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Freeland called back to testify on BC Ferries’ deal with Chinese shipyard
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
Former transport minister Chrystia Freeland is being called back to a committee to testify after emails suggested the ministry was given weeks of notice that BC Ferries was buying four new vessels from a Chinese shipyard. The House of Commons transport committee unanimously passed the motion to have Freemen testify after The Globe and Mail ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Sheinbaum sign deal to deepen economic ties
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
MEXICO CITY — Canada and Mexico have signed a pact to deepen trade ties and partnerships to build infrastructure such as ports, rail and energy corridors while tackling crime and protecting the environment. The agreement — billed as a comprehensive strategic partnership — was signed by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta to use notwithstanding clause on its three transgender laws: memo
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has directed officials to invoke the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in amending three laws that affect transgender people, says a leaked government memo obtained by The Canadian Press. The internal document sent Sept. 10 by the justice department asks other departments to assemble information as per a directive from Smith’s ... Read More »
1 response‘Uncle Osama’: Iran-born B.C. RCMP officer not offended by terrorist jokes
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
A British Columbia RCMP officer who was born in Iran says he wasn’t offended when fellow officers made jokes about terrorism and referred to him as “Uncle Osama.” Coquitlam RCMP Const. Mersad Mesbah has told a code-of-conduct hearing in Richmond, B.C., that he felt accepted right away and had no trouble fitting in after completing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby says outcry over BC Ferries loan ‘bizarre,’ citing unfairness in federal funding
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
Concerns over a federal loan being used to buy ferries for British Columbia from a Chinese company are “bizarre” given the amount of money Ottawa has spent on ferries in Eastern Canada, including from the same shipyard, Premier David Eby said. Eby, who was in Ottawa for a series of meetings, told reporters on Thursday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. man who claims he stabbed 3 on ‘God’s will’ isn’t responsible, lawyer says
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of an attack at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says his client had no motivation other than a direction from God to stab three people and he should be found not criminally responsible. Glen Orris told a B.C. Supreme Court judge in closing arguments that Blair Donnelly’s mental ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec follows Alberta’s move to stop offering COVID vaccine for free to most people
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
Quebec is now the second province after Alberta to announce it will no longer offer free doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to its entire population, starting this fall. The decision matches a similar policy announced by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, who said in August her own government would no longer do so as a cost-saving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Champagne defends budget investments as he sets out to deepen European ties
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — The financial returns from Ottawa’s capital spending plans in the upcoming fall budget will help Canada pay down the deficit in later years, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said on Thursday. His comments came in an interview with The Canadian Press on Thursday before he departed on a trip to meet with European officials ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Accused in B.C. triple stabbing should be found not responsible, lawyer says
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The lawyer for the man accused of stabbing three people at a Vancouver Chinatown festival says evidence presented at his B.C. Supreme Court trial shows his client should be found not criminally responsible for the attack. Blair Donnelly has pleaded not guilty to three counts of aggravated assault and attended court today carrying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No tsunami threat to B.C. after 7.8-magnitude quake off Russia
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Authorities say there is no tsunami risk to British Columbia’s coast after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula in the same area hit in July by one of the biggest quakes ever recorded. The risk to B.C. had been under assessment after the quake struck around 11:58 a.m., Pacific time. The ... Read More »
1 responseCAQ member booted from cabinet quits party, says she has lost faith in leader Legault
By Canadian Press on September 18th, 2025
QUÉBEC — A member of the Coalition Avenir Québec recently booted from cabinet has resigned from the party and says she no longer has faith in Premier François Legault. Maïté Blanchette Vézina says she will sit as an Independent and says Legault should reconsider his future as leader of the CAQ, adding that his policies ... Read More »
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