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Manitoba Premier Kinew asks Ontario counterpart Ford to rethink Crown Royal boycott
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
GIMLI — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tuesday to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky, and wrote Ford’s name on a barrel outside the plant north of Winnipeg where some of the whisky is mashed, distilled and aged. “We understand, Doug, that you get fired up and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some Canadians manage to contact family in Iran for first time in days amid protests
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
Before the latest anti-government protests in Iran began, Shadi Dashmiz was in contact with her father every day, exchanging calls, texts and pictures. But she suddenly lost touch with the 70-year-old who currently lives alone in the country, after the Iranian government disabled the internet and blocked landlines from placing international calls. For nearly a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coastal First Nations call on Carney to defend the B.C. tanker ban in pipeline talks
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
PRINCE RUPERT — Coastal First Nations president Marilyn Slett says she called on Prime Minister Mark Carney in a meeting Tuesday to maintain and protect the oil tanker moratorium in his government’s pipeline talks with Alberta. The meeting between Carney and Coastal First Nations in Prince Rupert, B.C. was held to restart relations with the ... Read More »
1 responseEx-journalists lament closure of Ming Pao, Canada’s last Chinese-language daily paper
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Former journalists for Ming Pao Daily News say its impending closure will be a devastating blow for consumers of the only Chinese-language daily newspaper in Canada. Ming Pao announced on Monday that its final Vancouver and Toronto editions will be published on Jan. 16 and its newsrooms and offices will shut on Jan. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why an Ontario couple is leading a court battle to change MAID in B.C.
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Gaye and Jim O’Neill have spend countless hours thinking about their daughter’s final hours in April 2023. It’s a memory they say they’d wish on no one — and it’s the reason why they joined a years-long legal campaign to change the way medical assistance in dying is delivered in British Columbia. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Kinew asks Ford to reconsider Crown Royal boycott in Ontario
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
GIMLI — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew is calling on Ontario Premier Doug Ford to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky. Kinew made the remark while standing outside the plant at Gimli, Man., where Crown Royal is mashed, distilled and aged. Ford has said that in retaliation for parent company Diageo deciding to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say person arrested following anti-regime protest at Iran’s empty embassy
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
OTTAWA — Ottawa police say they arrested someone on trespassing-related charges after Iran’s shuttered embassy was defaced during an anti-regime protest Monday. Police say there were called to the embassy around 5:50 a.m. when someone reported that a person had jumped a fence at the embassy. The building has been vacant since Canada cut diplomatic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proposed sureties testify at bail hearing for man accused in Ryan Wedding case
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
TORONTO — A woman offering to help supervise an Ontario man accused of laundering hundreds of millions in drug money if he is released on bail testified Tuesday that he didn’t tell her details about his business or the sources of his income. The woman, whose identity is covered by a publication ban, took the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sydney, N.S., selected as the preferred base for new Arctic icebreakers
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
SYDNEY — Federal officials say Sydney, N.S., has the inside track on becoming the base for the Canadian Coast Guard’s upcoming polar icebreakers as the country continues the push to assert its sovereignty in the Arctic. The government announced Tuesday that the Cape Breton port is the preferred location as the maintenance base for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Construction on second leg of high-speed rail line slated for 2032: CEO
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
MONTREAL — The CEO of a planned high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City says construction on the eastern and western parts of the line is expected to begin by 2032. Following a speech in Montreal on Tuesday, Martin Imbleau told reporters the portions connecting the two provincial capitals will likely start to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Watchdog rebukes Quebec auto insurance board after $500M online platform scandal
By Canadian Press on January 13th, 2026
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s scandal-plagued auto insurance board has been hit with another blow, this time from an independent government agency that oversees the province’s public procurement markets. The Autorité des marchés publics says the auto board — Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec — failed to manage public funds responsibly in its development of the ... Read More »
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