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Conservatives hold onto Windsor riding by four votes after recount
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative Kathy Borrelli has won the Ontario riding of Windsor-Windsor—Tecumseh—Lake Shore after a judicial recount confirmed her victory today by just four votes. The Liberals called for a judicial recount, after the initial validated results following the election on April 28 saw incumbent Liberal Irek Kusmierczyk lose by 77 votes. The recount began ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Harvard sues the Trump administration over ban on enrolling foreign students
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
WASHINGTON (AP) — Harvard University is challenging the Trump administration’s decision to bar the Ivy League school from enrolling foreign students, calling it unconstitutional retaliation for defying the White House’s political demands. In a lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Boston, Harvard said the government’s action violates the First Amendment and will have an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Canada Post union calls for halt to overtime as deadline passes with no agreement The union representing about 55,000 Canada Post employees has called for a countrywide halt to overtime work, saying its negotiators will continue to review ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Innovative horse simulator helps riders with disabilities get in the saddle
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
VICTORIA — “Do you want to go faster?” Jayne Imeson already knew the answer she was going to get from her six-year-old son, Casey, sitting astride his new steed in a park in Central Saanich, B.C. He nodded with a smile. “Always faster — this kid loves his speed,” Imeson said. Casey’s usual ride is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!RCMP, city police brace for ‘largest domestic security operation’ as G7 summit nears
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — RCMP and local police say security planning is well underway for next month’s G7 summit in Alberta. Officials told The Canadian Press they’re expecting protesters and are taking steps to deal with new technological threats, such as the weaponization of drones. David Hall, Alberta RCMP superintendent and event security director for the G7 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More than half of Canadians say they understand Alberta separatism: poll
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — A new poll suggests more than half of Canadians say they understand why Alberta might want to split from Canada — even if almost two-thirds say they don’t want that to happen. The Leger survey, which polled 1,537 Canadians between May 16 and 18, suggests that 55 per cent of Canadians understand Albertans’ ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three weeks since two young children reported missing in rural Nova Scotia
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
LANSDOWNE STATION — It has been three weeks since two young children were reported missing from their rural home in northeastern Nova Scotia, and police have yet to say if they have found any evidence pointing to their whereabouts. Police say they believe six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and her four-year-old brother Jack wandered away from their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa has to allow home prices to fall to make housing more affordable, experts say
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Housing experts are pushing back against a federal cabinet minister’s recent claim that home prices don’t need to go down in order to restore housing affordability. Gregor Robertson, the former mayor of Vancouver who was elected to the House of Commons in April, sparked the debate after he was sworn in as housing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fierce-looking B.C. fossil confirmed as new genus, days after death of discoverer
By Canadian Press on May 23rd, 2025
Before British Columbia fossil hunter Mike Trask died last week, he knew that recognition of his biggest discovery would live on. Now it has been confirmed that the ferocious-looking marine reptile he found with his then 12-year-old daughter on Vancouver Island 37 years ago is a new species — and an entirely new genus. Trask ... Read More »
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