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CP NewsAlert: Green Party disinvited from federal leaders’ debate, commission says
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Leaders’ Debate Commission says it has rescinded its invitation to the Green Party to participate in the two federal leaders’ debates this week. The commission says because the party has intentionally reduced its number of candidates running in the federal election, it “no longer meets the intention of the participation criteria.” More ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Poilievre to meet face-to-face as party leaders square off in first debate
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federal party leaders square off in Montreal tonight in the first of two debates ahead of election day on April 28. The two-hour French-language ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Federal leaders debate in Montreal, interest rate decision due out
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Party leaders square off in first debate tonight Liberal Leader Mark Carney’s French language skills will be put to the test, and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will seek to turn his numbers around, when the five main federal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s how people without ID or fixed address can vote in the federal election
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
ST. JOHN’S — Anyone who wants to register to vote in the April 28 federal election has to be able to prove who they are and where they live. Elections Canada realizes both of those things can be a challenge for someone without a home or standard ID cards, said spokesperson Diane Benson. If an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bank of Canada set to make interest rate decision amid trade war
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to make an interest rate decision today amid looming trade war impacts to the economy. The central bank cut its policy rate by a quarter point to 2.75 per cent at its most recent decision in March. Market bets were nearly evenly split between a rate hold ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gas firm says a contractor is dead in a gas plant fire near Fort St. John, B.C.
By Canadian Press on April 15th, 2025
FORT ST. JOHN — A contractor has been killed and another person hurt in a fire in a gas plant north of Fort St. John, B.C. Alberta-based Tourmaline Oil, which runs the Gundy oil and gas extraction facility in Wonowon, B.C., says the site was “immediately shut down” after the fire on Monday night. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Court of Appeal dismisses challenge of federal firearms ban
By Canadian Press on April 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of a Liberal government ban on firearms the government considers fit only for the battlefield, not for hunting or sport shooting. The Liberals outlawed some 1,500 firearm models and variants in May 2020, meaning they could no longer be legally used, sold or imported. ... Read More »
1 responseHit-and-run on TMU campus appears to have targeted a specific person: Toronto police
By Canadian Press on April 15th, 2025
TORONTO — Police say the driver of a vehicle that struck several pedestrians on Toronto Metropolitan University’s downtown campus Tuesday may have been targeting a specific individual on the walkway. Police say four people were injured and two of them were taken to hospital, but none were TMU students or staff. Duty Insp. Todd Jocko ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Party leaders make promises on job skills training, scam protection for seniors
By Canadian Press on April 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — The main federal parties campaigned in the Montreal area Tuesday, with the Liberals pitching a new training benefit for mid-career workers and the Conservatives promising to protect seniors from scams. Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre are sticking close to the city all week as they prepare for their first ... Read More »
1 responseCalifornia governor urges Canadians to ignore Trump, come back for sand, sun and wine
By Canadian Press on April 15th, 2025
California is calling for Canadians to come back and pay a visit. Gov. Gavin Newsom has taken to social media urging the two million Canadians who visited last year to come back and enjoy the Golden State’s wine, sun and sand. Newsom, without calling out U.S. President Donald Trump by name, says Canadians should not ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation launches challenge of B.C.’s approval to raise Mount Polley mine dam
By Canadian Press on April 15th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia First Nation has filed a legal challenge over the plan to allow the Mount Polley mine to raise its tailings dam a decade after a similar storage site at the mine gave way, creating one of the province’s largest environmental disasters. The Xatsull First Nation has filed a petition in ... Read More »
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