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CP NewsAlert: Canada’s defence chief says allies may help Gulf states bombed by Iran
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada’s defence chief Gen. Jennie Carignan says allies are in talks about possibly helping Persian Gulf states defend themselves against bombing from Iran. Carignan says a meeting is set for Friday to discuss such a proposal among allied militaries and the Canadian Armed Forces would present a recommendation to the government. She did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Christian charity files court challenge to stave off status revocation by CRA
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
VANCOUVER — A Vancouver-based Christian charity founded by a wealthy businessman has filed a constitutional challenge in B.C. Supreme Court, claiming the Canada Revenue Agency has no right to revoke its charitable status. The Coram Deo Foundation, founded by private education magnate Peter Chung, filed a court petition this week in Vancouver that alleges the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney to cap Indo-Pacific trip with Tokyo visit focused on trade, security
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is headed to Japan for a brief visit to one of Canada’s closest partner countries as he wraps up a trip across the Indo-Pacific. “The trip is long overdue, given how significant Japan is as a partner for us in the region,” Asia Pacific Foundation vice-president Vina Nadjibulla said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LeBlanc to meet Trump’s trade czar in Washington on Friday
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
WASHINGTON — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to meet President Donald Trump’s trade czar in Washington on Friday, a day after the United States announced it was launching bilateral discussions with Mexico on the review of the continental trade pact. LeBlanc’s office said he will be meeting with United States Trade Representative Jamieson ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s most-wanted fugitive arrested in Montreal for July 2025 murder in Toronto
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
MONTREAL — The major crimes unit of the Montreal police force has caught Canada’s most-wanted fugitive. Montreal police say they arrested Bryan Fuentes Gramajo at around 2:40 a.m. in the Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie borough. The 24-year-old Montreal native is wanted by Toronto police on a first-degree murder charge for the killing of Kashif Jamal Bentley-Jean, 28, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. forestry workers, other sectors hurt by tariffs to get $70M in jobs training
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
VICTORIA — Workers in B.C.’s softwood lumber industry and other sectors who are out of work because of U.S. tariffs will benefit from almost $71 million in funding for retraining. Federal Jobs Minister Pat Hajdu and Sheila Malcolmson, the minister of social development and poverty reduction, made the joint funding announcement about the three year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Privacy Commissioner probe finds Loblaw took too long to delete PC Optimum accounts
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
GATINEAU — An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts. The office says Loblaw had the mechanism to respond to requests but took an unreasonable amount of time to address them, and that it also ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!New coalition targets $100M for Canadian carbon removal projects by 2030
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
An emerging industry to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere got a boost today with the launch of a Canadian initiative to raise another $100 million for those projects. The federal government, RBC, BMO and Shopify are among the founding members of what’s being billed as the Advance Carbon Removal Coalition. The coalition says its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa accused of preferential treatment with coming rail subsidies for steel, lumber
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal government is being accused of creating an uneven playing field in Canada’s shipping industry. Later this spring, Ottawa is expected to launch a program to subsidize interprovincial rail shipments of steel and lumber by up to 50 per cent. The move was announced in November by Prime Minister Mark Carney as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: What the Musqueam agreements mean for private property owners in B.C.
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Ottawa this week published details of an agreement recognizing the Musqueam First Nation’s Aboriginal title within much of Vancouver. The news prompted claims on social media that Canada had ceded Vancouver properties to the Musqueam, but experts in Indigenous rights law, as well as the federal minister responsible and the First Nation, say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Year in review: A look at events in February 2026
By Canadian Press on March 5th, 2026
A look at news events in February 2026: 1 – Demonstrators gathered in downtown Montreal to protest immigration enforcement actions by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Minneapolis and other American cities. Protesters assembled outside the U.S. Consulate following the fatal shootings of two American citizens by federal agents in recent weeks. The rally follows ... Read More »
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