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Details of compensation plan for owners of banned firearms to be announced today
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2026
OTTAWA — Owners of banned firearms can expect to learn more today about federal plans to compensate them for turning in or permanently deactivating their guns. The Liberal government is slated to announce details of its national buyback program at a briefing in Montreal. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree, Québec Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Who wants to buy a sub? Why South Korea’s Hanwha is advertising around Ottawa
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2026
OTTAWA — Ottawa residents and out-of-town travellers may have puzzled recently over a wave of ads in the downtown from a company trying to sell them submarines. Not the six-inch sandwich kind, either, but the sort of 300-foot submersible you’d be hard-pressed to squeeze into your garage. The federal government is in the market for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney visiting Qatar to drum up investment despite ‘brutal’ human rights record
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading to Qatar to drum up investment deals with a country known for both its brutal dictatorship and its growing diplomatic and economic influence. “Today, the epicentre of diplomatic, economic, financial and commercial power in the Middle East is in the Gulf,” said University of Ottawa professor Thomas ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things about Canadian Jeremy Hansen’s upcoming trip to the moon and back
By Canadian Press on January 17th, 2026
LONGUEUIL — Astronaut Jeremy Hansen is set to make history as the first Canadian to fly around the moon. The Canadian Space Agency is hoping this “once-in-a-generation” event is one that will inspire young people to dream big. The impending Artemis II mission to the moon and back is in its final preparation stages with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian official says Carney will accept role on Trump’s Gaza ‘Board of Peace’
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
BEIJING — A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney has been asked by U.S. President Donald Trump to join the “Board of Peace” tasked with supporting the administration, reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza. Carney’s name was not among the initial list of executive board members, released by the White House Friday, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian official says Carney will accept role on Trump’s Gaza board of peace
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
BEIJING — A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney has been asked by U.S. President Donald Trump to join the “Board of Peace” tasked with supporting the administration, reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza. Carney’s name was not among the initial list of executive board members, released by the White House earlier ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Carney to join Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza: official
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
BEIJING — A senior Canadian government official says Prime Minister Mark Carney has been asked by U.S. President Donald Trump to join the “Board of Peace” tasked with supporting the administration, reconstruction and economic recovery of Gaza. The official says the prime minister will accept the invitation. More coming. Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Insured flood costs estimated at $74M in B.C.’s Fraser Valley
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
The Insurance Bureau of Canada says severe weather and flooding that lashed southern British Columbia and parts of Alberta last month caused close to $90 million in insured damage, with B.C.’s Fraser Valley suffering the heaviest losses. A statement from the bureau says the damage in the Fraser Valley, east of Vancouver, is an estimated ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tribunal upholds $10K fine for B.C. ostrich farm over failure to report sick birds
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
The Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal has upheld a $10,000 fine handed to the British Columbia ostrich farm whose flock of more than 300 birds was culled last fall, nearly 11 months after the confirmation of an avian influenza outbreak. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the fine alleging Universal Ostrich Farms violated the Health of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Damn excited’: Calgary lifts water-use restrictions after broken pipe repaired
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
CALGARY — Calgary’s 1.6 million residents and those in surrounding municipalities are once again free to flush and take longer showers, as water restrictions imposed due to a broken water main were lifted Friday. “I’m damn excited,” Mayor Jeromy Farkas told reporters at a news conference. He said while it’s a relief the Bearspaw South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Damn excited’: Calgary lifts water-use restrictions after successful tests on pipe
By Canadian Press on January 16th, 2026
CALGARY — Calgary’s 1.6 million residents and those in surrounding municipalities are once again free to flush and take longer showers, as water restrictions imposed due to a broken water main were lifted Friday. “I’m damn excited,” Mayor Jeromy Farkas told reporters at a news conference. He said while it’s a relief the Bearspaw South ... Read More »
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