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In the news today: Support for steel, pipeline promises and their pitfalls, AI toys
By Canadian Press on November 26th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney to announce steel supports today Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce new measures today to help Canada’s steel sector, a government official told The Canadian Press. Ottawa plans to limit foreign steel imports and cut ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Maya, 17, got mental health records by FOI, then killed herself. Her mom wants reform
By Canadian Press on November 26th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Maya Cassady was just two months away from graduating high school with honours when she obtained her mental health records through a freedom of information request. Just hours after reading the contents, which included doctors’ ponderings about a diagnosis, the 17-year-old took her own life. It was March 30, 2023. Since Maya’s death, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Energy minister to brief B.C. Liberal MPs on expected Alberta pipeline deal
By Canadian Press on November 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson is set to brief B.C. Liberal MPs today on the government’s expected energy deal with the province of Alberta. The move comes after B.C. Liberal MPs last week said any deal involving a pipeline to the West Coast would need consent from First Nations and the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney to announce new supports today for steel industry hammered by U.S. tariffs
By Canadian Press on November 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to announce new measures today to help Canada’s steel sector, a government official told The Canadian Press. Ottawa plans to limit foreign steel imports and cut interprovincial rail freight rates in a bid to support Canada’s steel industry threatened by damaging U.S. tariffs. Steel imports from countries ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Church sues after City of Montreal issues $2,500 fine for hosting ‘MAGA superstar’
By Canadian Press on November 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec City is not alone in facing legal action for the way its municipal administration responded to a scheduled concert by Sean Feucht, an American Christian singer known for his ties to U.S. President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. The City of Montreal is also being sued, after it fined a church $2,500 for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney expected to announce new supports for steel industry hammered by U.S. tariffs
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government plans to limit foreign steel imports and cut interprovincial rail freight rates in a bid to support Canada’s steel industry threatened by damaging U.S. tariffs. A government official not authorized to speak about details ahead of the public announcement told The Canadian Press that Prime Minister Mark Carney will announce ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Search goes on for bear that attacked B.C. pupils, two other grizzlies to be freed
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
The B.C. Conservation Officer Service says two grizzlies captured in Bella Coola will be fitted with tracking collars and relocated far from the community, while the search goes on for the bear that attacked and badly injured three schoolchildren and a teacher last week. The bears were captured as officers search for the mother bear ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trouble in ‘Team Canada’ as B.C.’s deputy premier raises spectre of pipeline lawsuit
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
VICTORIA — Rifts in “Team Canada” appear to be widening on the brink of a federal announcement on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the West coast, with B.C.’s deputy premier even raising the prospect of legal action against the project. Asked if she expects B.C. to file a court challenge against the pipeline that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawsuit seeks damages against B.C., federal government over Cowichan title ruling
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
NEW WESTMINSTER — A proposed class-action lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court says the provincial and federal governments had “long-standing” knowledge that unresolved Indigenous land claims threatened the security of property ownership in Canada. The lawsuit filed this week in New Westminster, B.C., alleges the recent decision by the court recognizing the Cowichan Tribes’ title ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge says Amazon needed 100 lawyers to assess 2.25M documents in competition probe
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge says Amazon Canada should have hired “at least 100 lawyers” to go through more than two million documents, in order to meet court-ordered deadlines in an investigation into potentially anticompetitive conduct. Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton ruled this month to grant some extensions for document production to Amazon, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Classes resume at B.C. school after grizzly attack, with safety measures in place
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
A school in Bella Coola, B.C., has reopened with safety measures, five days after a grizzly bear attack on a group of students and teachers. The search continued for the mother grizzly with two cubs thought to be involved in the attack, and the Acwsalcta School said in a statement on Monday that it was ... Read More »
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