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Prolonged drought stunts the renowned wild blueberry crop in the Maritimes
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
HALIFAX — This summer’s prolonged drought across Atlantic Canada has had a costly impact on wild blueberry growers in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Donald Arseneault, general manager of the NB Blueberries industry group, says that as this year’s harvest was wrapping up, the total yield was 70 per cent less than the previous three-year ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Nigel Wright, former chief of staff to Stephen Harper, dead at age 62
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Nigel Wright, a longtime Canadian businessman and former top aide to prime minister Stephen Harper, has died. Onex, the private equity firm where Wright worked for nearly three decades, announced his death in a post today. The firm’s president and CEO, Bobby LeBlanc, says in a statement Wright was the consummate gentleman and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Corrective to Sept. 29 story about Gilbert Rozon civil trial
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
A story published by The Canadian Press on Sept. 29 about a civil trial involving Quebec impresario Gilbert Rozon incorrectly reported that Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay would have six months to render her ruling, as per the Quebec Civil Code. In fact, she will have six months to render her ruling as per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump hits Canadian lumber producers with additional 10 per cent tariff
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
U.S. President Donald Trump has issued new tariffs that could add further pressure on Canadian producers of softwood lumber and furniture. A presidential proclamation on Monday evening set out a 10 per cent duty on imports of softwood timber and lumber, along with a 25 per cent levy on imports of kitchen cabinets and vanities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!What could happen as U.S. government shutdown looms
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says a federal government shutdown is likely as Congress sits at a stalemate ahead of a midnight deadline to pass legislation to keep it running. Democrats and Republicans are blaming each other for causing the shutdown and the president has not shared much concern about the work stoppage. It ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec police say two arrested in connection with $1.8 million in stolen vehicles
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say two men have appeared in court in the theft of vehicles in the Montreal area worth $1.8 million. They say the suspects, aged 40 and 59, turned themselves in at a court in Joliette, Que., northeast of Montreal, on Sept. 19 and were ordered detained. Police say the arrests ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!As public service cuts loom, local Ottawa agency eyes growing defence industry
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — With the prospect of public service cuts looming over the capital, an Ottawa economic development agency is making a pitch for federal help to grow out the local defence industry and turn it into an “innovation hub.” Invest Ottawa, a not-for-profit local economic development group, is asking the federal government to grant the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Moderator on Smith’s Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
EDMONTON — The moderator of Premier Danielle Smith’s Alberta Next panel is apologizing after he told a teen at a town hall that his parents should spank him. Bruce McAllister says he regrets the comment and he’s committed to making sure the panel’s events are respectful and constructive. The 16-year-old boy tried to ask the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec Chinese community members want answers after RCMP ends ‘police station’ probe
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
MONTREAL — Members of Montreal’s Chinese community say they have many questions after the RCMP closed an investigation into two community centres suspected of acting as clandestine police stations for the Chinese Communist Party. The executive director of the two Montreal-area centres says she’s happy the investigation has come to a close. But Xixi Li ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian energy minister disappointed by Imperial Oil’s planned layoffs
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
EDMONTON — Canada’s energy minister says he’s disappointed with Imperial Oil’s plan to lay off 20 per cent of its workforce by 2027. Tim Hodgson says he’s working to understand what went into the company’s decision and that the government will explore ways to support the workers losing their jobs. Calgary-based Imperial says the cuts ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!PM Carney welcomes Trump’s peace plan proposal for Israel and Gaza
By Canadian Press on September 30th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada welcomes U.S. President Donald Trump’s “historic new Middle East peace plan,” which Washington has asked Ottawa to sell to other nations. Trump’s plan to put the Gaza Strip and its 2.1 million Palestinians under an international security force has been endorsed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ... Read More »
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