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Supreme Court to decide whether it will weigh in on Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce today whether it will hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law. The law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent. Premier Scott Moe’s government invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in the 2023 legislation, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prince Harry to visit veterans in Toronto today ahead of Remembrance Day
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
Prince Harry is set to meet with some of Canada’s oldest veterans today as part of his two-day visit to Toronto for events related to Remembrance Day. The Duke of Sussex, who served in Afghanistan as a member of the British military, will visit veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital’s veterans centre. The veterans centre is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian premiers are too quick to override rights, former PM Jean Chrétien warns
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening. Chrétien, who as justice minister negotiated the clause’s inclusion in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1981, said provinces are using it “for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFIA manual describes sitting on ostriches to inject lethal drug as cull ruling nears
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Canadian Food Inspection Agency document on culling birds describes how ostriches should be killed, by methods that can include breaking their necks, lethal injection, gassing or shooting. While the CFIA has repeatedly said it will not discuss its procedures in relation to a possible cull at an ostrich farm in British Columbia, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than 300 MPs have crossed the floor in Parliament since Confederation
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont surprised many on Tuesday when he left the Conservative caucus to join the Liberals, bringing the government caucus to within two votes of a majority. While switching parties between elections — a practice known as floor crossing referring to physically crossing the floor of the House of Commons ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Researchers find microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off Nova Scotia
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
HALIFAX — The co-author of a new study assessing microplastics in lobsters says the research can serve as a warning that plastic pollution is landing on people’s dinner plates. The study, published in the scientific journal Regional Studies in Marine Science, confirmed the presence of microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off the coast ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!One Canadian among seven climbers dead after avalanche in Nepal
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Global Affairs says a Canadian is one of the seven killed in an avalanche in Nepal earlier this week. A spokesperson says Canadian officials are in contact with local authorities to gather more information, and further details can’t be disclosed due to privacy reasons. The avalanche pounded the base camp at Mount Yalung ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals confirm they courted MP for years before he quit the Conservatives
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and his fellow Liberal MPs said Wednesday the party is open to talking to any opposition MPs interested in joining their team — a day after Nova Scotia MP Chris d’Entremont quit the Conservatives to join the government caucus. Carney and d’Entremont were met with thunderous applause and cheers ... Read More »
1 responsePhoto Gallery: The 2025 federal budget
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney’s first federal budget takes a big swing at making Canada’s economy a more attractive place to invest with billions of dollars for infrastructure and new tax opportunities for business. Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne tabled the long-anticipated budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon. He said it’s time for “bold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney defends ‘bold’ Budget 2025 as critics question scale of investment
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal budget is a “bold response” to a global moment of economic disruption, Prime Minister Mark Carney argued Wednesday, replying to critics who question the ambition of Ottawa’s plans. “These profound changes require a bold response, and that’s what we got yesterday,” Carney told a news conference in a public transit yard ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to restore accidentally deleted privacy provision in streaming bill
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal government says it will restore a privacy provision from the Online Streaming Act that was accidentally deleted. The federal budget released this week says the government will make a legislative amendment to add back the privacy provision. In 2023, the Online Streaming Act updated Canada’s Broadcasting Act to capture online streamers ... Read More »
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