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On pre-budget charm offensive, Trudeau announces plans to expand $10-a-day child care
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
SURREY, B.C. – The federal government’s pre-budget charm offensive is back for a second straight day – this time aimed at parents and child care providers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government plans to provide more than $1 billion in low-cost loans, grants and student loan forgiveness to expand child care across Canada. Trudeau ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chief electoral officer expresses confidence in integrity of last two elections
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada’s chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is telling a federal inquiry he has confidence in the integrity of the last two general elections with respect to his mandate. As head of Elections Canada, Perrault is responsible for ensuring Canadians can exercise their democratic rights to vote and be a candidate. Perrault is testifying ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Higgs champions NB shale gas development as a better climate plan than carbon pricing
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says his province’s alternative to the federal carbon price will be to ship liquid natural gas to Europe as an alternative to coal. Higgs says he has a business case to do it, although there’s just one problem: he doesn’t currently have any gas to send. Higgs is ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Post releases new stamp celebrating Muslim festival
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
TORONTO – Canada Post has released a stamp featuring Middle Eastern cookies to commemorate an annual festival that marks the end of a holy month for Muslims. The Crown corporation says Canadians can use the stamps to send greetings ahead of Eid al-Fitr, a four-day Islamic festival in April that follows Ramadan, a holy month ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Native Women’s Association forced to lay off half its staff amid funding shortfall
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Native Women’s Association of Canada says it was forced to lay off roughly half its workforce due to a major shortfall in federal funding. The advocacy organization says it received grants totalling $48 million last year as part of Canada’s national apprenticeship program and other initiatives. This year, revenue dropped to $10 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Two dead in car crash after drive-by shootings in Montreal, watchdog investigating
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
MONTREAL – Two men in their 20s died when their car collided with a tree Thursday morning in Montreal, not long after two nearby drive-by shootings. Quebec’s police watchdog says it is investigating the crash in Montreal’s Rosemont – La Petite-Patrie borough. Montreal police say the first drive-by shooting targeted a vehicle in the borough ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec judge to rule today whether man should stand trial for daycare crash deaths
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. – A Quebec court Judge will decide later today whether a man will stand trial on charges of first-degree murder for allegedly killing two children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare. Pierre Ny St-Amand was arrested after a transit bus crashed into the front of a daycare in the Ste-Rose ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘We won’t forget:’ How some Muslims view Poilievre’s stance on Israel-Hamas war
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – A spokesman for a regional Muslim advocacy group says Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s stance on the Israel-Hamas war could complicate his party’s relationship with Muslim Canadians. Nawaz Tahir of the Hikma Public Affairs Council in London, Ont., met Poilievre during the leader’s outreach efforts in southwestern Ontario last summer. Tahir says he believes ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Supreme Court upholds First Nation election requirement, rules that Charter applies
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada is upholding a rule that requires members of a Yukon First Nation to live in its community should they want to serve on its council. Cindy Dickson had been fighting in the courts to have that requirement declared unconstitutional because it means council members must move back to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Four Ontario school boards sue Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and TikTok
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
TORONTO – Four of Ontario’s largest school boards have launched lawsuits against the parent companies of Facebook, Instagram, SnapChat and TikTok alleging the social media platforms are disrupting student learning. The lawsuits claim the platforms are negligently designed for compulsive use and have rewired the way children think, behave and learn, leaving teachers and schools ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Foreign interference inquiry continues, Ontario opens comms centre
By The Canadian Press on March 28th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Foreign interference inquiry to hear from chief electoral officer Canada’s chief electoral officer, Stéphane Perrault, is slated to testify this morning at a commission of inquiry into foreign meddling allegations and ... Read More »
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