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NDP Leader Marit Stiles pledges safer highways in northern Ontario
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
The Ontario NDP is pledging to make highways in northern Ontario safer by widening some routes and ending private highway maintenance contracts. NDP Leader Marit Stiles says if her party forms government, it will widen Highway 11/17 and Highway 69 in northern Ontario and bring snow clearance and highway maintenance back under public control. She ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec City police investigating killing of 62-year-old man; three arrested
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec City police are investigating the city’s first homicide of the year after a 62-year-old man was found dead Friday. Police were called to the scene in the city’s Beauport borough at around 2:25 p.m. and found a man with at least one gunshot wound. Attempts were made to resuscitate the man who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says it’s raised $1.9M
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — A spokesperson for Mark Carney’s leadership campaign says they’ve raised more than $1.9 million so far in donations from over 11,000 people. The Liberal leadership hopefuls are required to submit biweekly reports to the chief electoral officer and Carney’s team says their latest report was submitted this week and includes donations up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario NDP leader off to Thunder Bay after northern debate, Green leader in Muskoka
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles is set to make campaign stops in Thunder Bay today, fresh off an election debate held specifically to discuss northern issues. Stiles is expected to visit a local market and doughnut shop before making an announcement at an education centre. Neither Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford nor Liberal Leader Bonnie ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa a ‘winter wonderland’ with Winterlude and a fully-open canal
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — David Wilson and Jackie Eckholm dreamt of attending Winterlude and skating on the Rideau Canal after their last visit to Ottawa nine years ago. When the Chicago couple saw on the news in January that the city’s iconic Rideau Canal Skateway had been opened to the public, they immediately booked their trip to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to speak at ‘Canada First’ rally in Ottawa
By Canadian Press on February 15th, 2025
OTTAWA — Pierre Poilievre is set to address Conservative party supporters this afternoon at a rally in downtown Ottawa. The event is being branded as a “Canada First” rally and the party is asking people to wear red and white to honour the Canadian flag on its 60th anniversary. U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff threats ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fentanyl ‘czar’ isn’t a czar at all, as Brosseau officially named as a commissioner
By Canadian Press on February 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s new fentanyl czar, it turns out, isn’t a czar at all. The federal government named Kevin Brosseau to the position earlier this week but made it official in an order-in-council published today. In that order Brosseau’s official title is not “fentanyl czar” but the “Commissioner of Canada’s Fight Against Fentanyl.” It lists ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec businesswoman, author appointed to the Senate
By Canadian Press on February 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new independent senator to fill one of the Senate’s few remaining vacancies. The Prime Minister’s Office says in a news release that the Governor General has appointed Danièle Henkel as an independent senator to fill a Senate vacancy for Quebec. Henkel is a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Flu cases continue to rise across Canada, public health agency data show
By Canadian Press on February 14th, 2025
TORONTO — Flu cases are continuing to rise across the country, public health data show, with Quebec, B.C. and the territories particularly hard hit as vulnerable patients seek help at hospitals. The Public Health Agency of Canada’s website says 24 per cent of cases tested positive for influenza during the week ending Feb. 8 — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police say deaths of man, woman in their 70s near Montreal likely murder-suicide
By Canadian Press on February 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Police say the deaths of two people in their 70s whose bodies were found Thursday in a Montreal suburb are being investigated as a murder-suicide. Longueuil, Que., police initially described the deaths as suspicious and said today the case involves a femicide. Officers were called to a home in Boucherville, Que., on Montreal’s ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau silent as Poilievre, Freeland rebuff Trump’s call for Russia to rejoin G7
By Canadian Press on February 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Russia be allowed back into the G7 — an idea the Liberals haven’t commented on, despite the fact that Canada is chairing the group this year. Russia used to be part of what was known as the Group of ... Read More »
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