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CP NewsAlert: John Main selected as Nunavut’s first non-Inuk leader
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — John Main has been selected as Nunavut’s next premier, marking the first time Nunavut will have a non-Inuk leader. Main beat out David Akeeagok for the position in a secret ballot vote in Nunavut’s legislature this afternoon. Main is a third-term MLA who speaks fluent Inuktitut and served as Nunavut’s health minister in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sweden and Canada sign strategic partnership as royal couple visits Ottawa
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Sweden’s King Carl XVI Gustaf and Queen Silvia arrived in Ottawa on Tuesday morning and were welcomed at Rideau Hall by a small crowd of onlookers waving Swedish flags. Chief Justice Richard Wagner and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand were part of the Canadian delegation receiving the royal couple, who are making a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta invokes notwithstanding clause on trio of transgender laws
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA — The Alberta government has introduced legislation to use the Charter’s notwithstanding clause to prevent legal challenges to three laws impacting transgender and gender-diverse youth and adults. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservative MP Stubbs defends missing budget vote after surgery
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Shannon Stubbs missed Monday’s critical budget vote because she is recovering from major surgery, a statement posted to social media said Tuesday. The budget motion passed by just two votes, allowing the minority Liberals to stay in power. Stubbs and Matt Jeneroux were the two Conservatives who did not vote on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney off to the United Arab Emirates tonight before heading to G20 summit
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is travelling to the United Arab Emirates tonight before making his way to South Africa for the G20 Leaders’ Summit later this week. A news release from the Prime Minister’s Office says Carney will meet with the president of the UAE in Abu Dhabi to expand the Canada-UAE economic ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post expects to lose 30K employees to retirement, voluntary departures by 2035
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — The CEO of Canada Post says the company expects to lose up to 30,000 employees to retirement or voluntary departure over the next decade as the Crown corporation looks to shrinks its workforce and modernize the service. CEO Doug Ettinger told Canada Post’s annual meeting today that the company will use “attrition first” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two ministers in the running to be Nunavut’s next premier today
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Two former cabinet ministers are competing to be Nunavut’s next premier. David Akeeagok and John Main made their pitches to fellow MLAs this morning after David Joanasie was elected Speaker. Akeeagok was first elected in 2017 and has held nearly every major cabinet role at different times in the years since. Main — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ophthalmologists urge provinces not to allow optometrists to perform minor surgeries
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
TORONTO — Ophthalmologists are urging provincial governments not to move ahead with plans that would allow optometrists to perform some surgeries and laser eye treatments, which are currently outside their scope of practice. Dr. Nina Ahuja, president-elect of the Canadian Ophthalmological Society, says surgery must remain in the hands of physicians and handing over even ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Joly says Canada ‘didn’t get enough’ benefits out of F-35 procurement deal
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says the Liberal government believes Canada “didn’t get enough” industrial benefits out of its contract for American-made F-35 stealth fighter jets. Talking to reporters on Parliament Hill today, Joly said the government needs “more jobs created out of the F-35 contract.” Her comments come as the Swedish firm Saab ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Group gets trapped after elevator in new light rail station breaks down
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
MONTREAL — The operator of Montreal’s new light rail service says about 20 people got stuck in an elevator on Monday at a new underground station that is the deepest in Canada. The Réseau express métropolitain said in a social-media message on Monday evening that the incident occurred during the first full day of operations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada, U.S., Finland take step forward on ICE Pact plan to build icebreakers
By Canadian Press on November 18th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Canada, the United States and Finland took a step toward building new icebreakers despite the breakdown in trade talks between Ottawa and the Trump administration. Canada’s Ambassador to the United States Kirsten Hillman joined Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and Finland’s Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto to sign a joint statement of ... Read More »
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