September 17th, 2025

Montreal’s transit agency says too expensive to display ‘Go Habs Go!’ before winter

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

MONTREAL — Montreal’s transit agency says city buses won’t be able to flash the “Go! Canadiens Go!” NHL hockey slogan any time soon. The agency had removed the expression from electronic signs on buses and replaced it with “Allez! Canadiens Allez!” to appease the province’s language watchdog. Following outcry, the language office said it gave ... Read More »

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Westbank sells stake in massive Squamish Nation housing development in Vancouver

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

VANCOUVER — The Squamish Nation says Vancouver-based developer Westbank Corp. has sold its entire stake in its massive Senakw housing project, which broke ground in 2022 backed by a $1.4 billion federal loan for construction. A statement from the nation says OPTrust, which manages one of Canada’s largest pension funds, has acquired Westbank’s share in ... Read More »

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Teenager charged in terror case faces new charge of assaulting a peace officer: Crown

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

MONTREAL — A 17-year-old boy who allegedly intended to carry out an attack on behalf of the Islamic State is facing a new charge of assaulting a peace officer. Federal prosecutor Marc Cigana told reporters at Montreal’s youth court that the alleged assault occurred at RCMP headquarters in Westmount, Que., after the teen was arrested ... Read More »

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Poilievre wants ‘reasonable’ self-defence defined in Criminal Code

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants the government to amend the Criminal Code to say that the use of force is presumed to be reasonable to defend your home is someone breaks into it. He says if the government doesn’t do this, his party will introduce a private member’s bill aimed at making the ... Read More »

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Federal government posts $3.3 billion deficit from April to June

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

OTTAWA — The federal government posted a $3.3 billion deficit in the first three months of its fiscal year. The result for the April-to-June period compared with a $2.9 billion deficit for the same stretch last year. Revenues increased $3.5 billion or 2.9 per cent from the prior year, largely due to increases in customs ... Read More »

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In the news today: StatCan to release GDP data for June and Q2 today

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… StatCan to release GDP data for June and Q2 today Statistics Canada is set to release gross domestic product data for the month of June and the second quarter as a whole today. The agency’s early estimates for ... Read More »

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Co-ordinated plan needed to save ‘alarmingly low’ monarch butterfly population: study

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

Researchers are urging Canada, United States and Mexico to take immediate action to save the monarch butterfly as the migratory insect faces a growing risk of extinction amid habitat loss. The iconic butterfly’s population has decreased by around 80 per cent in the past two decades, says the paper published in the journal Current Biology, ... Read More »

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Government says it accidentally deleted privacy provision in online streaming bill

By Canadian Press on August 29th, 2025

OTTAWA — The federal government says it’s “looking into” what appears to be the accidental removal of a privacy provision in its Online Streaming Act. Earlier this week, University of Ottawa law professor Michael Geist outlined in a blog post that a privacy provision in the legislation was removed only two months after the bill ... Read More »

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Police searching for B.C. woman Jessica Cunningham find body in her home; man charged

By Canadian Press on August 28th, 2025

A man who police say was in an intimate relationship with missing Maple Ridge woman Jessica Cunningham has been charged with indignity to human remains after a body was found in the home they shared in a cul-de-sac in the community east of Vancouver. Police say they have yet to confirm whether the remains are ... Read More »

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B.C. backs expansion at Mount Polley mine that could extend operations until 2033

By Canadian Press on August 28th, 2025

VICTORIA — The British Columbia government has granted consent for a proposed expansion at the Mount Polley copper and gold mine that could extend its operations for another two years until 2033. The project, which requires further permits to go ahead, calls for the deepening of a pit and expansion of a disposal area for ... Read More »

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Auto board scandal: Quebec says police will have easier time obtaining documents

By Canadian Press on August 28th, 2025

QUÉBEC — Quebec’s auto insurance board is going to make it easier for police to obtain documents in their investigation into hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns at the state-owned corporation, Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault said Thursday. In a post on X, Guilbault said the auto board would “adjust exchange and collaboration mechanisms” ... Read More »

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