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Immigration museum CEO in Halifax accused of creating environment of fear
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
HALIFAX — A federal investigation of the CEO leading the Canadian Museum of Immigration in Halifax has found Marie Chapman bullied some staff and created an environment of fear that caused emotional harm to many employees. A new report produced by the Public Sector Integrity Commissioner of Canada says Chapman repeatedly breached the public sector ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa’s Indigenous advisers weren’t told of pipeline deal with Alberta: chief
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — A member of the major projects office’s Indigenous advisory council says he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta opening a path to a pipeline to B.C.’s coast. Trevor Mercredi, grand chief of Treaty 8 First Nations in Alberta, says the memorandum of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Woman, 84, dead after leaving her home overnight south of Montreal
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — For the second time in less than a week, a woman in her 80s has died after being found alone outside at night in the Greater Montreal area. An 84-year-old woman was found on a suburban street by a snow clearing operator about 3:15 a.m. in Longueuil, just south of Montreal. Police say ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. evacuation orders, alerts expand as floods cut off most links to Lower Mainland
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
ABBOTSFORD — Evacuation orders and alerts in southern British Columbia expanded overnight, as floodwaters and landslides cut off most major routes between the Lower Mainland and the Interior. Highway closures have been widened to include Highway 11 in both directions, shutting the Sumas border crossing, while the Coquihalla, and highways 1, 3 and 5 were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Number of people starting ADHD meds is up 157% in Ontario: study
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
TORONTO — Researchers say there’s been a dramatic rise in the number of people going on medications to treat attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in Ontario, suggesting factors such as more time spent online and the rise of private assessments for the mental condition could be behind the increase. A study published Thursday in JAMA Network Open ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Killer whales and dolphins may be helping each other hunt of B.C. coast: new report
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
HALIFAX — Scientists have found evidence that two unlikely collaborators — killer whales and dolphins — may be helping each other find and feast on salmon off the coast of British Columbia. Sarah Fortune, an assistant professor in oceanography at Halifax’s Dalhousie University said it would appear the massive fish-eating whales may be working with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. evacuation orders and alerts expand as floods cut off Lower Mainland
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
ABBOTSFORD — Evacuation orders and alerts in southern British Columbia expanded overnight, as floodwaters and landslides cut off the Lower Mainland from the Interior. Highway closures have been widened to include Highway 11 in both directions, shutting the Sumas border crossing, while the Coquihalla, and highways 1, 3 and 5 were also cut. The threat ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything in the Ring of Fire
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
This photography was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. Canada’s north is warming at least twice as fast as the rest of the world, and a global trade war has political eyes in Toronto, Ottawa and even Washington, D.C., on critical minerals buried underground in the Ring of Fire in northern Ontario. Webequie and Neskantaga First ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Not what they’re saying’: Carney rejects suggestion U.S. may exit trade pact
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing back on the suggestion that the U.S. may be considering pulling out of North America’s trilateral free-trade pact. When The Canadian Press asked the prime minister if he was open to separate bilateral trade pacts if the U.S. withdraws, Carney replied, “That’s not what they’re saying.” U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: What will power the Ring of Fire?
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
This photography was supported by the Pulitzer Centre. As a warming climate forces changes to their ways of life, Webequie and Neskantaga First Nations are charting diverging courses in responding to a push for development in northern Ontario’s Ring of Fire. But one thing they share is a desire to get off the costly, unsustainable ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government reaches agreement in principle with family doctors
By Canadian Press on December 11th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec has reached an agreement in principle with its family doctors. The province has also agreed to postpone the application of contentious legislation designed to impose a new remuneration system on doctors. The Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec says the two sides agreed to the deal after a negotiation blitz and a ... Read More »
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