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Alberta premier hopes for health reform payoff in 2025, regrets deferring tax cut
By Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press on December 25th, 2024
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is eager to show that her government can finally put the pieces of a dismantled provincial health-care system back together again in the new year. In a recent year-end interview, Smith said work that began in 2023 to create four new organizations in place of one health authority is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wild Christmas: BC Ferries cancels many sailings over ‘severe’ forecast
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
VANCOUVER – BC Ferries has cancelled many sailings on Christmas Day after Environment Canada issued dozens of wind and heavy rain warnings for British Columbia’s south coast. The ferry firm says the “severe” forecast means all sailings between Tsawwassen and Duke Point in Nanaimo on Wednesday have been axed, while trips between Tsawwassen and Swartz ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: BC Ferries cancels many Christmas sailings over ‘severe’ forecast
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
VANCOUVER – BC Ferries has cancelled many sailings on Christmas Day after Environment Canada issued dozens of wind and heavy rain warnings for British Columbia’s south coast. The ferry firm says the “severe” forecast means all sailings between Tsawwassen and Nanaimo on Wednesday have been axed, while trips between Tsawwassen and Swartz Bay between 11 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian activist accuses Hong Kong of meddling, but is proud of reward for arrest
By Ashley Joannou, The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver-based activist is accusing Hong Kong authorities of meddling in Canada’s internal affairs after police in the Chinese territory issued a warrant for his arrest. Victor Ho and fellow Canadian Joe Tay are among six overseas activists targeted by Hong Kong police who announced rewards of HK$1 million, equivalent to about C$180,000, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Wild Christmas forecast for B.C. as dozens of wind and rain warnings are issued
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Environment Canada has issued dozens of wind and heavy rain warnings for British Columbia’s south coast on Christmas Day, as the region braces for the second in a series of festive week storms. The agency says up to 100 millimetres of rain could drench Metro Vancouver and other areas, while winds up to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Court hits pause on global streamers’ upcoming Canadian content payments
By Anja Karadeglija, The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Federal Court of Appeal says big streaming companies won’t have to pay for Canadian content until the court hears their appeal of a CRTC decision ordering them to pay. In June, the CRTC said that foreign streamers must contribute five per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to a fund devoted to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian activist accuses Hong Kong of meddling after reward for arrest
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A Canadian activist is accusing Hong Kong authorities of meddling in Canada’s internal affairs after police in the Chinese territory issued a warrant for his arrest. Victor Ho and fellow Canadian Joe Tay are among six overseas activists targeted by Hong Kong police who announced rewards of HK $1 million, equivalent to about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers urge Trudeau to extend deadline for charitable donations after postal strike
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
TORONTO – Canada’s premiers are calling on the federal government to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the request in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, sent in his capacity as chair of the Council of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Snowfall means a white Christmas, but also traffic woes across southern Quebec roads
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
MONTREAL – A heavy snowfall that began Monday night has guaranteed much of Quebec a white Christmas, but has also sent cars skidding off the province’s roads during the busy holiday travel period. Provincial authorities have reported a number of incidents on major routes overnight and earlier today, including on highways 10, 20, 40 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario First Nation challenging selection of underground nuclear waste site in court
By The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a nearby region as the site of a deep geological repository that will hold Canada’s nuclear waste, arguing in a court filing that it should have had a say in the matter as the site falls “squarely” within its territory. Eagle Lake First Nation ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border measures aimed at responding to Trump’s tariff threat begin to take effect
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on December 24th, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration measures announced as part of Canada’s border response to president-elect Donald Trump’s 25 per cent tariff threat are starting to be implemented, beginning with a ban on what’s known as “flagpoling.” This is when someone who was in Canada on a temporary visa leaves for the U.S. then quickly re-enters Canada to ... Read More »
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