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Poll finds most Canadians keen on tariff retaliation as Ottawa walks a different path
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadians are showing a lot of enthusiasm for retaliation against the U.S. over President Donald Trump’s tariffs — even as many of them fear that the country has slid into a recession already. A new Leger poll suggests a majority of Canadians — 67 per cent — are in favour of “dollar-for-dollar” retaliatory ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The government could function without a budget, but will need a spending bill
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday that when Parliament resumes, the government will put forward a middle-class tax cut, deliver a throne speech and release a fiscal plan in the fall economic update. Absent from that plan, was the traditional federal budget to start the fiscal year. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Thursday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative MP working to stop B.C. ostrich cull as farm’s supporters gather
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
Conservative MP Scott Anderson says he’s trying to stop the Canadian Food Inspection Agency from killing a flock of hundreds of ostriches on a farm in his riding, after a Federal Court ruling this week that the cull could proceed. Anderson says he visited Universal Ostrich Farm in Edgewood in southeast B.C. on Wednesday and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal Innu man’s ‘inhumane’ death shows need for more homeless services: coroner
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — The death of an unhoused Innu man whose body was found inside a portable toilet in Montreal was avoidable, a Quebec coroner said Thursday, highlighting the need for additional resources to combat homelessness. Raphaël “Napa” André died on Jan. 17, 2021, during the COVID-19 pandemic. André, 51, was found steps away from the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. winner of record $80M lottery jackpot quits job, vows to give back to community
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The winner of what the B.C. Lottery Corp. says is the biggest jackpot ever awarded to a single person in Canada says the $80 million prize is “life-changing.” Justin Simporios from Surrey, B.C., says his priority is to give back to the community, pay off his sister’s medical school debt and help his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most jurors selected in murder trial for Quebec man in truck attack that killed three
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
RIMOUSKI — Jury selection began on Thursday at the opening of a high-profile murder trial in eastern Quebec involving a man charged with killing three people with a truck. Forty-year-old Steeve Gagnon faces five charges, including three counts of first-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder involving nine victims. It took the court half ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nunavut election result not validated as ballot box held up in cargo by blizzard
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal election result in Nunavut still has not been validated by Elections Canada, because one final ballot box has been delayed by a blizzard. NDP incumbent Lori Idlout won the unofficial result by 77 votes over Liberal candidate Kilikvak Kabloona. Elections Canada has a validation process to confirm the unofficial count completed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prosecutors seek prison for men guilty of human smuggling in Manitoba border deaths
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
FERGUS FALLS — U.S. attorneys have filed sentencing submissions for two men convicted after a family froze to death while trying to walk across the Canada-U.S. border in Manitoba. A Minnesota jury found Steve Shand and Harshkumar Patel guilty of human-smuggling charges after the parents and two children from India were found in the snow ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!DEA threat assessment points to fentanyl ‘super laboratories’ in Canada
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The United States Drug Enforcement Administration’s latest threat assessment says fentanyl “super laboratories” in Canada are a growing source of concern. U.S. President Donald Trump has used cross-border traffic in the deadly drug to justify hitting imports of Canadian goods with tariffs. The annual report says that while the estimated volume of fentanyl ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Partner of Quebec man who received MAID after bedsores says hospital ignored her
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — The partner of a man who received a medically assisted death after developing a severe bedsore in a Quebec hospital says medical staff didn’t listen to her. Sylvie Brosseau spoke outside the Montreal courtroom where a coroner is holding hearings into the death of her partner Normand Meunier. Brosseau says Meunier loved the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Almost half of Canadians say Carney ‘stood up’ for country in Trump meeting: poll
By Canadian Press on May 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests nearly half of Canadians think Prime Minister Mark Carney “stood up” for Canada in his recent face-to-face meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump. The Leger poll says 48 per cent of poll respondents think Carney “clearly stood up for Canada’s interests” in his meeting with Trump, while another 24 ... Read More »
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