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Portuguese police say two Canadians dead in Lisbon streetcar crash
Police in Portugal say two Canadians are among the 16 people killed when a streetcar derailed Wednesday. The dead also included five Portuguese nationals, three British citizens, two South Koreans, on...
Sep 05, 2025 Cranes are positioned to remove the wreckage of a tourist streetcar that derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Ana Brigida)
Ottawa must cancel or significantly reform temporary foreign worker program, says Eby
VICTORIA - British Columbia Premier David Eby says the temporary foreign worker program should "be cancelled or significantly reformed" because the province can't have an immigration system that takes...
Sep 04, 2025 B.C. Premier David Eby speaks during a news conference at Clayton Heights Secondary School, in Surrey, B.C., on Thursday, September 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canadian among injured in deadly Lisbon streetcar crash
OTTAWA - A Canadian is among the injured after a popular 19th-century streetcar crashed in Portugal's capital on Wednesday. At least 17 people died in the wreck, with another 21 injured. Read more: Ca...
Sep 04, 2025 Police officers inspect the site where a tourist streetcar derailed and crashed in Lisbon, Portugal on Thursday, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Armando Franca)
Carney says his ministers are looking for ways to cut spending at cabinet retreat
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet will meet behind closed doors for a second day in a row today, as the Liberal government prepares for Parliament's return in a little under two wee...
Sep 04, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to the media at the Liberal cabinet retreat in Toronto on Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Crown Royal bottling plant 'caught in the crosshairs' of parent company's struggles
The looming closure of an Ontario plant that bottles Crown Royal sparked political blowback this week, but a supply chain expert says the company behind the move faced pressing decisions on how to cut...
Sep 04, 2025
NDP pitches tighter arms controls, citing U.S. loophole for arms exports to Israel
OTTAWA - NDP MP Jenny Kwan will be asking Parliament to close a loophole that could allow the U.S. to purchase Canadian weapons for Israel, despite a ban on arms exports to that country. Kwan will be ...
Sep 04, 2025
Teenage workers hit hard by tech disruption, population growth: Desjardins
OTTAWA - A new report argues the rise of gig work, artificial intelligence and rapid population growth are souring job prospects for Canada's youngest workers. The Desjardins Economics report, release...
Sep 04, 2025
B.C. village ties Canadian heat record for September, as mercury climbs to 40 C
LYTTON - A spate of extremely hot weather in parts of British Columbia has seen one Interior community tie the record for the hottest temperature ever recorded in Canada in the month of September. Env...
Sep 03, 2025 Rebuilt houses are seen in an aerial view, in Lytton, B.C., on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. A fast-moving wildfire destroyed 90 per cent of the village in 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Canada will thank U.S. President Donald Trump in 20 years, former Quebec premier says
QUBEC - Jean Charest says Canada will eventually thank U.S. President Donald Trump for providing the country with a much-needed economic shakeup. The Quebec premier between 2003 and 2012 told business...
Sep 03, 2025 Former Quebec premier Jean Charest speaks to reporters at a business luncheon on relations with the United States, in Quebec City, Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
First Nations leaders to meet in Winnipeg to talk major infrastructure projects
WINNIPEG - The Assembly of First Nations' annual general assembly is expected to kick off this morning in Winnipeg, where the federal government's major infrastructure legislation is set to be debated...
Sep 03, 2025 The Assembly of First Nations' annual general assembly is expected to kick off on Wednesday in Winnipeg, where the federal government's major infrastructure legislation is set to be debated. Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak speaks during a new conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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