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Bank of Canada widely expected to lower key lending rate today
By Canadian Press on September 17th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada is set to announce its interest rate decision today, where it’s widely expected to lower its key lending rate. A quarter-point cut would bring the central bank’s benchmark rate down to 2.5 per cent after three consecutive holds at 2.75 per cent. The bank received a last-minute look at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ione Christensen, famed for Yukon politics, century-old sourdough starter, dies at 91
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
A powerhouse politician who broke glass ceilings in Canada, Ione Christensen is being remember both for the trails she blazed and the international acclaim she earned for the century-old sourdough starter she protected in the back of her refrigerator. A former senator and the first woman to be mayor of Whitehorse, Christensen died Monday at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Man facing extradition after migrant family froze to death at Canada-U.S. border
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
Another man has been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that saw a migrant family freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man. Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on an extradition request from the United States, the Justice Department in Ottawa said Tuesday. The 37-year-old faces a hearing this week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!LeBlanc, MacKinnon take over for Freeland as she leaves Carney’s cabinet
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Chrystia Freeland abruptly left Prime Minister Mark Carney’s cabinet on Tuesday to take on a new role as Canada’s special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Freeland’s decision to step down from Carney’s front bench prompted a hastily organized mini-cabinet shuffle late in the day at Rideau Hall, where Freeland’s two roles were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mountie says he crossed the line into vulgarity, went much too far on group chats
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
RICHMOND — One of three Coquitlam RCMP officers facing possible dismissal over allegedly racist, sexist and other derogatory messages made in group chats between officers says he is “ashamed” of himself for some of the messages he authored. Const. Philip Dick made the statement during a code-of-conduct hearing being held in Richmond, B.C., this week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!EV advocates call on Ottawa to ease regulations on European vehicles
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
THE CANADIAN PRESS — Advocates for Canada’s electric vehicle sector want Ottawa to open the door to more European cars to spur competition in Canada. Former Quebec environment minister Daniel Breton was in Ottawa Tuesday, flanked by a half-dozen heads of various environmental and pro-EV organizations. While the group offered few details on what they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!90 confirmed salmonella cases in outbreak linked to salami: health agency
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — A salmonella outbreak linked to salami and cacciatore that sickened dozens of people in several provinces appears to be over. The Public Health Agency of Canada says there were 90 confirmed salmonella cases, 10 of which led to hospitalizations. Alberta had 69 of the cases, followed by Ontario with 19, and Manitoba and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Union leaders to meet with workers of Amazon facility in Delta, B.C.
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
The regional director of a union representing workers at the Amazon facility in Delta, B.C., says leaders are scheduled to meet its members for the first time on the company’s property. Unifor Western Regional Director Gavin McGarrigle says six, hour-long meetings will be held over three days this week to allow the union to inform ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: LeBlanc, MacKinnon take on internal trade, transport as Freeland quits
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
OTTAWA — Federal cabinet ministers Dominic LeBlanc and Steven MacKinnon are taking on additional responsibilities to fill roles previously held by departing minister Chrystia Freeland. LeBlanc is currently intergovernmental affairs minister and the prime minister’s point person for dealing with U.S. President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war. He was also sworn in as internal trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec bet big on Lion electric school buses. Now critics say the plan has backfired
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government’s aggressive push to electrify its school bus fleet — while giving one local manufacturer a virtual monopoly — could now be turning school bus operators off electric vehicles and delaying the transition, critics say. The abrupt withdrawal of 1,200 Lion electric school buses from Quebec roads after a bus in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trail-blazing Yukon politician Ione Christensen dies at 91
By Canadian Press on September 16th, 2025
Former senator and the first woman to be mayor of Whitehorse, Ione Christensen, has died at the age of 91. Christensen broke multiple glass ceilings in her decades of public service and later gained international attention for protecting a more than century-old sourdough starter carried into the territory by her great-grandfather during the gold rush. ... Read More »
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