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CP NewsAlert: Alberta to review Calgary water main breaks, demands documents
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
CALGARY — Alberta Municipal Affairs Minister Dan Williams says the government will review Calgary’s water main breaks and is demanding the city turn over documents dating back two decades. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre seeks bankruptcy protection, citing $1.1M debt
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
MONTREAL — Former Montreal mayor and federal cabinet minister Denis Coderre has filed for bankruptcy protection, seeking relief from nearly $1.1 million in debt, according to documents released by the Office of the Superintendent of Bankruptcy. The documents show Coderre sought protection on Jan. 6 and cited “illness, death, divorce, biopsy and media harassment” as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indigenous adults overrepresented in prisons by 10 times, Statistics Canada says
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A newly released report by Statistics Canada says Indigenous adults were incarcerated at a rate 10 times higher than non-Indigenous adults in six provinces. It says its new measure, called the overrepresentation index, was used to make the finding for First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in British Columbia, P.E.I., Nova Scotia, Ontario, ... Read More »
2 responsesB.C. settles prison solitary confinement lawsuit for $60 million
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
VANCOUVER — The British Columbia government has settled a class-action lawsuit for up to $60 million over the use of solitary confinement in provincial correctional facilities over a period of 20 years. The B.C. Supreme Court approved the settlement in October, and the claims period for a piece of the settlement began this month, more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A timeline of Quebec Premier François Legault’s political career as he resigns
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
MONTREAL — François Legault announced on Wednesday he will step down as Quebec premier when the Coalition Avenir Québec — the party he co-founded in 2011 — chooses his replacement. The departure of Legault, who had also co-founded Air Transat and was its CEO between 1986 and 1997, brings to an end a political career ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quick quotes: Quebec Premier François Legault announces resignation
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
QUÉBEC — Tributes to departing Quebec Premier François Legault are coming in from across the country as the co-founder of the Coalition Avenir Québec party says he will leave office when his replacement is chosen. Premier since 2018, Legault told a news conference in Quebec City on Wednesday that he recognized Quebecers want change. Here ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients, make less money: study
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
TORONTO — A new study says female family doctors in Ontario spend more time with patients than their male colleagues and in many cases earn less money as a result. The research, published in the Canadian Family Physician journal Wednesday, says female family doctors spend 15 to 20 per cent more time with patients than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!François Legault’s CAQ ended PQ/Liberal duopoly with back-to-back majorities
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
MONTREAL — From founding a successful airline to creating a political party that won back-to-back majority mandates, François Legault is stepping down as Quebec premier with a reputation as a builder and as someone who has had a profound influence on Quebec society. Legault became a minister before he was even elected. It was Lucien ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Proposed sureties pledge $1.2M in bail for man accused in Ryan Wedding case
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
TORONTO — Four people are pledging a combined $1.2 million in bail for an Ontario man accused of playing a pivotal role in a violent criminal organization by laundering hundreds of millions of dollars in drug money. The four, whose identities are covered under a publication ban, are offering to supervise Rolan Sokolovski if he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in China
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
Prime Minister Mark Carney landed in Beijing on Wednesday for the first visit by a Canadian prime minister to China in eight years — part of his government’s efforts to rebuild Canada’s fractured relationship with China and expand non-U.S. trade. After declaring in 2022 that China is a “disruptive global power” that does not share ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario man who lost family in Ethiopia plane crash reaches settlement with Boeing
By Canadian Press on January 14th, 2026
A Canadian man who lost several family members in the 2019 crash of a Boeing jet in Ethiopia has settled his lawsuit against the plane manufacturer just before a trial was set to begin in Chicago. The law firm representing Manant Vaidya, a Brampton, Ont., man who lost his parents, sister, brother-in-law and two young ... Read More »
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