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Two Montreal Island towns file court challenge to Quebec language law reform

By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

MONTREAL – Two Montreal suburbs filed a court challenge today to Quebec’s 2022 language reform, seeking to be exempted from several articles of the law commonly known as Bill 96. Hampstead and Town of Mount Royal say the articles, which limit government communications in languages other than French, contradict elements of the law that allow ... Read More »

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CP NewsAlert: Four firefighters die in vehicle crash on B.C. road: government

By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

VICTORIA – Four firefighters travelling home after battling British Columbia’s wildfires have died in a road crash. Premier David Eby and Forests Minister Bruce Ralston say in a joint statement the firefighters died in a motor vehicle accident near Cache Creek, B.C. More coming... Read More »

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Vancouver police boost security at Indian Consulate since Trudeau remarks on killing

By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Police Department says it’s beefing up security outside India’s Consulate after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said this week there was credible intelligence about a potential link between India’s government and the killing of a Sikh community leader in B.C. Const. Tania Visintin, the department’s media relations officer, says police are “closely ... Read More »

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Canada ‘gravely concerned’ about Azerbaijan military escalation in Nagorno-Karabakh

By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The Canadian government says it’s “gravely concerned” about Azerbaijan escalating its military intervention in the Nagorno-Karabakh region, and the Tories are warning of ethnic cleansing. Both parties spoke before Moscow brokered a ceasefire to what some analysts feared would be a new war. Nagorno-Karabakh is internationally recognized as part of Azerbaijan but it ... Read More »

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Cross-country rallies against ‘gender ideology’ in schools meet with counter-protests

By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

Thousands of people gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday for competing protests, yelling and chanting at each other about the way schools instruct sexuality and gender identity and how teachers refer to transgender youth. Protesters accused schools of exposing young students to “gender ideology,” and said parents have the right to know whether their ... Read More »

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Poilievre introduces housing bill, plan focuses on getting cities to build more homes

By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has introduced a private member’s bill in the House of Commons that outlines a plan to address the national housing crisis. The bill, which is unlikely to pass, centres around using federal infrastructure and transit spending to push cities to build more homes. It proposes requiring cities to increase ... Read More »

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From Centre Ice Conservatives to Canadian Future, a new federal party takes shape

By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The interim leader of Canada’s newest federal party says he wants it to be an option for people who are tired of both the governing Liberals and the “rage farming” coming from the Conservatives. New Brunswick Independent MLA Dominic Cardy made the comment as the group Centre Ice Canadians announced its plans today ... Read More »

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Canada on track to meet, exceed methane emission reduction goal by 2030: Trudeau

By James McCarten, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

NEW YORK – Canada is on track to hit and even surpass targets for reducing oilpatch methane emissions, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday, as the UN sought to hold leaders to account for their climate commitments. Draft regulations that are due before the end of the year will allow Canada to meet or even ... Read More »

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Atlantic Liberals slam Tories for opposing offshore wind legislation

By The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – The Atlantic Liberal caucus is slamming the Conservative party for opposing new legislation that would extend the Atlantic accords to include renewable energy. The accords are two separate pieces of legislation first passed in the 1980s to establish a singular regulatory process for offshore oil and gas development in Newfoundland and Labrador and ... Read More »

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As spat builds, India claims students at risk in Canada despite envoy avowing safety

By Dylan Robertson, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

OTTAWA – India is warning students headed to Canada of security risks just weeks after its top envoy highlighted their safety, as diplomacy and intelligence experts warn a months-long diplomatic row with India is only just beginning. The building spat undergirds calls for more transparency and a deeper look at how Canada tackles foreign interference. ... Read More »

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Illegal tobacco growth costing three provinces $2.47 billion in taxes: retail report

By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on September 20th, 2023

VICTORIA – The governments of British Columbia, Ontario and Newfoundland and Labrador lost up to $2.47 billion in tax revenues over four years due to the growth in illegal tobacco sales, says a convenience industry report. The Convenience Industry Council of Canada report released Wednesday examined the downward trend in legal tobacco sales in the ... Read More »

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