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In the news today: Punk concerts, wrestling keeps Calgary legion open
By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… ‘You have to adapt’: Punk rock concerts, wrestling events keep Calgary legion afloat After years of decline, the number of members of the Royal Canadian Legion is up for the third year in a row. Nujma Bond from ... Read More »
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By Canadian Press on November 10th, 2025
CALGARY — Phil MacAulay has been a member of the Royal Canadian Legion for the past 50 years, and even he’s surprised at the measures his local branch has taken to keep the 103-year-old building alive. The Calgary No. 1 Branch, nestled among towering downtown office buildings along the busy light rail track, predates the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘They took out 4 innocent people’: National Silver Cross mom reflects on son’s life
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — When Nancy Payne’s son was killed in Afghanistan in 2006, his superior told the Lansdowne, Ont., mother that her son should never have been there in the first place. “They knew that they had somebody good. He could have gone a lot, a lot further had he not gone to Afghanistan,” Payne recalled. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. chief justices defend courtroom poppy ban after politicians call practice wrong
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
HALIFAX — The heads of Nova Scotia’s supreme and provincial courts are expressing their support for judges who ban court staff from pinning poppies to their robes during proceedings after some Canadian politicians called the practice wrong. Deborah Smith, chief justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia, and Perry Borden, chief judge of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Animal sanctuary staff in Summerland, B.C., ‘devastated’ by avian flu case
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
VICTORIA — An animal sanctuary in B.C.’s interior says it is facing a “heart-breaking” experience after discovering a positive case of H5N1, also known as avian flu. Critteraid based in Summerland B.C. says in a social media post dated Nov. 7 that its team and volunteers are “devastated” following the discovery because their animals are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!N.S. chief justices supports individual judges banning poppies in court
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
HALIFAX — The Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia and the Chief Judge of the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia support individual judges who choose to ban the wearing of poppies in their courtrooms. In a statement released today, Chief Justice Deborah K. Smith and Chief Judge Perry F. Borden said that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctors gather to protest physician payment bill at Bell Centre
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — Thousands of protesters are expected at Montreal’s Bell Centre today to demand the suspension of a new law that changes how doctors in the province are paid. Organized by four medical federations, the demonstration targets a bill that Premier François Legault forced through the national assembly late last month. Known as Bill 2, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Worker interested in taking polar bear photos at Nunavut site before he was killed
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
Christopher Best told his family not to worry about the pictures of polar bears he was snapping and posting on social media as he worked at a radar site in Nunavut. “Chris said, ‘Well, yeah, they’re not close to us,'” his mother, Shelly Cox, said he told his stepfather on a call shortly before he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COP30 primer: Here’s what to know about the annual UN climate talks and Canada’s role
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
Canadian climate negotiators are headed to Brazil for the next two weeks as leaders gather for annual United Nations climate talks. The talks come as Prime Minister Mark Carney, whose credentials as an international climate advocate helped win him support in this year’s election, comes under increasing scrutiny for his reversal of some key Trudeau-era ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Low municipal election voter turnout not a concern for these Quebec towns
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
MONTREAL — The historic village of Calixa-Lavallée is named after the man who composed the Canadian national anthem, so perhaps it’s no surprise its residents take their civic duty seriously. While nearby Montreal reported a voter turnout of 37 per cent in Sunday’s municipal elections, more than 78 per cent of the registered voters in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland tasked with tapping Canadian businesses to help rebuild Ukraine
By Canadian Press on November 9th, 2025
OTTAWA — Seven weeks ago, Prime Minister Mark Carney assigned former cabinet minister Chrystia Freeland to be Canada’s new special envoy for the reconstruction of Ukraine. Canadians haven’t heard much about the job since, and nothing at all about how Ukraine can be rebuilt while Russia continues its wide-scale bombing of critical infrastructure. But experts ... Read More »
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