Category Archives: Canada
CP NewsAlert: Trudeau, Eby announce $1 billion battery plant in Maple Ridge, B.C.
MAPLE RIDGE, B.C. - A lithium-ion battery cell production plant costing more than $1 billion will be built in Maple Ridge, B.C. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Premier David Eby jointly announced th...
Nov 14, 2023
Northern Manitoba First Nation says member who went to fight in Ukraine has died
THE PAS, Man. - The chief of a First Nation in northern Manitoba says one of the community's residents has died after going to fight in Ukraine. Chief Maureen Brown of Opaskwayak Cree Nation says Aust...
Nov 14, 2023
Nygard sentence to 'set the tone' for similar cases, expert says
TORONTO - Peter Nygard, the former Canadian fashion mogul who was found guilty of four counts of sexual assault, could face up to a decade or more behind bars as an Ontario court hands down a sentence...
Nov 14, 2023
Bloc challenges Liberals to nix 18-month wait from bill banning replacement workers
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is challenging the federal Liberals to do away with a clause in their bill banning replacement workers that would cause the law to take effect after ...
Nov 14, 2023
Quebec to improve forest fire adaptation after record-beating wildfire season
Quebec's forest fire prevention agency says the area burned by wildfires this year was greater than the previous 20 years combined. SOPFEU director general ric Rousseau told reporters today that some ...
Nov 14, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Reservist pleads guilty on 2 charges over vaccine mandate criticisms
NEW WESTMINSTER - Canadian soldier Warrant Officer James Topp has pleaded guilty to two counts of conduct to the prejudice of good order and discipline in relation to videos posted on social media cri...
Nov 14, 2023
Poilievre should admit most farm fuels already exempt from carbon price: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says if Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had "any sense of moral decency," he would "admit" that 97 per cent of fuel used by Canadian farmers is alr...
Nov 14, 2023
Friends and family mourn the loss of Canadians killed by Hamas in Israel
Friends, family and government officials have confirmed that at least seven Canadians were killed when Hamas militants conducted a series of attacks in Israel on Oct. 7. Global Affairs Canada has said...
Nov 14, 2023
Blackstock sees 'imbalance' between $55M lawyers' bill, welfare victims' compensation
OTTAWA - Cindy Blackstock, one of the people responsible for bringing forward a Canadian Human Rights Tribunal case that led to a historic settlement agreement, says she is concerned about an "imbalan...
Nov 14, 2023
Food insecurity worsened last year, more pronounced in racialized families: StatCan
FREDERICTON - A Statistics Canada study says nearly seven million Canadians struggled with hunger last year. The study says that in 2022, 18 per cent of families reported experiencing food insecurity ...
Nov 14, 2023
