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Liberals, NDP release costed campaign platforms as advance voting continues
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberals and NDP released their costed campaign platforms Saturday, with just over one week left in the election campaign. Liberal Leader Mark Carney rolled out the party’s campaign commitments in Whitby, Ont., one of several battleground ridings in the seat-rich Greater Toronto Area. The platform pledges billions in new spending and charts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals, NDP set to launch platforms today; main leaders near Toronto, Vancouver
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberals and the NDP both say they will release their costed electoral platforms today. The documents come after advance voting began Friday with voters packing polling stations across the country. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will release his party’s costed platform in Whitby, Ont., in the Greater Toronto Area where numerous seats are ... Read More »
1 responseCanada has the critical minerals Donald Trump wants. So what should we do with them?
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects. Interest in the country’s critical minerals surged after Trump started musing about annexing Canada, experts say, and grew as the president’s global ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Canada recalls Life Brand Melatonin, Riva Acetaminophen for dosage concerns
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
Canada’s federal health authority has issued a recall warning for two medications over incorrect dosing concerns. Health Canada issued a recall for Life Brand Timed Release Melatonin 10mg on Tuesday, warning in a news release the product is labelled with incorrect dosing instruction. The affected lot numbers are 4D3965YA2, 4F4495YA2, 4F44961B0, 4F44962LH, 4H49262LH and 5C47764ES. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected. Poilievre campaigned in Montreal this morning, as he and other federal leaders returned to the campaign trail following the two national leaders’ debates Wednesday and Thursday. Liberal Leader ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed fossilized footprints dating back about 100 million years in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘You, sir, are not a change’: Party leaders target Carney in final election debate
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — Liberal Leader Mark Carney spent his first English election debate presenting himself as a safe pair of hands for a Canada in crisis — while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sought to frame him as more of the same after a decade of Liberal government. Carney, who is leading in the polls, became the ... Read More »
1 response‘You, sir, are not a change’: Party leaders target Carney in English election debate
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — Taking part in his first English election debate, Liberal Leader Mark Carney cast himself as a safe pair of hands for a Canada in crisis — while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre sought to frame him as more of the same after a decade of Liberal government. Carney is leading in the polls and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal leaders clash over U.S. tariffs, pipelines in English debate
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — Canada’s main federal party leaders squared off on U.S. tariffs and President Donald Trump’s global trade war, offering contrasting visions for a country under economic threat. Liberal Leader Mark Carney is leading in the polls and became the main target of his rivals attacks early in the debate — a trend that carried ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec police say three missing migrants may have been picked up, search called off
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — Police in Quebec have called off a land search for three migrants thought to be missing in woods near the U.S. border southwest of Montreal after learning they may have actually been picked up by a vehicle. Provincial police say they received the new information suggesting the woman and two young children are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer asks for stay of proceedings after guilty verdict
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
OTTAWA — “Freedom Convoy” organizer Chris Barber has asked for a stay of proceedings, two weeks after an Ontario judge found him and Tamara Lich guilty of mischief for their roles in the 2022 mass protest in Ottawa. According to a news release from the non-profit helping his defence, Barber is arguing the proceedings should ... Read More »
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