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Ontario to ban name changes for sex offenders, solicitor general says
Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names. Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says those who are on the provincial sex offender registry will no longer be allowed to legal...
Nov 15, 2024
N.S. court rules in favour of creating francophone riding of Chéticamp in Cape Breton
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling issued this week could lead to residents of Chticamp, N.S., casting their votes in a smaller riding with a higher percentage of francophone constituents in...
Nov 15, 2024
Foreign interference inquiry's final report now due by end of January
OTTAWA - The federal government is giving an inquiry into foreign interference an extra month to complete its work. Commissioner Marie-Jose Hogue's final report is now due by the end of January, a mon...
Nov 15, 2024
Canada, Indonesia agree to trade pact, Trudeau touts nuclear energy for Indo-Pacific
LIMA - Ottawa has concluded negotiations for a trade deal with Indonesia and is proposing nuclear-energy collaboration with Southeast Asian leaders. The moves are a show of faith for multilateralism a...
Nov 15, 2024
Bombers' Brady Oliveira named CFL's outstanding player, top Canadian
VANCOUVER - Brady Oliveira stole the show at the CFL awards banquet. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back captured the George Reed Most Outstanding Player honour and was named top Canadian for a sec...
Nov 14, 2024
Ottawa names experts to advise on creation of national pharmacare program
OTTAWA - The federal government has tapped a panel of five experts to craft the path toward a universal pharmacare program. Dr. Nav Persaud, the Canada Research Chair in health justice, will chair a c...
Nov 14, 2024
Federal government offers grants for small businesses in fire-stricken Jasper, Alta.
JASPER, ALBERTA, CANADA - Business owners in the fire-ravaged Rocky Mountain resort town of Jasper are getting some financial help getting back on their feet. The federal government says it's providin...
Nov 14, 2024
Trump chooses anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday he will nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, putting a man whose vi...
Nov 14, 2024
Trump expected to choose vaccine skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. as health secretary, AP sources say
NEW YORK (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr to serve as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, according to two p...
Nov 14, 2024
$574 million in federal financing to help build Vancouver rental homes
VANCOUVER - The federal government is providing more than $574 million in financing to help build about 950 rental homes in Vancouver. The government says in a news release that a project on 42nd Aven...
Nov 14, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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