven-year-old — including youth services, the health network and the school system — did not co-ordinate a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Temperatures reach 40 C in Lytton, B.C., as heat warnings persist across province
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — Heat warnings and air-quality advisories are persisting in parts of British Columbia after daily high temperature records fell in a dozen communities, and the mercury rose to 40 C in the Fraser Canyon. Environment Canada says Lytton, B.C., reached that mark on Tuesday, breaking a record of 39.6 C set in 2022. Other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations leaders meet in Winnipeg to talk major infrastructure projects
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
WINNIPEG — The Assembly of First Nations’ annual general assembly kicked off Wednesday with a strong message to government and industry that the countrywide push for major projects won’t happen without First Nations at the table. “We can all agree on this: that progress cannot come at the cost of our rights, our treaties or ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
QUÉBEC — Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business leaders in Quebec City on Tuesday that Trump is pulling Canada out of its “lethargy” and forcing its leaders to rethink the economy. Charest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Families of Boeing crash victims, including Canadians, make potential final plea for criminal prosecution
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
DALLAS (AP) — Families of some of the 346 people killed in crashes of Boeing 737 Max jetliners held photos of their dead loved ones Wednesday outside a federal court in Texas, where a judge is hearing arguments on the U.S. government’s motion to dismiss a felony conspiracy charge against the aerospace company in connection ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Carney says he spoke with Trump ‘at length’ about trade on Monday
By Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2025
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says that he spoke with U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday evening “at length on a wide range of issues,” including trade. The Prime Minister’s Office did not disclose on Monday that the two had spoken at all. Carney says Canada has a team of senior bureaucrats in Washington ... Read More »
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