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CP NewsAlert: Montreal transit strike averted after union reaches tentative deal
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — Montreal’s public transit network says a two-day strike that would have shut down bus and Metro service this weekend has been averted. The Société de transport de Montréal says it reached a deal late Friday with the union representing bus drivers, Metro operators and station agents. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal transit network prepares for more disruption as third union plans to strike
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — A third union representing workers in Montreal’s public transit network has announced it will go on strike. Maintenance workers walked off the job three times since June, and bus and metro drivers are to strike this weekend. Now it’s the union representing about 1,316 administrative, technical and professional employees that says its members ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. lawyers receiving extortion threats, legal regulator warns
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
VANCOUVER — The Law Society of British Columbia says it has become aware of lawyers receiving extortion threats for “substantial sums of money.” The legal profession regulator sent out a notice to its members that says lawyers have been targeted with threats to their physical safety and it urges victims to contact police. Conservative member ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Some NDP leadership candidates report struggling to meet conditions to remain in race
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — The first of three fundraising deadlines for the NDP leadership race landed Friday, with some candidates coming close to not meeting the requirements for remaining in the race. A campaign spokesperson for Tanille Johnston, a city councillor in Campbell River, B.C., said she will be able to make the $25,000 payment allowing her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Backdoor dealing’: B.C. farmer decries omission of private owners from Cowichan case
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
RICHMOND — The co-owner of an eight-hectare farm on the Cowichan Tribes Aboriginal title lands says he and fellow private landowners were unfairly left out of the court case that confirmed the title claim. Gord Maichin says the decision of the B.C. Supreme Court not to inform landowners about the case that has set off ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa to return $623 million to small businesses in rebate payments
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — More than 600,000 small businesses will share $623 million in carbon price rebate payments before the end of the year, the final payment they will receive following the end of the consumer carbon price last spring. The payments are the second rebates issued to businesses under the carbon pricing program, after an initial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Governor General Simon released from hospital, recovering from illness
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was released from hospital today and is now recovering at home. The 78-year-old head of state missed the annual Remembrance Day service in Ottawa on Tuesday after being hospitalized with a respiratory illness. The statement says Simon extends thanks to Chief Justice Richard Wagner for representing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Governor General released from hospital, recovering from illness
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon was released from hospital today and is now recovering at home. The 78-year-old head of state missed the annual Remembrance Day service in Ottawa on Tuesday after being hospitalized with a respiratory illness. More coming. David Baxter, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things to know about Quebec graphite mine added to major projects list
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
MONTREAL — A graphite mine in Quebec has been included on the federal government’s expanded list of major projects in the national interest to be considered for regulatory fast-tracking. Here are five things to know about Nouveau Monde Graphite’s Matawinie Mine. Two facilities The project includes the company’s future open-pit Matawinie Mine in the Lanaudière ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Government spent $19 billion on outside services in 2024-25
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
OTTAWA — Government records show the federal government spent more than $19 billion on external professional and special services in 2024-25 — an increase of almost $2 billion from the previous year and almost $8.5 billion since 2020. The Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says the increase in spending on professional and special services is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fact File: No ‘plan’ to ‘euthanize’ 15 million Canadians with MAID
By Canadian Press on November 14th, 2025
Podcast clips recently shared on social media claim that Health Canada plans to save money by “euthanizing” 15 million Canadians. The clips cite a journal article that presents a scenario in which members of specific vulnerable groups receive medical assistance in dying, with or without consent. The authors estimate that from 2027-2047 that would result ... Read More »
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