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‘Frustrating’: Veterinarians urge regulatory changes as medicine shortages mount
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
REGINA — Canadian veterinarians no longer have to access to 40 per cent of medications they once were able to use, a figure the head of the national association says is worrying. Tracy Fisher, president of the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association, says drugs for animals — from cats and dogs to sheep and cattle — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI cleared to go ahead in Ontario
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a jurisdictional challenge and argued the case should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. OpenAI said the company isn’t located in Ontario and doesn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. man gets months-long sentence for assault, threats, as he waits for murder trial
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
The man accused in a high-profile killing of his estranged wife has been sentenced in a separate case of choking and uttering threats in Kelowna, B.C. Provincial court Judge David Ruse sentenced James Plover to one year in jail on the choking charge and six months on each of the threat charges, which will all ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!First Nations leader says pipeline MOU changes nothing, tanker ban is non-negotiable
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
The president of the Coastal First Nations in British Columbia says the signing of a memorandum of understanding by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith on an proposed oil pipeline to the West Coast “does nothing” to increase the chances it will happen. Marilyn Slett says in a statement that a tanker ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Comments and reaction on Ottawa-Alberta pipeline memorandum of understanding
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
CALGARY — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith signed Thursday a memorandum of understanding that includes shared goals on green technology and a new oil pipeline to the West Coast to reach groundbreaking markets in Asia. It also opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban. Here are some of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa has no plans to re-engage with Iran at this time, Anand says
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada is not open to re-establishing diplomatic ties with Iran at this time. Anand told the Senate’s foreign affairs committee today that Canada’s focus with Iran is on limiting the possibility of Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons. The Harper government cut diplomatic ties with Iran in 2012 and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!News publishers’ copyright lawsuit against OpenAI to go ahead in Ontario
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — An Ontario court has decided a copyright lawsuit filed by Canadian news publishers against OpenAI will proceed in that province. OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, had put forward a jurisdictional challenge and argued the case should be heard in a U.S. courtroom instead. OpenAI said the company isn’t located in Ontario and doesn’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Elections Canada says protocol wasn’t followed in Nunavik during federal election
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Elections Canada says voting services in Nunavik during the spring federal election were “significantly hindered” by a lack of planning and oversight that caused some polls to close early. Following the April 28 federal election, Elections Canada acknowledged that some voters in Nunavik were unable to cast ballots because a shortage of staff ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court of Canada returns murder case to Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has sent a murder case back to the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal in light of potential new evidence. A decade ago, a jury found Nathan Johnson guilty of first-degree murder and illegal possession of a firearm in the 2010 shooting death of pizza delivery worker Chad Smith. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney, Smith sign pipeline deal, open door to changing B.C. tanker ban
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have signed a memorandum of understanding that commits them to working toward building an oil pipeline to the West Coast — and opens the door to changes to the coastal tanker ban. At a signing ceremony in Calgary on Thursday, the two agreed that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drax to shut B.C. wood pellet plant by year’s end, says not ‘commercially viable’
By Canadian Press on November 27th, 2025
WILLIAMS LAKE — A company operating a wood pellet plant in the British Columbia Interior says the facility will be shuttered by the end of the year due to a lack of available fibre. U.K.-based Drax, which has faced accusations it burns old-growth B.C. timber for power generation in Britain, says it is shutting the ... Read More »
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