Sarah Mills: I don't want to live in a world where people are shot for their opinions
Sarah Mills says she was no follower of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, but the idea that people are being killed ov...
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'Remedy' for Nova Scotians with disabilities in institutions behind schedule
HALIFAX - Shannon Sweet lives in a Halifax nursing home, but she imagines a home of her own, with a kitchen set up for her wheelchair and visiting staff to assist her with some daily needs. "I want to...
Jan 22, 2025
Carney, Freeland, Arya file paperwork to officially run for the Liberal leadership
OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Chandra Arya have submitted their paperwork to the party and have officially entered the race. They submitted the required 300...
Jan 22, 2025
Trudeau to attend events marking the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau in Poland
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Trudeau's office says he'll be travel...
Jan 22, 2025
Government cuts $500K in funding to Alberta disability organization
EDMONTON - Another disability advocacy organization says its funding has been cut by the Alberta government. Trish Bowman, chief executive of Inclusion Alberta, said Wednesday the government informed ...
Jan 22, 2025
Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan says he won't run in next election
OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan on Wednesday became the latest member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's front bench to announce he won't seek re-election. More than two dozen L...
Jan 22, 2025
CFIA: inspectors might go to Italy to investigate salmonella outbreak
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency said it's possible that investigators will be sent to Italy to determine the source of a salmonella outbreak that's sickened at least 61 people in Canada. On Saturd...
Jan 22, 2025 Among the 61 cases reported, the majority were female and 17 people were hospitalized. The age range of those who became ill is between three and 88 years old. Salmonella can result in severe and potentially deadly infections, particularly for children, pregnant people, the elderly and people with weakened immune systems. (HO/The Canadian Press)
Refugee advocates want Canada to make exemption for U.S. transgender asylum claims
OTTAWA - Refugee advocacy groups are asking the federal immigration minister to make an exemption in the Safe Third Country Agreement for transgender refugee claimants in the United States to seek asy...
Jan 22, 2025
Canada leaning toward matching tariffs on U.S. — but not all premiers agree
OTTAWA - Canada appears to be leaning toward hitting the United States with matching tariffs if President Donald Trump makes good on his threats, but not all of the country's premiers support that app...
Jan 22, 2025
Trump administration freezes many health agency reports and posts
The Trump administration has put a freeze on many federal health agency communications with the public through at least the end of the month. In a memo obtained by The Associated Press, acting Secreta...
Jan 22, 2025
Centennial College suspends 49 programs as international student enrolment drops
TORONTO - One of Ontario's largest colleges is suspending dozens of programs in the latest round of cuts at post-secondary institutions as the federal government reduces the number of international st...
Jan 22, 2025
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