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B.C. opens disaster aid to atmospheric river flood victims
By The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
VICTORIA – British Columbia is making disaster financial assistance available to victims of floodwaters that gushed through several communities when an atmospheric river dumped hundreds of millimetres of rain on parts of the province last month. The province says flood-affected residents of Port Coquitlam, Coquitlam, the Squamish First Nation and North and West Vancouver are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Miller to propose more changes to immigration and asylum system
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Immigration Minister Marc Miller says further reforms to Canada’s immigration and asylum systems will be proposed in the coming weeks. This comes on the heels of a significant cut to the amount of permanent residents being admitted to Canada in two years, and the tightening of rules around temporary worker permits. Statistics provided ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence Minister Bill Blair “ready to go faster” on spending timeline
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair said Monday that he’s ready to work with the incoming Donald Trump administration to speed up Canada’s timeline to meet its NATO alliance spending targets. Canada committed last year to meet the NATO members’ pledge to spend at least two per cent of GDP on national defence and in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers seek ‘urgent’ meeting with Trudeau before Trump returns to White House
By The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s premiers are asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to hold an urgent first ministers’ meeting ahead of the return to office of president-elect Donald Trump. The re-election of the often unpredictable and protectionist former president has spooked a number of countries as they wait to see if he makes good on promises of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More people hurt in Quebec road accidents after fall time change, data shows
By The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
MONTREAL – New data from Quebec’s auto insurance board shows that evening road accidents – including those involving pedestrians – rise sharply in the 30 days following the fall time change, when the sun sets earlier. The data comes as the province is holding consultations on the possibility of scrapping the twice-yearly practice of moving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal mayor, police chief say masks will delay arrests after violent protest
By The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
Montreal’s mayor and police chief both say it will take time to arrest everyone who smashed windows and burned cars during a demonstration outside a NATO conference on Friday evening, since most of them had their faces covered. Police have so far arrested three people in connection with Friday’s protest, and police Chief Fady Dagher ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mother orca and children make ‘grocery shopping’ trip near downtown Vancouver
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A family of killer whales has made a rare trip into waters off downtown Vancouver for what an expert says was likely a “grocery shopping” hunt for harbour seals. Video shared on social media by False Creek Ferries shows the whales cruising past highrise towers at the entrance to False Creek on Sunday. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Freeland says the two-month GST holiday is meant to tackle the ‘vibecession’
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is hoping a temporary break on GST will address a ‘vibecession’ that has gripped Canadians. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday that starting Dec. 14 the goods and services tax will be taken off a slew of items for two months to help with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal man held by Sudanese officials seemed puzzled by detention, diplomat says
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – A Canadian diplomat who visited Abousfian Abdelrazik while in Sudanese custody says the Montreal man told him he did not know why he was being held and that he wanted to return to Canada. Abdelrazik, who is suing Ottawa over his detention, came to Canada from Sudan as a refugee, settling in Montreal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Long-awaited carbon rebate for businesses being sent earlier than promised
By The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – About 600,000 small businesses will start receiving their long-awaited federal carbon rebates today. The federal government has promised to return about $2.5 billion collected from small and medium-sized businesses in carbon pricing since 2019. Initial plans were to return the money annually through various programs to encourage energy-efficiency investments but those mostly failed ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trudeau directs key adviser to deliver renewed national security strategy
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on November 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has directed a top adviser to deliver a renewed national security strategy setting out a framework for Canada’s security, defence and diplomatic posture. In a mandate letter to national security and intelligence adviser Nathalie Drouin, Trudeau says he expects her to consult Canadians and work through the national security ... Read More »
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