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Astronaut Jeremy Hansen fields kids’ queries, 100 days from Artemis II launch opening
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — A Canadian astronaut embarking on a deep space mission to the moon admits it’s a scary prospect, but he’s learned to mitigate those fears. Jeremy Hansen made the comments as he took questions from elementary school students during an event at the Canadian Space Agency today. Hansen says the mission has risks but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Provincial immigrant nominee programs get late year boost: Diab
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says some provincial immigrant nominee programs are getting a late-year increase to the number of slots they have. Diab says she relayed the news to her provincial and territorial counterparts on Wednesday during a ministerial forum. The subnational ministers have been calling for a restoration of slots in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trans Mountain faces $292k environmental fines after 2024 B.C. rainstorm: regulator
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
Trans Mountain is facing $292,000 in regulatory fines for alleged environmental issues in January 2024 along a stretch of its British Columbia pipeline expansion route hit by a major rainstorm. The Canada Energy Regulator posted four penalties dated Oct. 3 to their website and referred The Canadian Press to an inspection order and compliance report ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!IMF chief, former PBO Kevin Page say Ottawa has leeway to run steeper deficits
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s former parliamentary budget officer and the head of the International Monetary Fund are both arguing Ottawa has room to run steeper deficits in the upcoming federal budget, despite concerns raised by the current fiscal watchdog. Kevin Page, now president of the Institute of Fiscal Studies and Democracy at the University of Ottawa, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Strike by B.C.’s professionals could delay national-interest mine project: union
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
VICTORIA — The union representing licensed professionals in British Columbia says its latest escalation of strike action could result in “costly delays” in projects such as the high-profile Red Chris mine expansion. Professional Employees Association executive director Melissa Moroz says engineers, geoscientists and mining inspectors are among those now on the picket lines as all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says now is not the time to hit back at U.S. over tariffs
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is rejecting calls for Ottawa to push back at the U.S. with new retaliatory trade measures as talks with Washington progress on sector-specific trade deals. “There’s times to hit back and there’s times to talk, and right now is the time to talk,” Carney said at a news conference ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former PBO Kevin Page says there’s ‘no fiscal crisis’ ahead of fall budget
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The former parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa has room to run steeper deficits in the upcoming federal budget, despite concerns raised by the current fiscal watchdog. Kevin Page published a piece in Policy Magazine this week arguing that considerable levels of economic uncertainty mean Canada must meet a “hinge moment” in the upcoming ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian passport now outranks U.S. in tally of visa-free access
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian passport holders have overtaken Americans in terms of visa-free access to the world. The Henley Passport Index ranks Canada in 9th place for how many countries Canadian citizens can visit without needing to apply for a visa, while the U.S. passport is in 12th place. Both countries were at parity a year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post promises to protect rural mail delivery in overhaul
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada Post says it will prioritize reliable and affordable mail delivery for all Canadians — including those in rural and remote communities — as part of sweeping changes kicked off last month by the federal government. Procurement Minister Joël Lightbound gave the struggling Crown corporation 45 days as of Sept. 25 to come ... Read More »
1 responseCarney says Stellantis offered reassurances on Brampton plant
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
TORONTO — Prime Minister Mark Carney says the global head of Stellantis told him the automaker is looking at finding a new model to fill the idled Brampton, Ont. plant, but that a decision won’t be coming quickly. Speaking to reporters in Toronto, Carney said Stellantis told him that a decision on producing a vehicle ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney briefing Premier Ford on trade talks with U.S.
By Canadian Press on October 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will brief Ontario Premier Doug Ford today on Canada’s negotiations with the U.S. on sectoral trade deals. Carney says Ottawa is engaged in deep and intensive negotiations with the U.S. on several sectors, including energy, aluminum and steel, and he’ll discuss with the premier the tariffs affecting ... Read More »
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