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Police, firefighters respond to train derailment near Montreal; no injuries reported
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
LONGUEUIL, Que. – Police are responding to a derailment at a train yard in Longueuil, Que., on Montreal’s South Shore. Longueuil police say it does not initially appear anyone was hurt, but fire officials are dealing with a spill of hydrogen peroxide. The derailment happened at around 9 a.m. in the LeMoyne area, near the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to start Toronto run
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour to start Toronto run Toronto is entering its Taylor Swift era as the pop megastar brings her record-breaking tour to the city for two weeks. Canada’s most populous city is bracing for a crush ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Rent inflation to slow, Desjardins predicts
By The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Rent inflation to slow, Desjardins predicts The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government’s plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
WASHINGTON – President-elect Donald Trump’s promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting. The threat of the tariff is causing a lot of concern north of the border, where the Canadian Chamber of Commerce ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau off to APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both summits aim to improve the multilateral institutions that have drawn skepticism from U.S. president-elect Donald Trump. In Peru, Trudeau will take part in meetings of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on November 14th, 2024
OTTAWA – The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government’s plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says. “Our outlook is for a slowdown in the pace of rent inflation over the next few years, in line with a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘He’s here with us’: Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members sworn in
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
VICTORIA – Premier David Eby said he could sense the spirit of former British Columbia premier John Horgan at a swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature. Horgan died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 65. “I feel like he’s here with us,” said Eby, adding that Horgan would likely ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t showing signs of worry that the U.S. can now launch a trade challenge against the Liberal government’s controversial digital services tax. The Liberals are slapping a three-per-cent tax on the Canadian revenues of digital giants, which will affect major U.S. tech companies such as Google and Apple. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lab confirms Canada’s first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
Canada’s Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country’s first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu. The agency says in a statement that testing at Canada’s National Microbiology Laboratory in Winnipeg confirms the teen did contract the H5N1 avian flu, the same strain related to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec’s police watchdog investigating after person seriously injured in Montreal
By The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s independent police watchdog has launched an investigation after a person was seriously injured during a police intervention in Montreal this morning. The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says Montreal police received a 911 call at 2:15 a.m. about a person in a state of crisis in a residence in the city’s east end. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members are sworn in
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on November 13th, 2024
VICTORIA – Former British Columbia premier John Horgan loomed large over the swearing-in ceremony for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature, a day after his death. Before the ceremony, Songhees Nation elder Butch Dick sang a prayer and offered words of sympathy for the family of Horgan, who died Tuesday at the age of ... Read More »
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