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Manitoba Premier Kinew asks PM Carney for sentencing, parole overhaul
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
WINNIPEG — Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says the recent release of a man who killed two women “disgusts” him, and he’s asking the federal government to change sentencing and parole board provisions. In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Kinew says the recent release of Shawn Lamb seems to suggest that society is more ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says B.C. ‘has to agree’ on pipeline plan from Alberta
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says British Columbia “has to agree” on a potential pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast. Carney is expected to unveil a memorandum of understanding on a new energy pact with Alberta in Calgary on Thursday that likely will include language about a new pipeline. In question period today, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Door-to-door pickups, students restricted to grounds amid search for bear in B.C.
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
BELLA COOLA — Students were allowed back to school today in Bella Coola, B.C., where a bear attacked a group of students and teachers last week, but the kids couldn’t leave the grounds and the bus was doing door-to-door service. The search continues for a mother grizzly bear with two cubs thought to be involved ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: X’s AI chatbot claims Carney isn’t PM, Russian video set in Toronto
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
The artificial intelligence chatbot Grok made several errors over the past few weeks when asked to verify information on the X platform. In one instance, it miscaptioned video of a 2021 altercation involving hospital workers in Russia as taking place in Toronto a year earlier. In the other, it claimed multiple times Mark Carney “has ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court dismisses lawsuit accusing Manitoba Métis leader of wrongdoing
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Manitoba Métis Federation is celebrating an Ontario Superior Court decision that found its president did not breach his fiduciary duties while serving as finance minister for the Métis National Council. In a decision on the lawsuit released Tuesday, Justice Loretta P. Merritt wrote that a series of transactions made under the leadership ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Thomas King’s revelation he is not Indigenous sends ripples through culture sector
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
TORONTO — Thomas King’s revelation that he has no Indigenous identity is sending ripples through Canada’s cultural sector, while raising questions about what responsibility a person has when they claim a heritage they say they cannot prove. The 82-year-old author of “The Inconvenient Indian” revealed on Monday that he is not part Cherokee on his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Deputy premier Sharma says B.C. needs to be “respected” by Ottawa, other provinces
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s deputy premier says the province continues to follow a Team Canada approach, but it also needs to be “respected as a province” amid growing tensions among Western premiers. Media reports say the federal government is expected to announce a memorandum of understanding with Alberta this week that could include a pipeline ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Official languages commissioner concerned about federal budget cuts
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
MONTREAL — Canada’s commissioner of official languages says he wants to ensure language rights don’t suffer as a result of federal spending cuts. Raymond Théberge was speaking today in Dieppe, N.B., where he tabled his midterm findings on the 2023-2028 action plan, which includes $4.1 billion in funding. The commissioner says it’s important that official ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec begins consultations on potential revision of greenhouse gas targets
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
MONTRÉAL — Quebec is beginning consultations at the provincial legislature on whether to revise its greenhouse gas emission reduction target. The province committed to reducing its annual emissions by 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030 in the wake of the 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change. Environment Minister Bernard Drainville told the consultation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Judge says Amazon needed 100 lawyers to assess 2.25 M documents in competition probe
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Federal Court judge says Amazon Canada should have hired “at least 100 lawyers” to go through more than 2 million documents, in order to meet court-ordered deadlines in an investigation into potentially anti-competitive conduct. Federal Court Chief Justice Paul Crampton says in an explanation of his ruling to grant some extensions for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Beekeepers call for import ban on non-North American bees as deadly mite spreads
By Canadian Press on November 25th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian beekeepers are sounding the alarm about a pest that’s spreading in parts of Asia, and calling on the federal government to take action. A group representing the Canadian Beekeepers Federation and the Alberta Beekeepers Commission was on Parliament Hill today as part of a lobbying effort. They’re alarmed by the spread of ... Read More »
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