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Carney to announce latest batch of Major Project Office referrals today
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Terrace, B.C., Thursday to announce the next batch of major projects the government is submitting for possible fast-track approval. A senior Ontario governmen...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Health Canada won't explain $20M in pharmaceuticals lost from national stockpile
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada lost more than $20 million worth of pharmaceutical products from the national stockpile this year because of what it calls a "temperature deviation." The fi...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Riders' original Gainer the Gopher reflects on fans, fun and donning a stinky suit
One of Don Hewitt's core memories from three years as the furry, minuscule mascot of the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the late 1970s can be summed up in two letters - P.U. "They'd wash the suit once at...
Aaron Sousa, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Quebec daycare crash: Final arguments begin in challenge of high-risk offender status
MONTREAL - Final arguments are set to begin today in a hearing involving a Quebec man who killed two children and injured six others when he drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare in 2023. Lawy...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Carney's 1st budget wins support for infrastructure, immigration plans: poll
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney secured broad support from across party lines and provincial borders for some major items in his first federal budget, new polling suggests. But one pollster warns ...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Soraya Martinez Ferrada to be sworn in today as mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Montreal's new mayor will formally assume the city's top role today during a swearing-in ceremony. Soraya Martinez Ferrada, who arrived in Canada as a child refugee from Chile in 1980, take...
Canadian Press Nov 13, 2025

Nickel mine, hydroelectric project to be added to major projects list
OTTAWA - The Crawford Nickel Project in Ontario and a hydroelectric project in Nunavut are expected to be added to Canada's major projects list. Prime Minister Mark Carney will be in Terrace, B.C., Th...
Nick Murray, The Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025

Canada-U.S. trade negotiations not addressed in Anand's G7 meeting with Rubio
NIAGARA-ON-THE-LAKE - Top diplomats from the Group of Seven nations gathered in the Niagara region this week to discuss global crises - but Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said she did not broach...
Maan Alhmidi, The Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025

Eight-year-old girl falls to her death at Vancouver highrise, police say
VANCOUVER - Police are investigating the death of an eight-year-old girl who fell from a Vancouver highrise. A statement from Vancouver police says the girl fell from a balcony on Tuesday in the city'...
Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025

Navy commander insists Canada should buy unmodified submarines
OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee said he has made it clear he wants "no changes" to the design of the submarines Canada intends to buy, due to the highly complex nature of the war machines. "I have...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Nov 12, 2025
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