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Class-action lawsuit in plant-based milk recall settled at $6.5M
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
TORONTO — Canadians who bought or drank recalled plant-based milk linked to a listeria outbreak have reached a $6.5-million settlement with Danone Canada, Wal-Mart Canada Corp., and Intact Insurance Company. The settlement is tied to a listeria outbreak that led to a national recall of several Silk and Great Value plant-based milk products in July ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Liberals want media to release names in anonymous text-message exchanges
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez says his party will send a formal legal notice to the Journal de Montreal, after the news outlet published a report alleging some party members were paid to vote for him in his leadership campaign. The report published earlier this week alleges two people who “actively worked” to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Cargo unloaded from sinking barge off B.C. coast as planning starts for move south
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BELLA BELLA — The local First Nation in the vicinity of a sinking barge off the central British Columbia coast says some cargo containers have been moved off the damaged vessel. The Heiltsuk First Nation says 25 containers from the barge that was being towed by a tug from Alaska to Seattle have been moved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigration minister extends pause on new private refugee sponsorships to 2027
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab is extending until 2027 the pause on new applications through the Private Sponsorship for Refugees Program as the department works to clear its backlog. New ministerial instructions were published in the Canada Gazette today along with a notice on the Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada website. This pause applies ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian workers’ free speech fears persist two years after Israel-Hamas war began
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
During the Israel-Hamas war, a Canadian paramedic was fired, a teacher was put on extended leave and a doctor’s residency was suspended. All of them said they were penalized for criticizing Israel on social media, calling their punishments unfair and a blatant violation of their Charter right to freedom of expression. Free-speech advocates and legal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney in South Africa as concerns grow over U.S. boycott of G20
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney is in South Africa for a G20 summit overshadowed by a U.S. boycott — and as critics of Canada’s Africa strategy closely watch Carney’s first trip to the region as prime minister. “There’s a great synergy and opportunity for us to collaborate on core challenges that affect us all,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Grizzly attack on B.C. elementary class is latest in series of encounters
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
A grizzly bear attack on a group of elementary school students in Bella Coola, B.C., on Thursday is the latest in a series of recent encounters with the animals in British Columbia. Several people have been badly injured and at least one person has died. Here is a list of attacks in B.C. this year: ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada cuts back spending on fighting infectious diseases at G20 in South Africa
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
JOHANNESBURG — Prime Minister Mark Carney has made Canada’s first-ever cut to funding for a major program for fighting infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries — a move that has been sharply criticized by Canada’s development sector. The announcement of Canada’s $1 billion contribution to the Global Fund — down more than 17 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Students and teachers in B.C. grizzly attack responded ‘heroically’: chief
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
BELLA COOLA — What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a “traumatic event” where four people were badly hurt when a grizzly attacked without cause, the Nuxalk Nation’s elected chief said on Friday. Samuel Schooner said in a statement ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post says another bailout needed as it continues to bleed cash
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
After starting the year with a $1-billion federal loan, Canada Post said it will need another bailout by early 2026 as the Crown corporation bleeds cash, putting it on track for its worst fiscal year yet. It reported the highest quarterly loss in its history Friday, as the beleaguered mail service contends with stiff competition ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Expert report calls on Ottawa to fund essential medicines, enshrine pharmacare in law
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — An expert advisory committee is recommending the federal government fully fund essential medicines for all Canadians and pass new legislation that clearly defines how a national pharmacare program will work. The committee was set up last fall and tasked with reporting to the health minister on the best way to set up and ... Read More »
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