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Ontario Premier Doug Ford set to request dissolution of parliament for early election
By Liam Casey and Allison Jones, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
TORONTO – Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27. Ford’s office says he will visit Lt.-Gov. Edith Dumont this afternoon and ask her to end the legislature’s 43rd parliament. Ford has said he needs a new mandate from the electorate ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau, Tusk warn that ‘never again’ is slipping away amid rising hatred, extremism
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
WARSAW, Poland – The notion that “never again” can the world allow something like the Holocaust to happen feels like it is slipping away, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk both said Tuesday. The two leaders met in Warsaw a day after they joined dozens of other world leaders to mark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau concluded by Poland trip with a nuclear energy co-operation deal with PM Tusk
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
KRAKOW, Poland – Canada and Poland have signed a deal which will allow Canadian companies to support Polish efforts to begin generating nuclear power, once it takes effect. Prime Ministers Justin Trudeau and Donald Tusk signed Canada-Poland Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement to conclude Trudeau’s trip to Poland. The deal is seen as a way to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Ford set to dissolve government for early election
By The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Ford set to dissolve government for early election Ontario Premier Doug Ford is set to request the dissolution of provincial parliament today and trigger an early election for Feb. 27. Ford’s office says he will visit Lt.-Gov. Edith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau to meet Polish PM and sign nuclear energy cooperation agreement
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
KRAKOW, Poland – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is travelling to Warsaw today to meet with his Polish counterpart Donald Tusk. The two leaders are set to sign the Canada-Poland Nuclear Energy Cooperation Agreement, according to Trudeau’s itinerary, then hold a joint media availability. In December, Export Development Canada issued a letter of interest to provide ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hitmen face sentencing for B.C. murder of former Air India suspect Malik
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. – One of the admitted hitmen who killed former Air India bombing suspect Ripudaman Singh Malik is set to be sentenced for his part in the murder today in a New Westminster, B.C., courtroom. Tanner Fox and accomplice Jose Lopez pleaded guilty to second-degree murder last October, with Fox scheduled to be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Why the Year of the Snake is constricting festive decoration sales in B.C.
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
RICHMOND, B.C. – Cecilia Liang’s Lunar New Year decoration stall has been an annual fixture in the Yaohan Centre in Richmond, B.C., for 25 years – but she knew some products would be a tough sell this year. With the Year of the Snake dawning on Wednesday, Liang and other decoration vendors say sales have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec legislature returns for spring session amid Trump tariff threat
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
MONTREAL – The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity. On the eve of the national assembly’s return, Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge announced the government will table a new bill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Historic $32.5B tobacco proposal faces final test in series of hearings
By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
TORONTO – A historic proposal that would see three major tobacco companies pay out billions to provinces and territories as well as former smokers across Canada is set to face its final test over the coming weeks. The proposed $32.5-billion settlement between the companies – JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump bump: U.S. citizenship renunciation inquiries surge in Canada, lawyers say
By Marcy Nicholson, The Canadian Press on January 28th, 2025
For more than a decade, Wisconsin native Douglas Cowgill has helped Americans in Canada navigate the complex task of renouncing their U.S. citizenship, cutting themselves loose from that nation’s Internal Revenue Service in the process. But it was only in 2023 that Cowgill – a dual citizen at the time with a Canadian wife and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta doctors criticize provincial COVID-19 report as harmful ‘anti-science’
By Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press on January 27th, 2025
EDMONTON – The organization representing Alberta physicians is calling out a government panel’s COVID-19 report as “anti-science.” Dr. Shelley Duggan, head of the Alberta Medical Association, says the report sows distrust by going against proven preventive health measures while promoting fringe methods. She says the report is “anti-science and anti-evidence,” and its recommendations have the ... Read More »
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