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CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court to weigh in on Saskatchewan’s school pronoun case
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it will hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law. The law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent. Premier Scott Moe’s government invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in the 2023 legislation, allowing it to override certain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Supreme Court of Canada won’t hear appeal of ostrich cull order
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says it will not hear an appeal of a federal agency’s order to cull hundreds of ostriches at a British Columbia farm. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency issued the cull order last Dec. 31 following detection of an avian flu outbreak. Owners of the farm in the southern ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: US still views Canada positively, Harry to meet Toronto veterans
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Americans still view Canada positively: Poll Most Americans — including Republicans — continue to view Canada positively in economic and trade matters even as U.S. President Donald Trump directs anger at their northern neighbour. That finding comes from ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Photo Gallery: B.C. ostrich cull saga
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent more than 10 months opposing a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of hundreds of its birds. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce whether it will hear a final appeal against the cull. If it refuses ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!From flu outbreak to ‘Ostrichfest’ to high court, how B.C. ostrich cull saga unfolded
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., has spent more than 10 months opposing a cull order from the Canadian Food Inspection Agency that would result in the deaths of hundreds of its birds. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce on Thursday morning whether it will hear a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. ostriches’ fate in hands of Supreme Court, with cull decision imminent
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is set to release its decision on whether to hear a B.C. ostrich farm’s final appeal to save its flock, more than 10 months after the Canadian Food Inspection Agency ordered a cull amid an avian flu outbreak last December. Universal Ostrich Farms in the southern Interior community ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Majority of Americans think Canada is negotiating in good faith: Poll
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Most Americans — including Republicans — continue to view Canada positively in economic and trade matters even as U.S. President Donald Trump directs anger at their northern neighbour. That finding comes from new polling by Leger, Maintenant Media and Canada 338 that also says Americans trust that Canada is negotiating in good faith ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court to decide whether it will weigh in on Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada is set to announce today whether it will hear appeals in a challenge of Saskatchewan’s school pronoun law. The law prevents children under 16 from changing their names or pronouns at school without parental consent. Premier Scott Moe’s government invoked the Charter’s notwithstanding clause in the 2023 legislation, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prince Harry to visit veterans in Toronto today ahead of Remembrance Day
By Canadian Press on November 6th, 2025
Prince Harry is set to meet with some of Canada’s oldest veterans today as part of his two-day visit to Toronto for events related to Remembrance Day. The Duke of Sussex, who served in Afghanistan as a member of the British military, will visit veterans at Sunnybrook Hospital’s veterans centre. The veterans centre is the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian premiers are too quick to override rights, former PM Jean Chrétien warns
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
TORONTO — Canada’s premiers are too quick to use the notwithstanding clause for “marginal reasons” and have lost sight of its original purpose, former prime minister Jean Chrétien said Wednesday evening. Chrétien, who as justice minister negotiated the clause’s inclusion in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1981, said provinces are using it “for ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFIA manual describes sitting on ostriches to inject lethal drug as cull ruling nears
By Canadian Press on November 5th, 2025
OTTAWA — A Canadian Food Inspection Agency document on culling birds describes how ostriches should be killed, by methods that can include breaking their necks, lethal injection, gassing or shooting. While the CFIA has repeatedly said it will not discuss its procedures in relation to a possible cull at an ostrich farm in British Columbia, ... Read More »
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