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Four people hospitalized related to Pizza Pop recall, CFIA says
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says 20 people have been made sick and four hospitalized after an outbreak of E. coli infections linked to Pillsbury brand Pizza Pops. The agency says those who became ill range in age from 1 to 87 and live in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario and New Brunswick. A national recall ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Young child hurt after gunfire exchange involving police in northern Quebec: mayor
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
MONTREAL — The mayor of a village in Quebec’s Far North says a six-year-old girl was one of two people injured after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service. Inukjuak Mayor Bobby Epoo says the girl was flown to a hospital in Montreal where she is receiving care, but did not provide an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things to know about Quebec Premier François Legault’s tough year in 2025
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec Premier François Legault is finishing 2025 with his party running in third place in the polls, behind the Parti Québécois and the Liberals. The polling caps off a difficult year that saw his party lose six legislature members, including five who are now sitting as Independents. With just nine months until the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. health authority wins in court against husband’s ‘death plan’ for sick wife
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
NANAIMO — The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the husband of a woman with Alzheimer’s disease removed as her representative over a “death plan” he decided to carry out if his wife became ineligible for medical assistance in dying. The ruling says the Vancouver Island Health Authority took the man — who isn’t identified by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American visits north up for first time in eight months as Canadians still avoid U.S.
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
Canadians are still holding back from travelling south of the border, as trips by Americans to Canada rose for the first time in eight months in October, Statistics Canada reported. The number of Canadian-resident return trips from the United States in October totalled 2,336,872, down 26.3 per cent from 3,170,986 a year ago. “There’s a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa, First Nations presenting plans to reform child welfare system
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa and First Nations are presenting the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal with competing plans to reform the First Nations child welfare system today — the latest step in a lengthy fight that has stretched nearly 20 years. The August tribunal order that mandated the proposals came nine years after it concluded that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police thwart attempt to defraud B.C. First Nation of $406,000 intended for project
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
ALERT BAY — Police in British Columbia say they have prevented a fraud scheme targeting a First Nation on northern Vancouver Island that had redirected more than $400,000 to a fake bank account. Alert Bay RCMP say the case was first reported by the Namgis First Nation on May 13, where $406,000 meant for contractors ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Diab caps student visa applications for 2026, pauses some permanent residency streams
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab issued new ministerial instructions that include requiring provincial or territorial attestation letters for study permits with the goal of capping foreign student applications at just under 310,000 in the new year. The new instructions were published Saturday in the Canada Gazette, the official newspaper of the federal government, and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney names friend and former investment banker Mark Wiseman as next U.S. ambassador
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed a global investment banker and pension fund manager to be Canada’s next ambassador in Washington. Carney’s office said Mark Wiseman, who begins the role Feb. 15, will lead negotiations with the United States on a review of the continental free trade deal. Wiseman is a longtime friend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post, union reach tentative agreements, with vote expected in new year
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
MONTREAL — Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers say they have reached tentative agreements. The agreements cover both the Urban Postal Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers bargaining units. CUPW’s national board recommends members accept the deals during ratification votes set to be held in early 2026. The union and Crown ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Canada Post, union reach tentative agreements
By Canadian Press on December 22nd, 2025
MONTREAL — The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says it has reached tentative agreements with Canada Post for the Urban Postal Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers bargaining units. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
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