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Fact File: Video shared on X shows Maori haka dancer, not B.C. housing minister
A video was shared on social media this week by accounts claiming it shows B.C. Minister of Housing Christine Boyle dancing and lip-synching to audio of ritual chanting, wearing what appears to be Ind...
Colleen Hale-Hodgson, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Drug crimes up for first time in 12 years, bucking long-term national trend: StatCan
Statistics Canada says the rate of police-reported drug crime is up for the first time in 12 years but remains well below a "historic peak" recorded in 2011, with cannabis legalization being a major f...
Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Melissa partly to blame for wet, windy Halloween in the Maritimes and eastern Quebec
HALIFAX - Residents of the Maritimes and eastern Quebec can expect strong gusts and heavy rain on Friday, but a senior meteorologist says Hurricane Melissa is only partly to blame. The latest forecast...
Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Federal officials are not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
OTTAWA - Immigration department officials do not know if Prime Minister Mark Carney's promise to include Canada's new immigration plan in the federal budget next week will be the full scope of the ann...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

'Call 1-800-Doug-Ford': Ontario, N.B. courting Quebec doctors unhappy with pay law
MONTREAL - Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians. While Premier Franois Legault critic...
Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Red shirts and red-rimmed eyes: 740,000 Alberta students back to classes post-strike
There were red shirts, red-rimmed eyes - and a lot of questions - as more than 740,000 students returned to classes in Alberta on Wednesday after a provincewide teachers strike. In Calgary, about two ...
Fakiha Baig and Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Bank of Canada governor says AI could be both good and bad for Canada's economy
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says it doesn't know how new artificial intelligence products will affect the Canadian economy. Bank of Canada Governor Tiff Macklem says the technology has the potential f...
Justin Escoto, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Federal officials not sure when immigration levels plan is coming
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said in his pre-budget speech last week that the upcoming federal budget will include "Canada's new immigration plan," but immigration department officials don't kn...
David Baxter, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Judge says $510M in fees for lawyers in treaty case was unreasonable
OTTAWA - An Ontario court judge has ruled a $510-million legal fee for lawyers who worked on a First Nations treaty rights case was unreasonable - and has ordered the fee scaled back to $23 million. "...
Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025

Budget to include funding for women, LGBTQ initiatives: Champagne
OTTAWA - The federal government says the upcoming budget will include new money to support women's participation in leadership roles and to provide security for LGBTQ communities during Pride events. ...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Oct 29, 2025












