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Pope Francis names 21 new cardinals, including archbishop of Toronto
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press on October 6th, 2024
TORONTO – The Archbishop of Toronto is among 21 new cardinals Pope Francis named Sunday and the lone new cardinal from North America. Archbishop Francis Leo, 53, was born in Montreal and previously served as vicar general and moderator of the Curia of the Archdiocese of Montreal and auxiliary bishop of Montreal. He has served ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Where will B.C.’s election be won? Even identifying the battlegrounds is tough call
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 6th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The calculus of predicting an election and identifying its key battlegrounds is complex enough in any race, but observers of the British Columbia poll this month are facing a pair of unknown quantities that make the maths even more confounding. Those are the significant redistribution that has added six ridings to the electoral ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We will never be the same’: Oct. 7 killing of Montreal native leaves gaping hole
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on October 6th, 2024
MONTREAL – Raquel Ohnona Look wipes back tears when her eyes fall on the plaque in honour of her son Alexandre, affixed to a bench in a suburban Montreal green space that was recently renamed for him. “Forever in our hearts. Our hero,” it reads above his name and the dates of his birth and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal, Conservative MPs to speak at Oct. 7 march to Parliament Hill
By The Canadian Press on October 6th, 2024
OTTAWA – A Liberal MP and a Conservative MP will be part of a team delivering speeches at an event in Ottawa commemorating the one year anniversary of the attacks on Oct. 7. The Sunday march will start early in the afternoon at Ottawa City Hall before making its way to Parliament Hill. Among the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mom and seven-year-old daughter from France killed in Montreal fire
By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
Montreal police say the two people killed in a fire that ravaged a three-storey building in a historic part of the city were a woman from France and her seven-year-old daughter. Insp. David Shane identified the victims as 43-year-old Léonor Geraudie and seven-year-old Vérane Reynaud Geraudie at an afternoon news conference. He says the other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Eby promises $75 million rural health loan forgiveness plan at Okanagan campaign stop
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
VERNON, B.C. – NDP Leader David Eby is promising to offer a $75-million loan forgiveness program to entice doctors, nurses and heath professionals to expand health-care services in rural British Columbia. Eby’s pledge comes as hospitals in rural B.C. face periods of emergency closures due primarily to staff shortage issues. “There are challenges out there, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Mom and seven-year-old daughter from France killed in Montreal fire
By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
Montreal police say the two people killed in a fire that ravaged a three-storey building in a historic part of the city were a woman from France and her seven-year-old daughter. Insp. David Shane identified the victims as 43-year-old Léonor Geraudie and seven-year-old Vérane Reynaud Geraudie at an afternoon news conference. He says the other ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Old Montreal fire under control, 2 bodies pulled from rubble, 40 people evacuated
By The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
MONTREAL – Authorities in Montreal say at least two people were killed in a major fire that ravaged a three-storey building in a historic part of the city and forced dozens of people out of the area. Montreal police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier confirmed Saturday that two bodies were pulled out of the rubble the night ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. campaign trail sees party leaders head to the Okanagan
By The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
The leaders of both British Columbia’s provincial Conservatives and New Democrats are in the Okanagan campaigning today. B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad is in Kelowna while NDP Leader David Eby is in Vernon, both vying for votes halfway through the provincial election campaign. Eby is scheduled to make an announcement with two of the party’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Oct. 7 changed us’: Palestinian Canadians with family in Gaza mark a year of war
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
Fedaa Nassar says any time she has heard the phone ring in the last year, she becomes overwhelmed with anxiety. “I hate phone calls now,” says the 34-year-old lab technician at an Ottawa-area hospital. It’s because she worries the person on the other line will tell her that her dad, mom, brother and two sisters ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau repeats ceasefire call but doesn’t condemn Israel sending troops into Lebanon
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
PARIS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pleaded for peace in the Middle East Saturday, as he decried a civilian death toll he blamed on Hamas, Hezbollah and Israel. But Trudeau stopped short of outright condemning Israel for beginning a ground war days after the Israeli military crossed the border into southern Lebanon. “We need to ... Read More »
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