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Ambassador says Canada’s team still talks to U.S. officials during trade talk pause
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Canada’s ambassador to the United States says her team in Washington has continued to communicate with American officials since President Donald Trump said he was terminating trade talks. Kirsten Hillman, who also serves as Canada’s top negotiator with the U.S., says her people have been in touch over the last five days with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No Canadians reported dead from Hurricane Melissa, Ottawa offers to help region
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The MP overseeing Canada’s foreign aid says that, as of this afternoon, no Canadians have been reported dead as a result of Hurricane Melissa. Randeep Sarai, secretary of state for international development, says Canada has supported making United Nations crisis funds available to Caribbean governments and is ready to help with logistics. His ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ahead of G7 meetings, energy minister announces funding for green tech projects
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson today announced millions of dollars for clean tech projects ahead of the G7 ministerial meetings starting tomorrow. In Toronto this morning, Hodgson pledged $11 million for carbon capture projects in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador. This afternoon, he announced a $5 million grant for a battery materials company ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: Video shared on X shows Maori haka dancer, not B.C. housing minister
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
A video was shared on social media this week by accounts claiming it shows B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle dancing and lip-synching to audio of ritual chanting, wearing what appears to be Indigenous traditional clothing. In fact, the video shows a traditional Maori haka dance performed by a Maori content creator based in Australia, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drug crimes up for first time in 12 years, bucking long-term national trend: StatCan
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported drug crime is up for the first time in 12 years, while remaining well below its peak in 2011. It says there was a 13 per cent national increase between 2023 and 2024, partly due to increases in possession and trafficking charges involving cannabis, cocaine and opioids other ... Read More »
1 responseMelissa partly to blame for wet, windy Halloween in the Maritimes and eastern Quebec
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
HALIFAX — Residents of the Maritimes and eastern Quebec can expect strong gusts and heavy rain on Friday, but a senior meteorologist says Hurricane Melissa is only partly to blame. The latest forecasts for New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and P.E.I. are calling for 30 to 50 millimetres of rain, with higher amounts possible in some ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal officials are not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said “Canada’s new immigration plan” will be in the federal budget next week, but immigration department officials don’t know if that includes the annual levels plan outlining how many newcomers Canada intends to admit for the next year. The Immigration and Refugee Protection Act says the immigration levels plan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Call 1-800-Doug-Ford’: Ontario, N.B. courting Quebec doctors unhappy with pay law
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
MONTREAL — Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians. At a Toronto news conference, Ontario Premier Doug Ford jokingly invited interested Quebec physicians to call “1-800-Doug-Ford” and reach out to him on his cellphone. But despite the joke ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Red shirts and red-rimmed eyes: 740,000 Alberta students back to classes post-strike
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
There were red shirts, red-rimmed eyes – and a lot of questions — as more than 740,000 students returned to classes in Alberta on Wednesday after a provincewide teachers strike. In Calgary, about two dozen parents and children cheered as teachers arrived at Colonel Walker elementary school following 16 days of missed instruction. “We love ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bank of Canada governor says AI could be both good and bad for Canada’s economy
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada says it doesn’t know how new artificial intelligence products will affect the Canadian economy. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the technology has the potential for both economic benefit and harm. Macklem says AI could have the sort of impact the introduction of computers and the internet did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal officials not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
By Canadian Press on October 29th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his pre-budget speech last week that the upcoming federal budget will include “Canada’s new immigration plan,” but immigration department officials don’t know if that includes the annual levels plan. The immigration levels plan, which outlines how many permanent residents Canada plans to admit for the next year, ... Read More »
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