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Fans hold out hope after Blue Jays fail to clinch World Series title in Game 6
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
TORONTO — Excited anticipation turned into disappointment for Toronto Blue Jays fans as the team failed to clinch the World Series in Game 6, but there is still hope for Saturday’s decisive game. The Blue Jays lost to the Los Angeles Dodgers 3-1 on Friday, muting the festivities at the Rogers Centre, where fans had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ostrich farm rallies support as court says it will decide next week if it hears case
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
Canada’s highest court says it will rule next Thursday whether to tackle a bitter dispute between the Canadian Food Inspection Agency and a British Columbia ostrich farm over the ordered destruction of its flock due to an avian flu outbreak. Both sides staked out their positions Friday after the Supreme Court of Canada’s announcement, with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadiens, Alouettes fans out of luck as transit network paralyzed by strike Saturday
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal sporting fans who had planned on taking public transit to major events on Saturday are out of luck, as the union representing thousands of bus and metro drivers will walk off the job. It’s their first strike in 38 years, the union says, with two more strikes planned later in November. On ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says Carney apologized for Reagan ad, talks still paused
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for an advertisement paid for by the Ontario government that halted trade talks. “I like (Carney) a lot but, you know, what they did was wrong,” Trump told reporters on Air Force One during a flight to Florida on Friday. “He was very ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!High Court to decide on Nov. 6 whether to hear case of B.C. ostriches
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
The Supreme Court of Canada is set to issue a decision next week on whether to hear a last-ditch appeal against an order to cull a flock of ostriches at a British Columbia farm. A list of leave applications that will be ruled upon on next Thursday includes the challenge by Universal Ostrich Farms to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada announces first investments under G7 pact, aims to stockpile critical minerals
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
TORONTO — Canada has announced the first 25 investments under a G7 critical minerals production alliance envisioned as a counterweight to China’s dominance in the sector. The investments include purchase agreements for a Quebec graphite mine and investments to scale up a rare earth elements refinery in Ontario. Energy Minister Tim Hodgson also says Canada ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Political fundraising dries up following spring election surge, data shows
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Fresh political fundraising data shows partisan donors closed their wallets over the summer months after shelling out to fill party war chests for the spring election. The new figures published this week by Elections Canada come just in time for fall election speculation to heat up in Ottawa as the Liberal government does ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Exploitative’ trucker loophole to addressed in upcoming budget
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — Finance minister François-Philippe Champagne will use Tuesday’s federal budget to close a tax loophole critics say is exploiting workers and creating unfair labour practices in the trucking industry. At issue is a business model the Canadian Trucking Alliance refers to as “Driver Inc.”, in which transport companies misclassify drivers as independent contractors rather ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says Carney apologized for advertisement, talks still paused
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S President Donald Trump says Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for an advertisement paid for by the Ontario government that halted trade talks. Speaking on Air Force One today, Trump said negotiations with Canada had not resumed but that he likes Carney. The president and Carney appeared cordial at a dinner in South ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Weak GDP report unlikely to sway Bank of Canada to more rate cuts: economists
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
OTTAWA — The Canadian economy was showing more cracks in August, but most economists weighing in on the latest data say they don’t think the Bank of Canada will respond with more rate cuts anytime soon. Real gross domestic product declined 0.3 per cent in August and early signs suggest the economy barely managed any ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec order of physicians urges government to suspend controversial doctor-pay law
By Canadian Press on October 31st, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec’s professional order of physicians is calling for an immediate suspension of a provincial law that ties doctors’ pay to performance targets and threatens punitive damages over actions that affect patient care. In an open letter Friday, the college says the law will have the opposite effect to what the government intends, adding ... Read More »
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