Category Archives: The Canadian Press
Legal challenges claim B.C. natural gas pipeline hasn't been 'substantially started'
VANCOUVER - Two legal challenges filed in British Columbia claim a liquefied natural gas pipeline hasn't been "substantially started," contrary to a decision made by the provincial government back in ...
Sep 29, 2025
Cities, housing groups want B.C. to launch permanent housing roundtable
Standing in a boardroom at the Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, Shawn Bouchard, vice-president of Quadra Homes in Abbotsford, B.C., said he initially planned to kick off his speech by burning a $20 bill befo...
Sep 29, 2025
Campbell not a 'saviour' but a much-needed conduit for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell said his appointment as British Columbia's new point-person to improve quality of life for people living in the city's Downtown Eastside doesn't mean he's a "czar...
Sep 29, 2025
Campbell not a 'saviour' but a much-needed conduit for Vancouver's Downtown Eastside
Former Vancouver mayor Larry Campbell said his appointment as British Columbia's new point-person to improve quality of life for people living in the city's Downtown Eastside doesn't mean he's a "czar...
Sep 29, 2025
New Major Projects Office absorbing existing team already doing much of the same work
OTTAWA - The federal government's new Calgary-based major projects office to help fast track major infrastructure proposals will absorb a similar division created in Ottawa just over one year ago to d...
Sep 29, 2025
Groups urge PM Carney to act on climate finance risk, 10 years after key speech
MONTREAL - A decade after Prime Minister Mark Carney delivered a famous speech about the financial risks associated with climate change, global organizations called for financial system reforms in an ...
Sep 29, 2025
Ottawa gets nearly 1,000 federal budget briefs, with many AI and digital policy asks
OTTAWA - The federal finance committee has received 948 briefs as part of its consultation ahead of the federal budget, with many of them touching on artificial intelligence and digital policy issues....
Sep 29, 2025
One of three beached sperm whales in P.E.I. dead; condition of another unknown
One of three beached sperm whales off the coast of northern Prince Edward Island has died, says a marine rescue organization. Tonya Wimmer, executive director of the Marine Animal Response Society, sa...
Sep 29, 2025
Madagascar's president fires the government following days of deadly Gen Z protests
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP) - Madagascar President Andry Rajoelina fired the prime minister and the rest of his government Monday in response to days of deadly Gen Z-led protests in the Indian Ocean...
Sep 29, 2025
Trump and Netanyahu say they've agreed on a plan to end the Gaza war. Hamas is now reviewing it
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Monday laid out a 20-point proposal supported by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that would end the war in Gaza and free remaining hostages, leani...
Sep 29, 2025