Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Bill Curry
Publication Date: June 26, 2025 - 14:48
Tories call for hearing on $1-billion federal loan for BC Ferries’ purchase of Chinese vessels
June 26, 2025
The Conservative Party is calling for an urgent hearing into a $1-billion federal loan for BC Ferries’ purchase of four new vessels from China.
Conservative MP and transport critic Dan Albas has written a letter to his colleagues on the House of Commons transport committee, calling for a summer meeting that would hear from Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland and Ehren Cory, the chief executive of the Canada Infrastructure Bank, as part of a “full review” of the federal loan.
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Evacuees from Leaf Rapids banding together in Winnipeg and wondering what's going to be left of their tight-knit community when wildfires recede.
July 24, 2025 - 23:01 | Teagan Rasche | Global News - Canada
The five hockey players who were acquitted Thursday of sexual assault arrived at a courthouse in London, Ont., to a crowd of protesters holding signs and chanting slogans.Most of the several dozen protesters were there to support the complainant in the case, known publicly as E.M. because of a publication ban. They held signs saying they believed E.M. and calling for justice, and someone had written “believe” in chalk in the sidewalk.
July 24, 2025 - 22:29 | Sophia Coppolino | The Globe and Mail
Advocates for survivors of sexual violence warn that Thursday’s verdict in the Hockey Canada case could discourage victims from going to police.Five former junior hockey players were acquitted of sexual assault after a trial that included seven days of gruelling cross-examination of the complainant by different defence lawyers. In delivering her ruling, the judge said the woman was not credible.
July 24, 2025 - 21:49 | Claire McFarlane | The Globe and Mail
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