National News
Trudeau calls for peace, decries ‘countless’ civilian deaths in Middle East
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
PARIS – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Hamas, Hezbollah and Israel are all responsible for countless civilian deaths in the Middle East as he pleaded for peace this morning. But Trudeau stopped short of outright condemning Israel for beginning a ground war days after the Israeli military crossed the border into southern Lebanon. Trudeau was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Couche Tard, On the Run parent firms challenge Health Canada nicotine pouch rules
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on October 5th, 2024
Convenience store firms that operate thousands of outlets across Canada are taking the federal government to court to overturn regulations that restrict the sale of nicotine pouches to pharmacies. Mac’s Convenience Stores Inc. and Couche-Tard Inc., both subsidiaries of Quebec-based Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., claim in an application in Federal Court that Health Canada’s rules restricting ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sod-turning ceremony to be held at site of Humboldt Broncos bus crash
By The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
A sod-turning ceremony is set to be held Saturday morning at the site of the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan. A committee comprising the players’ families, board members with the junior hockey team, city councillors and others says it is ready to move ahead with the first phase of building a permanent memorial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paper straws stir up B.C. election campaign as leaders gibe over taxes and communism
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s main party leaders wanted to talk taxes Friday during the provincial election campaign, but couldn’t divert the conversation away from plastic straws and communism. New Democrat Leader David Eby fielded questions in Vancouver about the possible return of plastic straws and being called a communist by a business leader at an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Paper straws stir up B.C. election campaign as leaders jibe over taxes and communism
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbia’s main party leaders wanted to talk taxes Friday during the provincial election campaign, but couldn’t divert the conversation away from plastic straws and communism. New Democrat Leader David Eby fielded questions in Vancouver about the possible return of plastic straws and being called a communist by a business leader at an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police boosting presence in Canadian cities ahead of anniversary of Israel-Hamas war
By The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
Police in Canada’s largest cities are bracing for rising tensions and protests as the anniversary of the start of the Israel-Hamas war approaches. Monday marks one year since the Oct. 7, 2023, attack by Hamas on Israel, and police in Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver have reported a sharp spike in protests and alleged hate crimes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least two dead in Old Montreal building fire, arson suspected
By Sidhartha Banerjee and Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
MONTREAL – An undetermined number of people died in a major fire in Old Montreal on Friday, police said, in a building owned by a man whose other property in the same neighbourhood went up in flames last year, killing seven. A police source who spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police can’t say how many people died in Old Montreal fire, arson suspected
By Sidhartha Banerjee and Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
MONTREAL – An undetermined number of people died in a major fire in Old Montreal on Friday, police said, in a building owned by a man whose other property in the same neighbourhood went up in flames last year, killing seven. A police source who spoke to The Canadian Press on condition of anonymity because ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta threatens new legal action over Ottawa’s revised environmental assessment act
By Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is threatening another legal challenge against Ottawa’s environmental assessment law, a move federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is dismissing as a political stunt. The federal Impact Assessment Act was enacted in 2019, but a Supreme Court of Canada ruling last year found much of it unconstitutional. In response, Prime ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three Montreal subway stations closed for days or weeks for emergency repairs
By The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Quebec government is being urged to increase its investment in public transit after three Montreal subway stations were forced to close suddenly on Thursday night for emergency repairs on a degraded beam. Montreal’s public transit authority says the Fabre, d’Iberville and Saint-Michel stations will be shut for days or weeks to work ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP house leader laments ‘agents of chaos’ in precarious Parliament
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 4th, 2024
OTTAWA – NDP House leader Peter Julian said there’s more work his party wants to get done in the House of Commons before the next election, despite how chaotic the first weeks of the fall sitting have been. But if other parties make that work impossible, it could factor into the NDP’s voting decisions, he ... Read More »
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