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Pharmacare advisory committee report set to be made public
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government is set to release a report today by the advisory committee tasked with determining how to set up a national pharmacare program. The committee was set up last fall, after the Pharmacare Act became law, and was given a year to report back to the health minister. The pharmacare law ... Read More »
1 responseCarney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B to be invested in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1 billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 million in investment from the United Arab Emirates. The announcements come as Carney concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi, which focused heavily on trade ... Read More »
1 responseCarney’s office says United Arab Emirates will invest $70 billion in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — The United Arab Emirates plans to invest $50 billion USD in Canada, the equivalent of $70 billion, according to the office of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Carney’s office says the deal is part of a bilateral investment framework agreement, and did not indicate what timeline under which the dollars would flow. His ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says $1B critical-mineral processing project coming, heads to South Africa G20
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is working on a project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, which he says will be valued at more than $1 billion. Carney told business leaders in Abu Dhabi that the agreement is still being finalized, and aims to create jobs in Canada. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people critically injured and two others seriously hurt. B.C. Emergency Health Services said seven more people were treated at the scene of the attack in the community about 700 kilometres northwest ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzly attack hurts 11, some critically, including students, in Bella Coola, B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — A grizzly bear attack on elementary school students in the small B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola has critically injured two people, with two others seriously injured and seven more people treated at the scene. B.C. Emergency Health Services says it received a call about an animal attack just before 2 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Grizzly attack hurts 11, some critically, in Bella Coola, B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — A grizzly bear attack on school students in the small B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola has critically injured two people, with two others seriously injured and seven more people treated at the scene. B.C. Emergency Health Services says it received a call about an animal attack just before 2 p.m. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzly attacks several B.C. students, injuries ‘very serious,’ RCMP say
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — RCMP say a grizzly bear has attacked several students on British Columbia’s central coast, inflicting “very serious” injuries. North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says the attack happened on Thursday afternoon, but she didn’t know the age or gender of the students. B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service says the attack happened in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Grizzly attacks B.C. students, RCMP say several hurt
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — RCMP say several students have been injured in a grizzly bear attack on British Columbia’s central coast. North District RCMP Cpl. Madonna Saunderson says the attack happened on Thursday afternoon, but she didn’t know the age or gender of the students. B.C.’s Conservation Officer Service says it happened in the community of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Lost Canadians’ legislation becomes law after Senate approval
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
OTTAWA — The “Lost Canadians” legislation, which aims to fix Canada’s unconstitutional citizenship, received royal assent Thursday after being approved by the Senate on Wednesday. The term “Lost Canadians” refers to people who were born outside of the country to Canadian parents who were also born in another country. In 2009, the Conservative federal government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Cocaine lawyer,’ jeweller and blogger: Seven Canadians charged by U.S. authorities
By Canadian Press on November 20th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Seven Canadians were charged for extradition to the United States, with U.S. law enforcement alleging they were part of Canadian Olympic snowboarder-turned-fugitive Ryan Wedding’s intercontinental drug smuggling ring. Wedding is on the FBI’s most wanted list and was described by U.S. law enforcement as a modern-day Pablo Escobar — referencing the notorious Colombian ... Read More »
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