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Train derailment and spill near Montreal leads to confinement order

Train derailment and spill near Montreal leads to confinement order

LONGUEUIL, Que. — People in a part of Longueuil, Que., were being asked to stay indoors with their doors and windows closed on Thursday morning after a train derailed, spilling an unknown quantity of hydrogen peroxide.
Quebec orders audits at 17 schools after complaints over secularism non-compliance

Quebec orders audits at 17 schools after complaints over secularism non-compliance

MONTREAL — Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says his department will investigate complaints at 17 schools across the province where it is alleged that state secularism is not being respected.
NDP expected to unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

NDP expected to unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

OTTAWA — With the cost of living playing a central role in provincial elections across Canada and in the U.S.
In the news today: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour to start Toronto run

In the news today: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour to start Toronto run

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes

Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes

VANCOUVER — A proposed class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government says Indigenous people removed from their communities and placed in group homes beginning in the 1950s suffered physical, sexual and psychological abuse that "was commonplace
Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil

Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.
Trudeau off to APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump

Trudeau off to APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts

Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts

OTTAWA — The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government's plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says.
'He's here with us': Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members sworn in

'He's here with us': Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members sworn in

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby said he could sense the spirit of former British Columbia premier John Horgan at a swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature. Horgan died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 65.
Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t flinching now that the U.S. can move forward with a trade challenge against the Liberal government's controversial digital services tax.