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Ontario’s Progressive Conservative government has passed a controversial law that will force municipalities to seek approval for installing new bike lanes on arterial roads and could see some existing bike lanes torn up. Bill 212 passed its third reading by a vote of 66-27 at Queen’s Park Monday. The bill requires that municipalities obtain provincial approval before installing bike lanes if a lane of vehicular traffic will be removed to accommodate them. The bill also paves the way for the province to remove bike lanes on stretches of Bloor Street, Yonge Street and University Avenue without consulting the City of…

Premier François Legault says President-elect Donald Trump’s threat of a 25 per cent tariff on all imports would pose a “huge risk” to the Quebec and Canadian economies. Legault made the remarks on social media hours after Trump vowed to slap tariffs on “all products” coming from Canada and Mexico. He said he would sign an executive order into law on his first day in office on Jan. 20, citing his concerns with illegal immigration and illicit drugs, particularly fentanyl, seeping into the U.S. border. “We hereby demand that they use this power, and until such time that they do,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size It’s still early in the season, but B.C’s Southern Interior region is already seeing a significant amount of snowfall, triggering some concerns from Avalanche Canada. “We’ve had all this new snow. It’s sitting at the surface and we’re about to see a switch to some strong south westerly winds,” said Wendy Lewis of Avalanche Canada.“All that snow is there to build new wind slabs to be shifted just below ridge crest and build some reactive wind slabs.”Wind slabs, which are layers of stiff, wind-deposited snow, can range from soft to hard, thin…

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Three people have been charged in connection with the 2023 explosion at a hazardous waste management facility in St. Catharines, Ont. that killed one worker. The 37-year-old was inside the Ssonix Products building on Keefer Road early on the morning of Jan. 12, when the explosion and fire erupted. The worker was seriously burned and later died in hospital. Several nearby homes and businesses were also evacuated as crews battled the blaze. On Monday, Niagara Regional Police announced three people had been charged as a result of the ongoing investigation. Two people from Petersburg,…

President-elect Donald Trump on Monday pledged big tariffs on the United States’ three largest trading partners – Canada, Mexico and China – detailing how he will implement campaign promises that could trigger trade wars. Trump, who takes office on Jan. 20, 2025, said he would impose a 25% tariff on Canada and Mexico until they clamp down on drugs, particularly fentanyl, and migrants crossing the border, in a move that would appear to violate a free-trade deal. Trump also outlined “an additional 10% tariff, above any additional tariffs” on China, in some of his most specific comments on how he…

In a speech to Calgary’s business community, Mayor Jyoti Gondek vowed to improve communication and fight for Calgary amid what she called “noise” from critics, while touting some of the city’s successes over the past year. Addressing the Calgary Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Gondek noted several challenges she’s faced in her role as mayor including a recall campaign against her, “dissent in public spaces,” and “criticism in the media.”“I didn’t sign up for this role because it was easy. I signed up because I believe in this city and I believe in you,” Gondek told the crowd of business…

Google and the Department of Justice met one final time in an Alexandria, Virginia courtroom to debate the future of Google’s online ad tech juggernaut.Over about three hours of closing arguments, attorneys for each side delivered their last arguments before US District Court judge Leonie Brinkema, who is expected to rule on it by the end of 2024. If she declares Google’s ad tech system a monopoly, the case will progress to a second trial for remedies — a process currently playing out in a separate DC District Court case over Google search. Many of the arguments were familiar to…

A 62-year-old man from the U.S., who took a wrong turn to the Canadian border thanks to his GPS device, is now facing a firearms-related charge. U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers said the commercial truck driver was trying to make his way toward Michigan with a commercial shipment on Sunday, but was led astray and “inadvertently” ended up at the Canadian border. The border patrol agency said the driver lacked the required paperwork to travel through Canada and was asked to turn back to the U.S., where he declared possession of a firearm. CBP…

U.S. President-Elect Donald Trump’s promise of massive new tariffs on Canadian products is “really concerning” and risks “serious consequences” to B.C.’s economy, according to a leading voice in the business community. On Monday, Trump vowed to slap a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming from Canada and Mexico on his first day back in office.Trump said the tariffs would remain in place until the two countries “stop drugs, in particular fentanyl, and people from illegally crossing the borders.” “It might be bluster and it might be a negotiating tactic, but regardless it is a shot across the bow…