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CP NewsAlert: Internal trade part of Bill C-5 passes in House of Commons
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — MPs have voted in favour of the first part of the Liberal government’s Bill C-5, known as the one Canadian economy act, which aims to tackle internal trade barriers. A second vote is set to happen shortly on the remainder of the bill, which would grant the government sweeping powers to approve major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending review
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
The Federal Court of Appeal has granted a stay that pauses the potential cull of nearly 400 ostriches at a B.C. farm. Court records show that a motion to pause plans for the cull, pending an appeal, was granted this afternoon in Ottawa. The owners of Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood, B.C., have been fighting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Federal Appeal Court grants B.C. ostriches stay of cull pending review
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has granted a stay, pausing the potential cull of nearly 400 ostriches at a B.C. farm. Court records show that a motion to pause plans for the cull, pending an appeal, was granted this afternoon in Ottawa. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Predicting deadly rockfall would have been impossible, say geologists
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
Geologists say it would have been impossible for Parks Canada to predict or prevent the massive rockfall that killed two people in Banff National Park on Thursday, with pressure building over many years released as hikers were below. University of Calgary Prof. Daniel Shugar says water from a lake above the cliff at Bow Glacier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Banff National Park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — One of the two people killed in a rockfall in Banff National Park has been identified as 70-year-old Jutta Hinrichs of Calgary. The University of Alberta, in a statement, says Hinrichs was an educator in the department of occupational therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. She retired last summer. Her body ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Banff park rockfall victim identified as retired university educator
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
LAKE LOUISE — The University of Alberta confirms one of the two people killed in the rockfall in Banff National Park was retired educator Jutta Hinrichs, who was a leader in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine. Parks Canada officials say she was 70 years-old and lived in Calgary. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada-Europe security and defence pact to be signed Monday in Brussels
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — A security and defence partnership pact Prime Minister Mark Carney will sign with European leaders in Brussels on Monday will be among the most wide-ranging agreements with a third country Europe has ever reached, a senior EU official said on Friday. Carney is flying to Europe Sunday for a Canada — EU Summit, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mom charged with abandoning daughter ‘needs help,’ to remain detained
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Montreal mother who allegedly abandoned her three-year-old daughter in rural Ontario, triggering a four-day hunt for the child across two provinces, will remain detained until her bail hearing early next month. On Friday, the mother’s legal-aid lawyer said he will try to have his client released pending the outcome of the criminal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House Speaker splits major projects bill for two separate votes, expected Friday
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will hold two separate votes on the government’s major projects bill Friday, after the House Speaker ruled the legislation has two distinct parts. Bill C-5, also known as the One Canadian Economy Act, contains measures to tackle internal trade barriers and gives the government sweeping new powers to approve major ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Don’t regulate us like radio, music streamer Spotify tells CRTC
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Music streamer Spotify says Canada’s federal broadcast regulator shouldn’t impose rules meant for radio on streaming services. Appearing before a CRTC hearing today, company representatives compared regulating Spotify like a radio station to treating Uber like a horse and buggy. In its written submission, Spotify argued the CRTC doesn’t have the jurisdiction to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: House Speaker splits major projects bill for two separate votes
By Canadian Press on June 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — Members of Parliament will hold two separate votes on the government’s major projects bill later today after the House Speaker ruled the legislation has two distinct parts. Bill C-5, known as the one Canadian economy act, contains measures to tackle internal trade barriers and also gives the government sweeping new powers to approve ... Read More »
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