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B.C. man dies, three weeks after fighting off grizzly bear
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
KELOWNA — A British Columbia man who fought off a grizzly bear in the East Kootenay region this month has died of his injuries, more than three weeks after the attack. Joe Pendry’s wife, Janice Pendry, says he died on Saturday morning, from what doctors believed was a blood clot. She says her husband had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal’s mayoral election is about affordability and the homeless — and bike lanes
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
MONTREAL — In a recent debate on Radio-Canada, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, one of the leading candidates for mayor of Montreal, brought up comments made more than two years ago by a borough mayor comparing a car to a refrigerator. The local mayor — Laurence Lavigne Lalonde — said during a 2023 council meeting that the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s status as a country without endemic measles can now be revoked
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada is poised to lose its international status as a measles-free country now that an outbreak that began in New Brunswick and spread to other provinces has hit the one-year mark. The country eliminated measles in 1998 and maintained that status for more than 25 years, meaning there was no ongoing community transmission ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!BR-Hunger-Report
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
TORONTO — A new Food Banks Canada report says Canada’s hunger crisis is deepening. The organization’s 2025 HungerCount report says monthly visits to food banks neared two-point-two million visits in March 2025. That’s five per cent higher than March of last year and nearly double since before the pandemic, in March 2019. This morning’s report ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Food costs are spiralling. These Canadians are turning to food banks for help.
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
TORONTO — Sticker shock hit hard when single mom Kristina Kennedy saw the sausages she usually buys were $1.50 more than expected. As the sole caregiver to four children, the 40-year-old says price hikes at the grocery store are especially tough to swallow, and nearly impossible to plan for when costs keep fluctuating. “And this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bank of Canada expected to cut key rate despite mixed inflation, jobs data
By Canadian Press on October 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Most economists expect the Bank of Canada will look past strong jobs data and signs of stubbornness on the inflation front to deliver a second consecutive interest rate cut this week. BMO chief economist Doug Porter is among those expecting a second straight cut on Wednesday, but he admits recent economic data hasn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Shocking’ data shows more treatment needed for youth with opioid use disorder: doctors
By Canadian Press on October 26th, 2025
TORONTO — An editorial published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on Monday says more youth are using opioids and calls for urgent action to provide treatment when they become addicted. “The scary thing is that we know that earlier onset of use is associated with more severe presentations and more likely progression to addiction ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian War Museum’s chief historian, Tim Cook, dies
By Canadian Press on October 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian War Museum says its chief historian and research director has died. The museum’s CEO announced the death in a news release Sunday, saying Tim Cook was “instrumental in shaping the Canadian War Museum we know today.” Caroline Dromaguet says Cook, who had served with the museum since 2002, played a large ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents say Port of Montreal expansion in Contrecoeur unnecessary, harmful
By Canadian Press on October 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Dozens of residents of a town northeast of Montreal where the Port of Montreal wants to expand capacity at a container facility say the project is unnecessary and harmful. Residents demonstrated Sunday to show their opposition to the project, which is among the first group of five nation-building infrastructure projects that Prime Minister ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: The 1995 Quebec sovereignty referendum
By Canadian Press on October 26th, 2025
Thirty years after the 1995 referendum, when Quebecers came within a hair’s breadth of voting to leave Canada, those who lived through it still remember the emotion of that time. They recall the drama of an unpredictable campaign, the fears and frustrations, and the relief — or anguish — when it was all over. Here ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. public service union announces tentative deal to end strike after 8 weeks
By Canadian Press on October 26th, 2025
BURNABY — The British Columbia General Employees’ Union says a tentative deal has been reached with the provincial government to bring an end to strike action. The union says in a statement that the deal must be ratified by its 34,000 members in a vote on the four-year deal. It says the agreement came on ... Read More »
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