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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 »
Be the first to comment!Most Liberal MPs support Trudeau as leader: Freeland
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is “absolutely confident” the majority of Liberal MPs still support Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader. Her comments come ahead of what promises to be a tense meeting of the Liberal caucus in Ottawa next week as a growing number of MPs try to convince Justin ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘I wish my father was here’: Tobacco victims hail bittersweet $32.5-billion deal
By Joe Bongiorno, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
MONTREAL – After nearly three decades fighting Canada’s tobacco giants, Lise Blais is close to getting compensation for the lung cancer her late husband developed from smoking cigarettes. Under a newly proposed deal, JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges, and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. would pay close to $25 billion to provinces and territories. More ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defence minister announces nearly $65 million in aid to Ukraine
By David Cummings, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – National Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada is sending $64.8 million in military aid to Ukraine. Blair made the announcement at a NATO defence ministers’ meeting in Brussels where Ukraine’s ongoing war with Russia was a key topic. More than $50 million will go towards arms, ammunition and military drones as well as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House committee to summon RCMP, ministers over allegations of Indian interference
By David Baxter, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
OTTAWA – The head of the RCMP and Canada’s ministers of foreign affairs and public safety will be summoned to testify at a House of Commons committee about the bombshell allegations made this week about Indian state-sponsored interference in Canada. The national security committee agreed to call RCMP Commissioner Mike Duheme along with Mélanie Joly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba second province to sign onto federal school food deal
By Steve Lambert, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
WINNIPEG – The federal and Manitoba governments have signed a deal to expand food programs. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government set aside $1 billion over five years in the last budget to expand access to such programs across the country after pressure from federal New Democrats. Manitoba is to receive about $17.2 million over ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tobacco settlement will not protect future generations from addiction: advocates
By Hannah Alberga, The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
The Canadian Cancer Society says a proposed settlement that may see tobacco companies pay out billions of dollars would do little to prevent future generations from becoming addicted to smoking. More details are expected today on a proposed $32.5-billion deal filed in an Ontario court that would see three major companies financially compensate provinces and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec nurses union votes in favour of new collective agreement
By The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s largest nurses union has reached a deal with the provincial government more than a year and a half after their collective agreement expired in March 2023. Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé, known as the FIQ, announced Thursday evening that two-thirds of union members had voted to adopt a new collective agreement recommended ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Testy B.C. election campaign reaches final day
By The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Testy B.C. election campaign reaches final day British Columbia’s election campaign enters its final day in what is viewed as a too-close-to-call contest where David Eby’s New Democrats and the B.C. Conservatives led by John Rustad debated big ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!More details expected on proposed deal that would see tobacco giants pay billions
By The Canadian Press on October 18th, 2024
More details are expected today on a proposed deal that would see the three major companies pay out billions of dollars to provinces and territories as well as smokers and their loved ones. The companies – JTI-Macdonald Corp., Rothmans, Benson & Hedges and Imperial Tobacco Canada Ltd. – sought creditor protection in Ontario in 2019 ... Read More »
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