Dec 19, 2024 · In a post on Truth Social early Wednesday, Donald Trump claimed his country is financially supporting its northern neighbour. The U.S. president-elect wrote that “we subsidize Canada to the tune of $100,000,000 a year” — an apparent reference to a previous claim about a $100-billion trade gap — and said the imbalance “makes no sense.” “Many Canadians want Canada to become the ...

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Dec 26, 2024 · UPDATE: B.C. Ferries cancelled sailings the morning of Thursday, Dec. 26 between Swartz Bay and Tsawwassen, saying the next available sailing will be at 2 p.m. from Tsawwassen and 3 p.m. from Swartz Bay. BC Hydro reports about 5,800 outages at about 9 a.m., the majority in Abbotsford. ***** Thousands of people in British Columbia are without power on Christmas Day as ongoing rainfall and ...

Jan 7, 2025 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Monday he will resign as prime minister and Liberal leader once the party chooses a successor. Trudeau, who was first elected Oct. 19, 2015, steps down after nearly a decade in power. Here are the key pieces of his political legacy. Legalizing pot On Oct. 17, 2018, cannabis became legal in Canada. Legalization sparked a new industry, with a domestic ...

Jan 2, 2025 · A ambulance drives past the emergency entrance of Vancouver General Hospital in Vancouver, B.C., Friday, April 9, 2021. A letter sent to the editor of The New England Journal of Medicine signed by Canadian health officials says the British Columbia teenager who tested positive for avian flu has been taken off of supplemental oxygen and is no longer infectious. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Jan 1, 2025 · An Alert Bay Fire Department firefighter trains his hose on a blaze at the Telegraph Cove boardwalk on northern Vancouver Island on the morning of Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Alert Bay Fire Department

Sep 13, 2024 · After 45 days of evidence and legal arguments the criminal trial of “Freedom Convoy” organizers Tamara Lich and Chris Barber is finally at an end. A verdict could be as much as six months away. “I don’t know in this moment when I will be in a position to give my decision,” Justice Heather Perkins-McVey said Friday. She said “it’s …

Dec 31, 2024 · And that’s where the controversy begins. One of the lots was given to the city by Doug and Wilda Quail 30 years ago. Doug Quail wanted the lot to be used in perpetuity for parking downtown and so, put a restrictive covenant on the lot dictating so. And that’s why the Academy plan to elevate the gym over a parking lot comes in. It’s actually quite ingenious. Sombrowski, in addition to ...

Dec 24, 2024 · Canada appears to be barrelling toward a spring election now that the NDP is vowing to vote down the government early next year — whether Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stays on or not. Political watchers are abuzz over the possible scenarios that could play out in the coming year following last week’s drama that rocked Trudeau’s government, and a springtime national campaign is the one ...

Oct 23, 2024 · Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will face down his own caucus members in a hotly anticipated meeting this morning, as several of them plan to try to convince him to step aside. Rumours have circulated for weeks about an undisclosed number of Liberal MPs who have signed on to the effort to oust the prime minister in the hopes of improving the party’s chances in the next election. That promises ...