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Quebec man accused of killing his kids gets new trial date after third postponement
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
MONTREAL — A Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has a new trial date, after recently being granted a third postponement. Kamaljit Arora is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his 13-year-old daughter and his 11-year-old son, and charged in the attempted murder ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Dairy, whiskey, wine and steel: American industries weigh in on trade pact review
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
WASHINGTON — American industries ranging from whiskey makers and Wisconsin dairy producers to steel and automobile associations are weighing in on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade. The continental trade pact, known as CUSMA, is up for mandatory review next year and the Office of the United States Trade Representative has been collecting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prisoners can appear before judge to challenge security classification: Supreme Court
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a federal prisoner can challenge a refusal to reclassify them to a lower-security facility through a habeas corpus hearing before a judge to determine if a detention is lawful. In a 6-3 ruling today, the top court says continuing a more restrictive form of confinement, instead of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saab CEO says plan to build Gripen jets in Canada depends on Ottawa making an order
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Saab CEO Micael Johansson says his company’s plan to set up shop in Canada to build fighter jets will depend largely on whether Ottawa buys its Gripen aircraft. Johansson tells The Canadian Press it “doesn’t really make sense” to build the aircraft in a country that isn’t buying the jets, which are designed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!13-year-old girl struck and killed by school bus in Montreal suburb
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LAVAL — A 13-year-old girl died Thursday evening after she was struck by a school bus moments after she had exited the vehicle in Montreal’s northern suburb. Erika Landry, a spokesperson for Laval police, says emergency vehicles were called to an intersection in the Ste-Rose district around 5:40 p.m. She says the girl died on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada announces $1B for Global Fund to fight infectious diseases
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada will contribute just over $1 billion over the next three years to the Global Fund to fight infectious diseases in the world’s poorest countries. Cindy Termorshuizen, Prime Minister Mark Carney’s personal representative for the G20 summit in South Africa, made the announcement today in Johannesburg ahead of Carney’s arrival at the summit. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sidhu: $6-billion trade infrastructure fund key to doubling non-U.S. exports
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
OTTAWA — International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu said he’s witnessed a sea change in interest for Canadian exports headed outside the United States amid the ongoing tariff war with the U.S. Sidhu told The Canadian Press that in more than a decade working in the private sector as a customs broker, the focus for private ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney wraps United Arab Emirates visit with pledge of $70B investment in Canada
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
ABU DHABI — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa is working on a $1-billion project aimed at expanding critical minerals processing capacity in Canada, while securing the equivalent of $70 billion in investment from the United Arab Emirates. The announcements came as Carney concluded a visit to Abu Dhabi that focused heavily on trade amid ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Grizzly attacks B.C. elementary class, many hurt
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Pupils flee as grizzly attacks elementary class in B.C., injuring 11, some critically A grizzly bear has attacked a group of elementary school students and teachers in the B.C. central coast community of Bella Coola, leaving two people ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
PORT COQUITLAM — When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver. What unfolded over the next 13 hours was a horrific ordeal for the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec man accused of killing his two children granted third postponement
By Canadian Press on November 21st, 2025
LAVAL — The trial for a Quebec father accused of killing his two children in their home north of Montreal in 2022 has been postponed for a third time. Kamaljit Arora is charged with first-degree murder in the deaths of his 13-year-old daughter and his 11-year-old son, and charged in the attempted murder of another ... Read More »
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