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B.C. First Nations and logging firm want Walbran Valley old-growth blockade to end
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court is set to rule on an injunction to halt a blockade against old-growth logging in the Walbran Valley on Vancouver Island, but a lawyer for one of the blockaders says ...
Darryl Greer, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill
MONTREAL - A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government's major projects law. Centre qubcois du droit de l'e...
Stéphane Blais, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Here are the first major projects on Ottawa's fast-track list
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney named the first five projects on the federal government's fast-track list on Thursday - part of his plan to attract outside investment and bolster the Canadian econ...
Craig Lord, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

PQ leader praises Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for standing up to Ottawa
CALGARY - The leader of the Parti Qubcois says he sees possible areas of co-operation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith if he's elected Quebec's premier next year. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who beca...
Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Fact File: Online posts mislead on immigrant share of population
Recent online posts claimed a chart depicting work and study permit holders in Canada since 2000 showed that the country "imported" 36 per cent of its population - or more than 15 million people - ove...
Marissa Birnie, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Carney's major project list includes LNG development, nuclear power, mining
EDMONTON - An expansion to the Port of Montreal and work to double liquefied natural gas production in B.C. are among the first five projects under consideration for fast-track approval through the fe...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Conservatives plan to introduce their own bill on bail reform this fall
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will introduce a bill this fall that would make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail. Poilievre says the proposal wou...
Sarah Ritchie, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Man arrested in U.S. and returned to Canada for crash that killed two near Montreal
MONTREAL - A truck driver wanted in Quebec for a crash south of Montreal in 2022 that killed a boy and a woman is in custody after he was arrested in the U.S. and returned to Canada. Quebec provincial...
Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Driver facing charges in daycare crash that killed toddler, injured six other kids
RICHMOND HILL - A man in his 70s is facing charges after an SUV crashed into a daycare north of Toronto on Wednesday, killing a toddler and injuring six other children. York Regional Police say the ma...
Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025

Extreme weather, U.S. funding cuts add pressure for Canada's weather service: report
A new report looking at the future of Canada's weather service suggests the country needs a co-ordinated flash flood warning system and says European partnerships could be deepened as the United State...
Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press Sep 11, 2025
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