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Five things about Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante, who won’t seek re-election in 2025
By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she will quit municipal politics after serving the final year of her second term, which comes to an end in November 2025. Known for her trademark laugh and positive energy, here are five things about the municipal politician first elected as a city councillor in 2013. Montreal’s first elected female ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A look at what people are saying about the Bank of Canada’s rate decision
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada cut its key policy interest rate by 50 basis points on Wednesday to bring it to 3.75 per cent. Here’s what people are saying about the decision: “High inflation and interest rates have been a heavy burden for Canadians. With inflation now back to target and interest rates continuing ... Read More »
1 responseUnspecified number of Liberal MPs set to confront Trudeau, ask him to step down
By Laura Osman, Rosa Saba and David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing down his Liberal caucus in a hotly anticipated meeting Wednesday morning, as a group of party members plan to try to convince him to step aside. Rumours have circulated for weeks about an undisclosed number of Liberal MPs who have signed on to an effort to oust ... Read More »
1 responseMontreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek third term in 2025
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she won’t run for a third term in next year’s municipal elections. Plante’s office confirmed the news, which the mayor will make official at a news conference scheduled for 11:30 a.m. at city hall. The city’s first elected woman mayor, Plante entered office in 2017 defeating incumbent mayor Denis Coderre, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Furstenau to speak as prospects loom for minority government in B.C.
By The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
VICTORIA – Green Leader Sonia Furstenau is set to meet the media for the first time since British Columbia’s indecisive election on Saturday, amid speculation about a possible minority government. The Greens announced Tuesday that Furstenau is staying on as leader despite losing her seat in the legislature, saying she was “instrumental” in B.C.’s 2017 ... Read More »
2 responsesOil removal work begins on ‘fragile’ Second World War-era wreck in coastal B.C.
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
An oil salvage operation is underway on the fragile wreckage of a U.S. army transport ship that sank almost 80 years ago off coastal British Columbia in a race to head off an eruption of thousands of litres of oil that a coast guard official says is “near imminent.” The Canadian Coast Guard said the ... Read More »
1 responsePresidents and prime ministers: How cross-border personality clashes could play out
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on October 23rd, 2024
WASHINGTON – President John F. Kennedy stood before Canadian lawmakers elucidating the important relationship between the two countries: “Geography has made us neighbours. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners.” “And necessity has made us allies,” Kennedy said in a 1961 address to Parliament. But behind the scenes, the relationship between the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan teachers get degrading messages after change room complaint
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 22nd, 2024
REGINA – Saskatchewan teachers in a school division that received a complaint about two “biological boys” using a girls change room say they have received degrading messages over the past week. The Prairie Valley Teachers’ Association and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation say in a joint statement that the comments have been disappointing and disgraceful. They ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Abdelrazik wipes away tears in court as he recounts time in Sudanese detention
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on October 22nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Abousfian Abdelrazik wiped away tears as he told a court Tuesday about being imprisoned in Sudan two decades ago. He is suing the Canadian government for $27 million, claiming officials arranged for his arbitrary imprisonment, encouraged his detention by Sudanese authorities and actively obstructed his repatriation to Canada for several years. Abdelrazik came ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!At least three dead after atmospheric river drenched southern B.C.
By The Canadian Press on October 22nd, 2024
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – Police say they have found the body of a second person who was trapped in their submerged vehicle after a road washout on the west coast of Vancouver Island. The confirmation marks at least three deaths linked to torrential rain from an atmospheric weather system that hammered B.C.’s south coast over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Two people confirmed killed when Vancouver Island road washed out
By The Canadian Press on October 22nd, 2024
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. – RCMP say the body of a second person has been found inside their vehicle after a road washed away amid pouring rain on the west coast of Vancouver Island. Police say two vehicles went into the Sarita River when Bamfield Road washed out on Saturday as an atmospheric river hammered southern ... Read More »
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