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B.C. voters face a once-unthinkable election choice, after stunning rise of Rustad
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 19th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The choice facing British Columbians in the provincial election today would have been unthinkable just a few months ago. The B.C. Conservatives, whose party won less than two per cent of the vote last election, stand on the brink of forming government or, at least, becoming the official Opposition, with Leader John Rustad ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Where will B.C.’s election be won or lost? Here are five bellwether ridings to watch
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 19th, 2024
British Columbia voters are heading to the polls, and political podcast co-host Mike McDonald says he is watching five ridings as bellwethers. Here are the five ridings he’s watching as indicators of whether the NDP or the B.C. Conservatives will form government, and why: Nanaimo-Lantzville McDonald says one of the key factors in determining bellwethers ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Groundwater at Eagle Gold mine in Yukon shows high cyanide levels
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
The Yukon government says groundwater samples at the site where a mine’s ore containment facility failed in June “continue to reveal high levels of cyanide.” In a written update, the Yukon government says tests from Dublin Gulch below the slide at the Eagle Gold mine also show metals such as cobalt, copper, mercury, nickel, silver ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Lawyer for family members of Pickton’s victims wants copy of killer’s ‘tell all book’
By Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
VANCOUVER – A Vancouver lawyer representing families of the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton says he’ll be asking for a copy of a “tell all book” seized from Pickton’s cell after he died following an attack in a Quebec prison earlier this year. Jason Gratl says he and his clients, who have pending lawsuits ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Indian diplomats ‘clearly on notice’ after high commissioner expulsion: Joly
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada isn’t ruling out expelling additional diplomats from India, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly suggested Friday following bombshell allegations that Indian diplomats in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver were involved in state-sponsored violence targeting Canadian citizens. Canada expelled the Indian high commissioner and five other diplomats on Monday and when asked at a news ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. faces a rain-soaked election day after a campaign drenched in negativity
By Dirk Meissner, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
VANCOUVER – British Columbians go to the polls on Saturday after a too-close-to-call campaign that saw David Eby’s New Democrats and John Rustad’s B.C. Conservatives tangle over housing, health care and the overdose crisis – as well as plastic straws and a billionaire’s billboards. Forecasters say election day will be soaked in several parts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa says businesses can request tariff exemption on Chinese goods
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – The federal government says businesses can now request remission from newly announced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles and steel and aluminum products. Ottawa says the relief is aimed at offsetting challenges Canadian industries may face as they adjust their supply chains. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Aug. 26 that Canada will impose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Five things on proposed landmark $32.5-billion tobacco deal
By Maura Forrest, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
MONTREAL – Three tobacco giants are set to pay out roughly $32.5 billion in a landmark deal that would settle decades of litigation with provinces and individual smokers and their families. The proposal, which involves JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd., is the result of a corporate restructuring process set ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court tosses driving prohibition against Saskatchewan man in fatal crash
By The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s top court has struck down a driving prohibition handed to a Saskatchewan man convicted in a fatal highway crash. Braydon Wolfe was driving on the wrong side of a divided highway near Langham, Sask., when he crashed head-on into another vehicle, killing two people and seriously injuring another in 2017. The trial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP says Sask. Party’s Moe needs to answer for campaign comment on children
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
REGINA – The NDP says the Saskatchewan Party’s Scott Moe needs to provide answers after a candidate’s two children and their use of a school change room were brought up in the election campaign. Moe said this week his first order of business, if his party is re-elected Oct. 28, would be to ban “biological ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!AFN votes on way forward after $47.8 billion child welfare reform deal is defeated
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – First Nations chiefs have voted in favour of a new negotiation process to reform the child welfare system after a $47.8-billion deal with Canada was defeated Thursday evening at an Assembly of First Nations gathering in Calgary. It calls for the creation of a children’s chiefs’ commission comprised of leadership from all regions ... Read More »
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