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Anand ties India trade talks with restoring Canada’s full cohort of diplomats
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada will not consider reopening trade talks with India until New Delhi allows the return of Canada’s full cohort of diplomats, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Tuesday. “The approach that we are following is a step-by-step approach, to be prudent along the way,” Anand told reporters in a video conference from Mumbai ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta teachers, government resume talks as provincewide strike hits second week
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
EDMONTON — The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government’s bargaining committee met Tuesday for the first time since a provincewide strike began a week ago. As of early afternoon, neither side were able to provide details on the discussion. The strike, in its sixth day, has kept some 740,000 students out of 2,500 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Premier Eby says lifting the tanker ban would sink billions in ‘real’ projects
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
VICTORIA — Lifting the oil tanker ban off British Columbia’s North Coast for a nonexistent pipeline from Alberta would endanger billions in other real investments that Premier David Eby says will need the support of coastal First Nations. Eby says he’s asking the federal government to reaffirm its support for the tanker ban off the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian flotilla activists released from Israeli detention share their experiences
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
TORONTO — Two Canadians who were on board a Gaza-bound flotilla that was intercepted by Israeli forces say their experience in detention was “horrific” and they are relieved to finally be home. Ontario residents Khurram Musti Khan and Mskwaasin Agnew were among six Canadians on board the Conscience vessel that was intercepted on Oct. 8. ... Read More »
2 responses‘Razor’s edge of survival’: Eby decries increasing softwood tariffs
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
BURNABY — British Columbia Premier David Eby says increasing U.S. tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber has left anyone with jobs dependent on the forest industry under imminent threat. In a letter sent to Prime Minister Mark Carney this week, Eby says “punitive and unfair tariffs and duties” as well as historically low prices have put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CSIS lacked proper policies, procedures to manage new secret technology: spy watchdog
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — A newly released spy watchdog report says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service lacked adequate policies and procedures to manage a secret technology for collecting information. The National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says CSIS mischaracterized a novel technical capability as an extension of existing know-how. The report says this led to CSIS not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Housing minister won’t commit to Liberal election promise to cut development fees
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal housing minister wouldn’t commit today to a Liberal election campaign promise to push cities to cut the fees that help fund local infrastructure. In Toronto today for an announcement, Housing Minister Gregor Robertson did not answer directly when asked whether the Liberals are still committed to their promise to cut municipal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!International enrolment at Quebec universities drops over 12 per cent, report says
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — A group representing Quebec universities is reporting that international student enrolment has dropped sharply compared to last year. Preliminary data from the Bureau de coopération interuniversitaire indicates that enrolment for the current fall session has plummeted by more than 21 per cent at the master’s level and by 12.1 per cent overall. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India has agreed to restore full cohort of Canadian diplomats, Anand says
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says India has agreed to readmit a full cohort of Canadian diplomats, a year after New Delhi forced Ottawa to send most of its envoys home. Anand met Monday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior Indian officials, who invited her to be the first Canadian cabinet minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Striking Alberta teachers, province set to meet
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Alberta teachers, province set to meet for first time since strike began last week The union representing Alberta teachers and the provincial government’s bargaining committee are set to meet today for the first time since a provincewide strike ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We need to get them out’: Beluga trainer fired by Marineland speaks out
By Canadian Press on October 14th, 2025
TORONTO — Marineland’s crumbling infrastructure, staffing shortage and lack of resources have created dangerous conditions for its belugas and they should be moved immediately, a fired beluga trainer says. Kristy Burgess, who worked at the Niagara Falls, Ont., park when a young beluga was put down in February, said Marineland’s threat to euthanize all 30 ... Read More »
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