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One minor is dead, one injured after shots fired east of Quebec City
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
SAINT-VALLIER — One minor is dead and another is in hospital after shots were fired at a home in St-Vallier-de-Bellechasse, Que., east of Quebec City. Police were called to a residence around 4 p.m. Sunday after receiving a report about two people who had been injured. One victim was found unconscious and taken to hospital ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget watchdog calls for more transparency after Liberals shift fiscal anchors
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Ottawa is not planning to set up an independent body to scrutinize the new capital framework in its budget, despite calls for more transparency from the government’s fiscal watchdog. Interim parliamentary budget officer Jason Jacques told MPs on the House of Commons finance committee Monday that he fears the changes made to the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health minister noncommittal on pharmacare, says expert report isn’t binding
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal health minister is not committing to following the road map set out by an expert committee to launch a national pharmacare system. Marjorie Michel said her government is reviewing the recommendations it received early last month. “As you know, we have a lot of independent expert panels and they have their ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Residents say grizzly encounters up in Bella Coola, B.C., scene of attack on students
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
Residents of Bella Coola on British Columbia’s central coast say they’ve been grappling with a spike in encounters with grizzly bears in the remote community where a bear attacked a group of students and teachers last week. Resident Corey Van Andel has been living in the valley for four years, and says he noticed a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. directs its embassies in Western nations to scrutinize ‘mass migration’
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department has directed its embassies in Canada and other Western nations to scrutinize the impacts of “mass migration” — the Trump administration’s latest push to reshape the geopolitics of America’s longtime allies. Last week’s dispatch to embassies directed diplomats in Ottawa, New Zealand, Australia and countries in western Europe to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘He should care’: Conservatives slam Carney on Trump comments
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Conservative MPs slammed Prime Minister Mark Carney Monday over dismissive comments he made recently about stalled trade talks with U.S. President Donald Trump. While taking questions from reporters in Johannesburg over the weekend, Carney was asked when he last spoke with Trump and replied: “Who cares?” Carney had said previously both men have ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. drug ‘compassion club’ reduced overdose risk: lawyer in constitutional challenge
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
VANCOUVER — A lawyer for the founders of a Vancouver club that provided tested heroin, cocaine and methamphetamine to drug users during the toxic drug crisis says the risk from the street supply is “grossly disproportionate” to any benefit of shutting down the club. Tim Dickson told a B.C. Supreme Court judge in his opening ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MPs swipe at Carney’s claim that Canada has no feminist foreign policy
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s claim that Canada does not have a “feminist foreign policy” spilled into the political arena Monday, drawing both criticism and praise. “Prime Minister Carney is making it very clear he is no friend to women and he is no friend to gender equality in this country,” NDP MP Leah ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two brothers, 19 and 22, dead after being struck by a light-rail train near Montreal
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — Two brothers from a town southwest of Montreal have been identified as the victims of a fatal collision with a light-rail train over the weekend. Simon and Samuel Brochu, both of St-Rémi, Que., died after being struck by the automated train early Saturday morning near Brossard, Que. Simon Brochu, 19, died at the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nation looks to develop ‘wealth fund’ for major projects investments
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — A First Nation in Ontario is looking to create what it’s calling a “sovereign wealth fund” to bypass government and move major projects forward faster with Indigenous participation. The First Nations Sovereign Wealth Fund, proposed by Chippewas of the Thames First Nation in southwestern Ontario, seeks to make it easier for First Nations ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Budget watchdog calls for better transparency after Liberals shift fiscal anchors
By Canadian Press on November 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — The interim parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa should turn over scrutiny of one of its key fiscal anchors to an independent body. Jason Jacques told MPs on the House of Commons finance committee today he fears that changes to the federal government’s fiscal anchors in the recent budget were made quickly and without ... Read More »
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