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Supreme Court of Canada clarifies treatment of student loan debt under bankruptcy law
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says a person must wait seven years after completely finishing their post-secondary studies before they may be released from student loan debt under the federal bankruptcy law. The top court’s decision comes today in the case of a woman who received government student loans in the course of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman, two young children missing after trying to cross border into Canada: RCMP
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — The RCMP say a woman and two young children are missing in the woods near the Quebec border with the United States after they were part of a group attempting to cross into Canada. Three other people — two men and a woman — were arrested Wednesday night after crossing the border illegally ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Party leaders face off in English for second federal leaders’ debate
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — The leaders of Canada’s four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders’ debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and the Bloc Québécois’ Yves-François Blanchet will meet onstage for a final time ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Federal leaders debate round 2, fewer Canadians heading stateside
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Round 2 of federal leaders’ debate tonight The leaders of Canada’s four main political parties will square off for a second and final leaders’ debate tonight in Montreal, after an initial French-language faceoff on Wednesday. Liberal Leader Mark ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s move to cut gasoline floor price won’t be felt at the pumps, experts say
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government has made a move it hopes will lower the price of gas in the province — but observers say consumers are unlikely to benefit at the pump. They say the province has faced pressure to act since the federal government scrapped the consumer carbon price, which applied across much of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gender-based violence spikes five years after Nova Scotia mass shooting
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
HALIFAX — The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife. Lisa Banfield was kicked, punched and choked by her partner of 19 years on the night of April 18, 2020. She was left with fractured ribs and vertebrae but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Poilievre align on pipelines as Trump and trade loom over French debate
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal Leader Mark Carney and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre aligned on support for new oil and gas pipelines as a matter of national security during the French language election debate Wednesday night. Dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump was a running theme as the four main federal party leaders took the stage in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. operation by police, regulators finds losses of $4M in assets to crypto fraud
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s securities regulator says a recent two-day operation to identify victims of a specific type of cryptocurrency fraud has found 89 people who were drained of more than $4 million in assets. The B.C. Securities Commission says the agency brought together regulators, police, crypto trading platforms and an analysis company in March ... Read More »
1 responseDebate begins with party leaders laying out how they intend to negotiate with Trump
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — As the French language election debate got underway Wednesday night, the four main federal party leaders were asked to lay out policy priorities that have nothing with the United States. But the conversation quickly turned to the elephant in the room — Donald Trump — and how the leaders would deal with the ... Read More »
1 responseDebate begins with party leaders laying out priorities beyond trade policy and Trump
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — As the French language election debate got under way Wednesday night, the four main federal party leaders were asked to lay out policy priorities that have nothing to do with the elephant in the room: U.S. President Donald Trump. Liberal Leader Mark Carney cited his promises to double housing construction, while Conservative Leader ... Read More »
1 responseNav Canada warns to expect flight delays at Vancouver International Airport
By Canadian Press on April 16th, 2025
RICHMOND — The agency that provides air traffic control for Canada’s airports is warning travellers at Vancouver’s airport of flight delays over what it says are “resource constraints.” Nav Canada says in a social media post that passengers need to check the status of their flights with their airlines before they head to Vancouver International ... Read More »
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