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Canada ambassador to China says relations at ‘yellow light’ but not adversarial
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canadian ambassador to China says Ottawa’s complex relationship with Beijing means some facets of the relationship are speeding along while others are in reverse. In a French-language speech this week, Jennifer May described the bilateral relationship as being at a yellow stoplight, after the red light during the detainment of Canadian citizens Michael ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. short-term rental restrictions reducing rents, saving tenants millions: study
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A report led by the Canada Research Chair in Urban Governance says restrictions on short-term rentals in British Columbia have reduced rents by 5.7 per cent, saving tenants more than $600 million last year. That figure is the result of municipal restrictions, in particular requirements that short-term rental units must be located within ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police arrest two people in connection with 15-year-old’s opioid overdose
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
Montreal police have arrested two people on drug charges following an investigation into the death of a 15-year-old boy from a synthetic opioid overdose last December. Laxshan Mylvaganam, 24, and a 17-year-old whose identity is protected have been charged with possession and trafficking of narcotics. Police say they seized several hundred counterfeit pills containing dangerous ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bloc Québécois won’t support Pierre Poilievre’s non-confidence motion
By Laura Osman and Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet says he won’t support the Conservatives in their attempt to topple the Liberal government with a non-confidence motion next week. Blanchet says he works for Quebec, not the Conservatives. Pierre Poilievre says his non-confidence motion will be debated next week, and a Conservative spokesperson says it will simply ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Legal groups file three complaints over VPD treatment of Palestine protesters
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The Pivot Legal Society and the BC Civil Liberties Association say they’ve launched three complaints against the Vancouver Police Department alleging illegal surveillance and police brutality against pro-Palestine protesters. The association and the society say the complaints stem from the “violent dispersal” of protesters who demonstrated at a Vancouver rail crossing in May. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man from Phoenix, Ariz., missing after truck plunges into Yukon River
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
Whitehorse RCMP say a man from Phoenix, Ariz., is missing after the truck he was travelling in missed a bridge and plunged into the Yukon River. Police say the crash happened on Monday when a pickup truck pulling a trailer missed the Lewes River Bridge, located south of Whitehorse on the Alaska Highway. Police say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada needs strategy reboot at a time of geopolitical turmoil: former ambassadors
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
WASHINGTON – Five former Canadian ambassadors to the United States have signed an open letter calling on Ottawa to adopt a plan to deepen co-operation with its closest neighbour, saying Canada needs a strategy reboot at a time of geopolitical turmoil. The plan to develop closer international ties in key sectors was laid out in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada abstains from UN motion calling on Israel to end occupation of Gaza, West Bank
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada abstained today from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its “unlawful presence” in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year. Canada’s ambassador to the United Nations, Bob Rae, told the assembly the motion was too one-sided to support, though he said Ottawa agrees that Israel ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa announces it’s further reducing the number of international student permits
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberal government will slash the number of international student visas it issues by another 10 per cent. The government says the new target for 2025 and 2026 will be 437,000 permits. In 2024 the target was 485,000 permits. It is also putting new limits on work permits for spouses of both foreign ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Coast Guard crew member lost at sea off Newfoundland
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – A crew member of a Canadian Coast Guard ship has been lost at sea off southern Newfoundland. The agency said in a release today that an extensive search and rescue effort for the man was ended Tuesday evening. He was reported missing on Monday morning when the CCGS Vincent Massey arrived ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez to seek Quebec Liberal leadership
By The Canadian Press on September 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to resign from cabinet to seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. A federal Liberal source, who was not authorized to speak publicly, confirmed the news to The Canadian Press. It was first reported by La Presse. Rodriguez, who is also Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s ... Read More »
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