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Federal prison service ‘ill-equipped’ for long-term mental health care: watchdog
By Canadian Press on November 12th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal prison ombudsman says weak policies, insufficient training and a lack of specialized treatment are hindering the Correctional Service of Canada’s efforts to deliver mental health care. In his latest annual report, correctional investigator Ivan Zinger says it’s “abundantly clear” the prison service is fundamentally ill-equipped to provide long-term mental health care ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Top diplomats to talk with Ukraine’s foreign minister at G7 meeting in Niagara region
By Canadian Press on November 12th, 2025
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Top diplomats from the Group of Seven countries are gathering in southern Ontario today to hear from Ukraine’s foreign minister as Russia escalates the grueling war by targeting the Ukrainian power grid. The Russian attacks have brought rolling blackouts to Ukraine as winter approaches and U.S.-led diplomatic efforts remain at a standstill. Foreign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fondue and dead bread: Roughrider and Alouette superfans prep for Grey Cup Sunday
By Canadian Press on November 12th, 2025
EDMONTON — Lance Hackewich loves his Saskatchewan Roughriders — and he’s got a 75-year-old desiccated, positively inedible piece of history to prove it. It’s a loaf of bread from 1951. It sits among other treasured mementoes in wall-to-wall glass case displays alongside old and new Roughrider jerseys, helmets, newspaper clippings, posters and footballs in Hackewich’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It’s about all of us’: Armed Forces, veterans gather for Remembrance Day in Montreal
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
MONTREAL — On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan. “We have a special place in our heart for him today,” he said Tuesday morning from Montreal’s Place du Canada. “For all the people that lost their lives — or who sometimes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Anand opens G7 foreign ministers meeting with a push for multilateralism
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand opened a meeting of foreign ministers from the Group of Seven countries Tuesday by calling for continued collaboration to tackle many of the world’s problems. “Meeting global challenges requires global partnerships,” Anand said. Anand welcomed G7 foreign ministers to Ontario’s freshly snow-covered Niagara region for a two-day gathering ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Railways says rock slide may have caused B.C. derailment that spilled jet fuel
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
SAVONA, BRITISH COLUMBIA — Rail operator Canadian Pacific Kansas City says a rock slide may be partially to blame for a derailment near Kamloops, B.C., that resulted in the spill of more than 70,000 litres of jet fuel alongside a local lake. CPKC Indigenous relations and government affairs director Mike LoVecchio said during a public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Latest: Canadians honour those who lived and died in the country’s service
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — This Remembrance Day marks eight decades since the conclusion of the Second World War and 25 years since the entombment of Canada’s Unknown Soldier, a First World War combatant who remains unidentified. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa honours the more than 118,000 Canadians who sacrificed their lives in service to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Everybody’s gone’: Canadians mark sombre Remembrance Day as number of vets dwindles
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — Eight decades on from the end of the deadliest military conflict in history, Canadians paused for Remembrance Day ceremonies Tuesday to honour those who put their lives on the line for their country. In chilly Ottawa, next to a National War Memorial lightly dusted with snow, Second World War veteran John Preece, 99, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: Remembrance Day 2025
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
This Remembrance Day marks eight decades since the conclusion of the Second World War and 25 years since the entombment of Canada’s Unknown Soldier, a First World War combatant who remains unidentified. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Ottawa honours the more than 118,000 Canadians who sacrificed their lives in service to their country. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec should strengthen climate targets despite rollback in the U.S., says committee
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
MONTREAL — An expert committee says Quebec needs to maintain its ambition to address climate change despite a U.S. government that disputes climate science. Quebec’s advisory committee on climate change says the government should keep or increase its target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030. It says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec labour minister wants power to intervene in Montreal transit strike
By Canadian Press on November 11th, 2025
QUÉBEC — The Quebec government wants the power to intervene in a strike that has disrupted public transit in Montreal since the start of November. Labour Minister Jean Boulet will table a bill on Wednesday that would bring into force a new law giving the government broad power to end labour disputes. The information was ... Read More »
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