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Ottawa threatens to pull Toronto’s housing funding over sixplex decision
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Claiming the city is falling short on its promise to ramp up density, Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson is threatening to pull some of Toronto’s housing funding. In a letter to Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow earlier this week, Robertson wrote that he’s disappointed by a recent decision to limit where builders can put ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Mark Carney visiting his birthplace in Northwest Territories
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
FORT SMITH — Prime Minister Mark Carney is back in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta boundary, before he moved with his family to Edmonton. On Wednesday he visited the town’s community centre, spoke ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigrant families threaten legal action over new directive limiting daycare access
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
MONTREAL — Two families are threatening legal action over the Quebec government’s move to deny some immigrants access to subsidized daycare spots. The two sets of parents, from France and Ukraine, are at risk of losing their children’s spots in a subsidized home daycare that costs $9.35 per day. The Quebec government recently sent out ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three workers trapped in B.C.’s Red Chris mine have air, food, water, operator says
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — The majority owner of the Red Chris mine in northwestern British Columbia says three workers trapped underground in a refuge area have enough air, water and food for an “extended stay.” The statement from Newmont Corp. says it is working to assemble specialist teams from nearby mine sites to respond to the accident, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trade, Trump and China dominate final day of premiers’ gathering
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA — Canada’s premiers have wrapped up three days of meetings focused largely on U.S. President Donald Trump’s global trade war. The premiers who form the Council of the Federation have been full of praise for one another and for Prime Minister Mark Carney, who joined the meeting in Huntsville, Ont., on Tuesday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Publication ban on hearing to decide if festival suspect Adam Kai-Ji Lo fit for trial
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — A judge has imposed a publication ban on a hearing to determine if the man accused of killing 11 people at the Vancouver Lapu Lapu Day festival is fit to stand trial. Adam Kai-Ji Lo, who faces 11 counts of second-degree murder and is accused of driving an SUV through a crowded street, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Three people trapped in B.C.’s Red Chris mine, Premier David Eby says
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. — Three miners have been trapped underground at British Columbia’s Red Chris copper and gold mine. B.C. Premier David Eby released the news at the end of the premiers’ gathering in Ontario. Eby says there was an accident overnight at the mine, which is located in B.C.’s northern Interior. He says to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Three people trapped in B.C.’s Red Chris mine, Premier David Eby says
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
HUNTSVILLE, ONT. — Three miners have been trapped underground at British Columbia’s Red Chris copper and gold mine. B.C. Premier David Eby released the news at the end of the premier’s gathering in Ontario. Eby says to the best of the government’s knowledge the workers are uninjured and in a refuge area. More coming. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Military Police Complaints Commission investigates botched shooter drill on CAF base
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The Military Police Complaints Commission is investigating what happened during a botched active-shooter drill on a Canadian Forces base last fall that reportedly left an employee injured and traumatized. The drill happened on Nov. 12 at CFB Longue-Pointe in Montreal. An internal report says military police confused a civilian employee with a drill ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Outgoing antisemitism envoy calls out business, religious leaders for lack of action
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa’s outgoing envoy for tackling antisemitism is accusing Canada’s business sector and civil society of failing to call out a rising tide of hate against Jews and other minorities. In an extensive interview with The Canadian Jewish News, Deborah Lyons also says she could not get a meeting with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sentencing hearing underway for ‘Freedom Convoy’ leaders Lich, Barber
By Canadian Press on July 23rd, 2025
OTTAWA — The sentencing hearing for “Freedom Convoy” leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber has started in Ottawa, months after the two were found guilty of mischief. Barber is appearing virtually due to the sudden death of one of his parents, while Lich is attending in person. Dozens of people have filled the courtroom to ... Read More »
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