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Court of Appeal upholds ruling that CP Rail was not liable for Lac-Mégantic disaster
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s Court of Appeal has upheld a 2022 lower court ruling that found Canadian Pacific Railway did not have legal liability for the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster that killed 47 people. The province’s high court heard arguments from three joined appeals seeking that the railway company be required to pay into a compensation fund ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Possible human remains found in search of Winnipeg-area landfill
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government says potential human remains have been discovered at a landfill north of Winnipeg where search teams have been working to find two slain First Nations women. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alaska woman sentenced for laser attack that injured Canadian military aircrew
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
FAIRBANKS — A woman from Delta Junction, Alaska, has been handed three years of probation for using a powerful laser to interfere with a joint military operation, injuring three Canadian aircrew members. A statement from the U.S. District Attorney’s office in Alaska says Canadian military aircrews were flying in two tactical helicopter squadrons on Feb. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives launch attacks on Mark Carney over his firm’s relocation to the U.S.
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — The polls, fundraising hauls and endorsements aren’t the only things suggesting former central bank governor Mark Carney is on track to win the Liberal leadership — Conservatives seem convinced as well. Carney has become the primary target of Conservative attacks in recent weeks. On Wednesday, the party accused Carney of lying to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lifetime teaching ban for former B.C. school counsellor after child porn conviction
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A former high-school counsellor has been given a lifetime ban from teaching in British Columbia after he was convicted of possessing child pornography. A document outlining an agreement between the B.C. Commissioner for Teacher Regulation and Joseph Scott William McLeod says they have agreed McLeod will never apply for any provincial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Immigrant-owned firms suffer from productivity gap for variety of factors: StatCan
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Companies owned by newcomers to Canada tend to struggle taking their businesses to the next level more than Canadian-born founders, new data suggests. The report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday explores barriers immigrants to Canada can face when starting and scaling a business. One of the most significant findings was around labour ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec caps international students but is hazy on numbers
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec is taking steps to cut the number of international students in the province, but can’t say by how many. The government will issue a maximum of around 124,000 acceptance certificates to foreign students this year, down from more than 156,000 last year. The measure targets private colleges that the government has said ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, Germany working on diversifying trade in face of U.S. threats
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canadian companies and diplomats are working with their European colleagues to find ways to diversify trade as the U.S. threatens to impose steep tariffs. Germany’s Ambassador to Canada Tjorven Bellmann says European ambassadors in Ottawa have been in touch with corporations on both sides of the Atlantic to discuss how they can boost ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chiefs in Ontario vote in favour of federal child welfare reform deal
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — First Nations chiefs in Ontario voted overwhelmingly Wednesday in favour of a child welfare reform deal with the federal government. The Ontario-specific deal to allow First Nations to take control of child welfare was supported by 76 chiefs in assembly, with four objections and three abstentions. As the vote concluded, Ontario Regional Chief ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Polls suggest a close race as federal election approaches
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — Multiple polls now suggest the next federal election — which could begin in a matter of weeks — will be a tight race. At least one major pollster has the Liberals in the lead and ahead of the Conservatives for the first time in nearly four years. A new survey from Ipsos released ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justice minister orders new trial for Alberta man convicted of murder in 1991
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal justice minister has ordered a new trial for a man convicted of second-degree murder in Alberta more than three decades ago. Roy Allan Sobotiak was sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of Susan Kaminsky, who disappeared in 1987. The office of Justice Minister Arif Virani says the minister found reasonable ... Read More »
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