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Canadians could stay visa-free longer in U.S. under proposed bill
By Canadian Press on May 10th, 2025
Canadian snowbirds could stay longer in the United States without a visa if a bill recently proposed in the U.S. House of Representatives becomes law. The bipartisan bill put forward by Reps. Elise Stefanik of New York, Laurel Lee of Florida and Greg Stanton of Arizona proposes to extend the time Canadian citizens can stay ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous groups keen to see Pope Leo continue reconciliation work
By Canadian Press on May 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — Indigenous groups in Canada say they want to see Pope Leo XIV continue the reconciliation work started by his predecessor, the late Pope Francis. Francis was recognized as an ally of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples and was known for advancing reconciliation efforts and apologizing — both in the Vatican and in Canada — for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for the pandemic
By Canadian Press on May 10th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy — facilities meant to bolster overwhelmed hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic that were barely used. Early on in the pandemic, as the federal government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Complainant in hockey players’ trial pushes back during tense cross-examination
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
A woman pushed back Friday after a defence lawyer suggested she felt embarrassed and ashamed for the choices she made the night she alleges she was sexually assaulted by five former members of Canada’s world junior hockey team. The heated exchange between the complainant and defence lawyer Daniel Brown capped off a day of cross-examination ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. judge orders limit in tailings dam deposits at Mount Polley mine
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The Supreme Court in British Columbia has ordered that the Mount Polley mine limit the tailings it can deposit into its storage facility while a First Nation challenges an addition to the dam in court. The court’s decision issued Thursday orders the Mount Polley Mining Corp. not to deposit mine tailings that would ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Policing in Nunavik is broken’: Inuit group wants change after latest fatal shooting
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — The political organization that represents Inuit in Quebec says policing in the Far North is “broken” after an officer shot and killed an Inuk man on Tuesday. The shooting by the Nunavik Police Service is the second officer-involved death in the northern region since November. Makivvik, a group that represents the Inuit of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal candidate says judicial recount ordered in Ontario riding he narrowly lost
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Liberal candidate who lost to his Conservative rival by just 77 votes in the federal election says his request for a judicial recount has been granted. Irek Kusmierczyk, the Liberal incumbent in Windsor—Tecumseh—Lakeshore, argues in a social media post today that several ballots were “wrongly rejected.” He says that the Ontario Superior ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!White House downplays North American auto industry’s concerns about U.K. trade deal
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The White House is downplaying the North American automobile industry’s claim that U.S. President Donald Trump’s new trade deal with the United Kingdom could make the sector less competitive. The preliminary deal announced Thursday would drop tariffs on U.K. automobiles to 10 per cent for a quota of 100,000 vehicles. The American Automotive ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario First Nation seeks emergency relief in Federal Court over water crisis
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
A First Nation in northwestern Ontario is seeking $200 million in emergency relief from the federal government to address the “critical” state of its water and sewage system as part of legal action launched in Federal Court, lawyers for the community said Friday. Pikangikum First Nation submitted a motion Thursday asking the court to compel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hearing in September on whether Quebec daycare crash accused is high-risk offender
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
LAVAL — A court hearing will take place in September into whether a man who killed two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare should be declared a high-risk offender. Superior Court Justice Éric Downs today set aside one week beginning Sept. 15 to hear arguments from prosecutors and the defence team ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Filipino BC confirms identities of all 11 people killed in Vancouver festival attack
By Canadian Press on May 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The group that organized the Lapu Lapu Day festival where 11 people were killed last month has released the names of the dead. Filipino BC says in a social media post that its members honour the lives lost in the tragedy and hold their families close in their thoughts. “May their memory live ... Read More »
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