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Quebec doctor and ex-politician suspended for his treatment of Lyme disease
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
MONTRÉAL — A doctor and former head of a Quebec political party has been suspended for six months from practising medicine by the province’s college of physicians for his approach to treating patients with Lyme disease. Dr. Amir Khadir, who was spokesman for the leftist Québec solidaire party between 2006-12, had pleaded guilty to a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Spy watchdog says it faces difficult choices about future reviews due to budget cuts
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The vice-chair of the National Security and Intelligence Review Agency says the spy watchdog will face “very difficult choices” about what it examines in coming years due to federal budget cuts. The federal budget presented last month included a plan to reduce government spending and save $13 billion annually by 2028-29. The review ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Virtual citizenship ceremonies should end, says Conservative critic
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative immigration critic Michelle Rempel-Garner says it’s time for the federal government to end virtual citizenship ceremonies. Rempel-Garner says the government should drop the virtual ceremonies because support for immigration is at “an all-time low” and taking the citizenship oath in person has a “unifying” effect. The government introduced virtual citizenship ceremonies during ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency ‘deeply troubling’: Kwan
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be supplying armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights records. NDP MP Jenny Kwan says she’s deeply troubled because the ICE agency has been credibly accused of human rights abuses. U.S. government procurement records show ICE ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government sending early retirement info to about 70,000 public servants
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government is in the process of sending information on its planned early retirement program to almost 70,000 employees as it works to reduce the size of the public service. Mohammad Kamal, director of communications for the Office of the President of the Treasury Board, says letters are being sent to roughly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec says it will cut the equivalent of 5,000 civil service positions by March 2027
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
QUÉBEC — The Quebec government is planning to eliminate the equivalent of 5,000 full-time positions in the civil service by March 2027. Treasury Board President France-Élaine Duranceau also says that by the end of January government employees will work in the office three days a week instead of two. She says the measures are aimed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BC Hydro taking family to court over blocked work on major transmission line
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — BC Hydro says a family of ranchers in Vanderhoof, B.C., is wrongfully blocking access to properties that would allow its crews to clear the way for the North Coast Transmission Line, a $6-billion project the federal government has labelled a “nation-building.” A petition filed in B.C. Supreme Court last week alleges that Kenneth ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!20 B.C. Conservative MLAs want Leader John Rustad’s removal, but he says he’s staying
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
VICTORIA — Twenty members of B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad’s caucus say they’ve lost confidence in him and want him out, but he says he isn’t going anywhere. A letter from lawyer Bruce Hallsor to Aisha Estey, the president of the Conservative Party of B.C., says the MLAs who represent a majority of the 39-member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coalition calls on Liberals to drop hate crime bill, says it criminalizes protest
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — A coalition that includes civil liberties, community and labour groups is calling on the Liberal government to withdraw its hate crime bill. They say Bill C-9 gives police too much power and could criminalize protest. Among other measures, the bill would create new crimes of obstruction and intimidation aimed at protecting places of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland calls Ukraine a ‘fantastic investment’ as Ottawa pledges $235 million
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Former federal minister Chrystia Freeland says Ukraine can become an economic juggernaut and boost European economies by taking up the opportunities it missed after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Freeland, appointed in September by Prime Minister Mark Carney as his special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine, gave her first major speech ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney ‘will have to answer’ questions about flip-flop on tax credit, Liberal MP says
By Canadian Press on December 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — A British Columbia Liberal MP says Prime Minister Mark Carney “will have to answer” why he reversed a budget commitment on tax credits when he signed the Alberta pipeline deal. The memorandum of understanding between Ottawa and Alberta extends federal tax credits for carbon capture to enhanced oil recovery, overturning a commitment made ... Read More »
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