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Government spent $19 billion on outside services in 2024-25
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Government records show the federal government spent more than $19 billion on external professional and special services in 2024-25 — an increase of almost $2 billion from the previous year and almost $8.5 billion since 2020. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says the increase in spending on professional and special services is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: No ‘plan’ to ‘euthanize’ 15 million Canadians with MAID
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
Podcast clips recently shared on social media claim that Health Canada plans to save money by “euthanizing” 15 million Canadians. The clips cite a journal article that presents a scenario in which members of specific vulnerable groups receive medical assistance in dying, with or without consent. The authors estimate that from 2027-2047 that would result ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some NDP leadership candidates could drop out as first fundraising deadline arrives
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The first of three fundraising deadlines for the NDP leadership race landed Friday, and two candidates are at risk of falling short of the requirements. A campaign spokesperson for Tanille Johnston, a Campbell River B.C. city councillor, said she will “most likely” be able to make the $25,000 payment. “It’s no small feat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada upholds impaired driving convictions based on breath tests
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld impaired driving conditions in two cases, saying criminal law amendments enacted in 2018 were intended to streamline prosecutions based on breath test results. The related decisions from the top court today clarify the evidentiary scheme for proving blood alcohol concentration in impaired driving cases under the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oil and gas producers applaud Ottawa’s latest major projects list
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers is applauding Ottawa’s latest list of major projects after another liquefied natural gas project made the cut. On Thursday, Prime Minister Mark Carney identified the second tranche of projects his government is submitting to the Major Projects Office for consideration as projects of national interest. Such designation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poll shows more young women want to leave U.S. — their top destination is Canada
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
WASHINGTON — A record number of younger American women now say they want to leave the United States — and their most common destination of choice is Canada. Those findings come from a new Gallup poll that says 40 per cent of American women aged 15 to 44 report they would permanently leave the United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Carney attends launch of new branch of Montreal-area light rail network
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Mark Carney is among the dignitaries attending the launch of the northwest expansion of a light rail project in the Montreal area. Carney and Premier François Legault were among the first invited aboard to ride the Deux-Montagnes branch of the Réseau express métropolitain, or REM, before it opens to the public ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s operating spending — not capital — driving deeper deficits: PBO
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The parliamentary budget officer projects Ottawa will blow past the new fiscal anchors set out in last week’s 2025 federal budget. Interim budget officer Jason Jacques says in a new analysis of the budget that Ottawa is set to run an average deficit of $64.3 billion over the next five years — double ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some NDP leadership candidates at risk as first fundraising deadline arrives
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Today is the first of three fundraising deadlines for the NDP leadership race, and while most candidates say their payments are in, two are at risk of falling short. A campaign spokesperson for Tanille Johnston, a Campbell River B.C. city councillor, says she will “most likely” be able to make the $25,000 payment. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… New major projects list has some Indigenous buy-in, Carney says OKs still needed After an initial round of referrals to the new Major Projects Office that saw no Indigenous-led projects chosen, the second list of referrals includes some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Time is brain’: Toronto hospital paving way for remote robotic treatment of strokes
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
TORONTO — A team at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto has successfully completed 10 brain angiograms using a robot controlled remotely by a neurosurgeon, paving the way to eventually providing critical stroke care to patients in northern Ontario. A brain angiogram is a minimally invasive diagnostic procedure where doctors place a catheter in the femoral ... Read More »
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