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New rail spur line aims to connect Coaldale to global markets
Global News
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July 25, 2025
Last month, a Dutch company officially started operating at their first Canadian facility. NewCold’s cold storage facility in Coaldale, Alta., was a $222 million project that has already added dozens of full-time positions, with management saying...
NDP's leadership race rules include requirements for youth, regional support
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 25, 2025
Politics The NDP released the official rules for its leadership race on Friday, which include requirements that candidates gather specific numbers of signatures from supporters across regional, racial and 2SLGBTQ+ groups. At least 10% of...
Housing illegal migrants cost Canada $1.1 billion since 2017
Toronto Sun
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July 23, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Temporary housing program for asylum seekers extended to 2027, thanks to additional $1.1 billion set aside in Budget 2024 Asylum seekers talk to a police officer as they cross into Canada from the U.S. border...
Measuring the impacts of the first full year of Canada’s foreign student enrolment cap
ICEF Monitor
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July 23, 2025
In January 2024, Canada's immigration ministry (Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, or IRCC) announced a two-year cap on the number of new study permits issued to international students. The stated goal of the policy at the time was to...
Commotion What happens if the Giller Prize shuts down? Globe and Mail columnist Marsha Lederman discusses discusses the possible impact for the Canadian literary community. Sabina Wex Arts -Commotion |6 hours ago
CBC/Radio-Canada
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The executive director of the Giller Prize says that Canada's most prestigious literary award will be forced to shut down if the organization doesn't receive $5 million from the federal government. This comes after the Giller Prize cut ties with...
Albanese accused of selling out Australia’s strict biosecurity protections as Trump negotiating pawn
The West Australian
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July 24, 2025
Anthony Albanese has been accused of selling out Australia’s strict biosecurity protections as a negotiating pawn to woo Donald Trump amid his tariffs regime. The US President had singled out Australian beef back in April when rolling out his...
Prime Minister Mark Carney visiting his birthplace in Northwest Territorie
Turtle Island News
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July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025 136 views By Canadian Press staff Prime Minister Mark Carney is back in the town where he was born as he travels across the Northwest Territories. Carney spent his early childhood in Fort Smith, south of Yellowknife along the Alberta...
American lawyer calls on Trump to sanction Canada if Freedom Convoy leaders are jailed
LifeSite
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July 23, 2025
News Attorney Robert Barnes opined that Canada should be sanctioned similar to other nations for its wrongful lawfare against basic human freedoms the trucker convoy protected. (LifeSiteNews) – An American lawyer said that the U.S. government...
World Reuters Canada calls for immediate resumption of UN-led aid in Gaza
Yahoo News
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OTTAWA (Reuters) -The Canadian government said on Wednesday that Israeli military operations against civilians and aid workers in Gaza were unacceptable, and called for the immediate resumption of U.N.-led aid distribution in the war-torn enclave....
Losses on Canadian and Turkish helicopter programmes sting Lockheed
FlightGlobal
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Losses on two international helicopter programmes generated significant financial drag at US defence manufacturer Lockheed Martin during the recent second quarter. Via its vertical-lift subsidiary Sikorsky, Lockheed absorbed a total of $655...
GOP senators join democrats to oppose Canadian tariffs
Cryptopolitan
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July 23, 2025
On Wednesday, two Republican lawmakers joined Democrats on legislation designed to protect millions of American small businesses against the levies President Donald Trump has threatened on goods from Canada. The proposed two‑page measure, formally...
Canadian nurse files human rights complaint against former employer and nursing board after disciplinary hearing over gender-critical views
The Post Millenial
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July 22, 2025
Vancouver nurse Amy Hamm is seeking reinstatement, monetary compensation, a public apology, and a declaration that she was discriminated against. Vancouver nurse Amy Hamm has filed two human rights complaints with the British Columbia Human Rights...
Canadian provinces are building bridges
Rock to Road
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July 22, 2025
Canadian premiers met on July 22 in Huntsville, Ontario, to discuss trade, energy, immigration and U.S.-Canada relations. Interprovincial trade in the North Two new Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) were signed by the premiers of Ontario,...
The Ont. government announces investment of more than $7M for critical minerals supply chain
Canadian Manufacturing
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July 23, 2025
With the new call for applications open from July 23, 2025, to October 1, 2025, the fund will accelerate the research, development and commercialization of made-in-Ontario technologies in Ontario’s mining sector by supporting a number of projects....
Breaking from France, UK only backs Palestine recognition if part of ‘wider plan’
The Times of Israel
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July 25, 2025
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer said Friday that recognizing Palestinian statehood should be part of a wider plan for lasting security for Palestinians and Israelis, in an apparent split from France, which announced its plan to take the step...
'We all need political donations': Ford responds to 'bagman' investigation
The Trillium
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July 23, 2025
Premier Doug Ford says he has "bigger things to deal with" than the private consulting work his party's chief fundraiser does for developers. The Trillium published a profile of Tony Miele, chair of the PC Ontario Fund, on Wednesday. Several...
Trump's AI action plan is a ‘Silicon Valley free-for-all’: But what does it mean for Canada?
The Kingston Whig-Standard
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Breadcrumb Trail Links Innovation It remains to be seen whether Ottawa will align itself more closely with the U.S.'s corporate-friendly approach or the EU's tougher-on-tech rules U.S. President Donald Trump displays a signed executive order...
Grand Chief Linda Debassige demands Ontario environment minister resign
Turtle Island News
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July 23, 2025
July 23, 2025 123 views By Jacqueline St. Pierre, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Manitoulin Expositor ONTARIO—The Anishinabek Nation has issued a firm and sorrowful song to the halls of power: water is life, and this sacred truth must...
Xilica joins new organisation promoting Canadian AV sector
Installation
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July 23, 2025
Developer of AV collaboration products is first official partner of the Professional Audio Visual Society of Canada (PAVSC) and hopes to assist integrators, consultants, manufacturers Xilica, a developer of collaboration products for enterprise,...
Canadian EV Market Will Suffer Repercussions Of End of U.S. Tax Credits
Auto 123
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July 23, 2025
Washington's decision to end the $7,500 tax credit for purchasing a qualifying electric vehicle will have consequences felt in Canada. Several analysts believe the slowdown in government support will cause manufacturers to reconsider their North...