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B.C. ostrich farm plans on Supreme Court of Canada appeal to stop cull
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
The lawyer for a British Columbia ostrich farm says the operators hope to have their case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada after losing an appeal to halt the cull of its flock that suffered an avian flu outbreak. Umar Sheikh says he’s working with Universal Ostrich Farms on an application to the top ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tribunal orders Ottawa, First Nations to resume negotiations on child welfare reforms
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal is ordering parties involved in a decade-long child welfare case to work together — or separately — to reform the system and stop Ottawa from further discriminating against First Nations children. The order comes nine years after the tribunal concluded that the federal government had discriminated against First ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A court says cull of 400 ostriches in B.C. can proceed. Here are five things to know
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
The Federal Court of Appeal ruled on Thursday that a cull of about 400 ostriches can proceed at a British Columbia ostrich farm that suffered an avian flu outbreak. Here are five things to know about the situation at Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C. 1. What did the court decide? The appeal court upheld ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada joins call to protect Gaza journalists, allow foreign media
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada has signed onto a multi-country statement that demands Israel stop banning foreign journalists from entering Gaza and that local journalists be protected in the Palestinian territories. Canada co-founded the Media Freedom Coalition in 2020 and has signed dozens of statements on issues in Hong Kong, Sudan and previously the West Bank. Ottawa ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney says he will travel to Germany next week to deepen ties
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says he will soon travel to Europe in a bid to deepen ties with Germany. He says he will be “picking up discussions” started with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz in the spring when the pair met in Rome and later at the G7 summit in Alberta. Carney says Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Air Canada ramping up operations to near full schedule
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
MONTREAL — Air Canada says operations are almost back to full capacity as it continues to ramp up flights following a flight attendants strike. The airline says in a Friday morning update that it expects 98 per cent of Canadian flights and 99 per cent of U.S. and International flights to go ahead in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney announces that Canada is dropping many retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada is dropping some retaliatory tariffs on American products to match U.S. tariff exemptions for goods covered under the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement. Carney says the decision will take effect on Sept. 1, 2025. Carney says Canada and the U.S. have re-established free trade for the vast majority of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Opioid deaths drop nationally, but rise in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
MONTRÉAL — New federal data says apparent opioid-related deaths dropped by 17 per cent across Canada in 2024 compared with the prior year. But they rose in Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador and the Northwest Territories over the same period. A new report by the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction says that despite the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supporters rally around B.C. ostrich farm after appeal court upholds cull order
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Supporters of a British Columbia ostrich farm say they will converge on the property after it lost a court appeal to stave off a cull of its flock that was infected with avian flu. Posts on a social media group administered by Universal Ostrich Farm’s spokeswoman show people saying they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police court documents provide detail on Nova Scotia missing children case
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
HALIFAX — Newly released court documents are revealing previously unreported details of the investigation into the disappearance of two young children from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia more than three months ago. Included in several documents are the initial impressions by police of polygraphs given to the parents of six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney to hold news conference with update on Canada-U.S. trade
By Canadian Press on August 22nd, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to hold a news conference in Ottawa today at noon ET, after meeting with his cabinet this morning. Carney is expected to provide an update on Canada-U.S. trade, but his office would not confirm reports that he will announce Ottawa will remove some retaliatory tariffs on American ... Read More »
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