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How Canada is reacting to the inauguration of U.S. President Donald Trump
By The Canadian Press on January 20th, 2025
OTTAWA – Here’s how notable Canadian politicians and groups are reacting to Donald Trump’s inauguration as president of the United States Monday. While Trump initially promised to impose damaging tariffs on Canada on his first day in office, his team is now indicating those levies won’t come on Day 1. – “Canada and the United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Extreme cold warnings in effect across Prairies, parts of Ontario and Quebec
By Nicole Thompson, The Canadian Press on January 18th, 2025
Environment Canada issued extreme cold warnings for much of the Prairies and parts of Ontario and Quebec on Saturday morning as arctic air poured south. The national weather agency said the cold snap has sent the wind chill plummeting below -40 C in some parts of the country, including northeastern Alberta and most of Saskatchewan ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver backyard chickens practise social distancing from wild birds amid H5N1 risk
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on January 16th, 2025
VANCOUVER – Lumpy Eye the chicken has made plenty of friends in her East Vancouver neighbourhood over the years, said owner Duncan Martin, with passersby regularly greeting her in the yard outside their home. But now the seven-year-old Bovan Brown hen is being kept in isolation in her coop, to prevent her coming into contact ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau says he hopes Gaza ceasefire will ‘turn down the temperature’ in Canada
By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on January 15th, 2025
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau welcomed news of a ceasefire deal to pause the “gruelling” 15-month war in the Gaza Strip, hoping it would ease tensions in Canada. “It means we can see the light at the end of the tunnel, to hopefully put an end to this horrific war that has taken the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jaime Battiste first Indigenous candidate to join Liberal leadership race
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
OTTAWA – Jaime Battiste says that if he can’t be the most powerful and wealthy candidate in the race for the Liberal party leadership, he hopes to be the most interesting. On Monday, the MP for Sydney-Victoria, champion powwow dancer and award-winning musician became the only First Nations candidate so far to state his intention ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Franklin the tortoise moving out of refrigerator after chilling since October
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on January 14th, 2025
It’s a big week for Franklin the marginated tortoise who is being brought out of his slumber after chilling out in a refrigerator for three and a half months. The tortoise, rescued from the shores of Shuswap Lake in the British Columbia Interior in 2022, has been in the refrigerator at the BC Wildlife Park ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Justin Trudeau’s own walk in the snow launched a historic week in federal politics
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on January 12th, 2025
OTTAWA – “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015. Those sunny ways followed him into an unseasonably warm November day weeks later, when he attended his official ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Booze-free ‘liquor’ stores offer options, as some B.C. craft brewers decline and fall
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on January 9th, 2025
VANCOUVER – Whatever your tipple, Angela Hansen’s liquor store on Vancouver’s Commercial Drive has stock to satisfy, from Prosecco to tequila – so long as you don’t want any actual liquor. Hansen’s “alcohol free liquor store” Mocktails opened last March, and just a few days into the new year, she was anticipating a “boom” for ... Read More »
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