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Author: Ian Bailey
Publication Date: August 1, 2025 - 22:19
Infrastructure bank CEO defends $1-billion loan to BC Ferries for Chinese boats
August 1, 2025
The chief executive of Canada Infrastructure Bank is defending a $1-billion loan to help BC Ferries buy four new ships from China, saying it will lead to improved service for ferry users.
Ehren Cory provided the perspective Friday during an appearance before the House of Commons transport and infrastructure committee, which was gathered to address the controversy over BC Ferries not buying the vessels from Canadian shipyards.
Unpublished Newswire
Quebec provincial police say four people are dead, including three children under the age of 10, following a car crash southeast of the provincial capital on Saturday.Quebec provincial police say the victims include a 29-year-old man and three children all from the Chaudière-Appalaches region.
August 3, 2025 - 10:55 | | The Globe and Mail
A motorcyclist died following a collision in Kazabazua, south of Gracefield in the Vallée-de-la-Gatineau regional district. Emergency services were called to Highway 105 at around 6:30 p.m. after the driver collided with a van. Police said the crash occurred when the northbound van attempted to turn left off the highway. The southbound motorcyclist was reportedly […]
August 3, 2025 - 10:39 | Norman Provencher | Ottawa Citizen
An Alberta man who spent more than three decades in prison for the death of an Edmonton woman has had his charge stayed, the group representing him announced.Innocence Canada, a non-profit that advocates against wrongful convictions, said Roy Allan Sobotiak was to appear in court Friday to set a date for his new trial, but learned the Crown Prosecution Service stayed his second-degree murder charge.
August 3, 2025 - 10:34 | Aaron Sousa | The Globe and Mail
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