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Internal report urged Canada to counter rhetoric about a ‘crisis’ at border
By Canadian Press on February 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — An internal government report warned a year ago that allowing “the trend of negative rhetoric” about the security of the Canada-U.S. border could lead to a thickening of the 49th parallel, adversely affecting trade and travel. The report, written by a diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Washington, said that failing to refute U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian LGBTQ+ advocacy group won’t visit UN forum over concerns about U.S. border
By Canadian Press on February 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s leading LGBTQ+ advocacy organization is boycotting travel to the U.S. — and won’t attend an upcoming United Nations event — in response to concerns about how their members might be treated at the border under the Trump administration. “I don’t think there’s anything more important than safeguarding my staff and our community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Colder Quebec winter gives ice fishing aficionados reason to celebrate
By Canadian Press on February 16th, 2025
MONTREAL — Olivier Soumis’s green canvas tent sits in the middle of the frozen St. Lawrence River, providing a stark pop of colour against the muted tones of the snow and the open water in the distance. While thousands of people are heading to work just across the river in Montreal, the 25-year-old is out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fans again boo U.S. anthem before spirited rendition of ‘O Canada’ at 4 Nations
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — Hockey fans loudly booed the American national anthem before passionately singing “O Canada” ahead of Saturday night’s showdown between Canada and the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off. The Bell Centre crowd gave the Canadian team a hero’s welcome when players skated onto the ice after being introduced by legendary MMA fighter ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. health authorities confirm new measles case in the Lower Mainland
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Health authorities in British Columbia say a new case of the measles has been confirmed in the Lower Mainland in a resident who travelled to Southeast Asia. A joint statement from Fraser Health and Vancouver Coastal Health says the infection was acquired by a Fraser Health resident and that public health officials are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre pledges to restore ‘promise of Canada’ in campaign-style speech
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre began a speech on Saturday with a quote from the country’s first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, pledging to create a united, rich nation “instead of making us a tributary to American laws, to American railways, to American bondage, to American tolls.” The Conservative leader, who appeared at a rally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s position on having Russia back in G7: ‘No way this will happen,’ Joly says
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is firmly opposed to having Russia reinstated in the G7 as U.S. President Donald Trump has suggested. During a news conference at an international security conference in Munich, Germany on Saturday, Joly was asked if she and her international colleagues discussed re-admitting Russia into the group. “No we ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP Leader Marit Stiles focuses on northern Ontario highways
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles reiterated her pledge on Saturday to make northern Ontario highways safer, promising to widen some highways and end private highway maintenance contracts. Her announcement in Thunder Bay came after all four of the province’s main party leaders clashed in their first debate on Friday in North Bay, Ont., held specifically ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Europeans can learn from Canada’s dealings with U.S. President Donald Trump: Joly
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada’s plan to retaliate if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to slap Canadian goods with across-the-board tariffs has drawn the attention of the Republican administration and fuelled a recent surge in support for the Liberal party. Joly made the comments today during a panel discussion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Demonstrators accuse Amazon of union-busting at rally in Montreal, call for boycott
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — Demonstrators gathered in Montreal today to protest Amazon’s decision to shutter its seven warehouses in Quebec, including what was Canada’s only unionized Amazon facility. Confédération des syndicats nationaux, the labour group organizing the demonstration, is calling for a boycott of the e-commerce giant whose decision the CSN says has cost more than 4,500 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hundreds show up to Conservative party’s ‘Canada First’ rally in Ottawa
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Hundreds of people have filled a downtown Ottawa convention centre to hear Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speak this afternoon. About half an hour before the event was set to begin a small group of people was still standing outside after being turned away at the doors. Inside, attendees who were asked to show ... Read More »
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