March 29th, 2024

National News

Measles cases in Canada are increasing, Canada’s chief public health officer warns

By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

Canada’s chief public health officer says the number of measles cases in the country continues to rise. Dr. Theresa Tam says in a statement the Public Health Agency of Canada is aware of 40 measles cases in Canada so far this year. That’s more than three times the number of cases reported in all of ... Read More »

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Police investigating after two bodies found in home northwest of Montreal

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

LAC-SUPÉRIEUR, Que. – Quebec provincial police are investigating after two bodies were found in a home in the Laurentians region. The bodies were found about 9:15 a.m. inside a residence in Lac-Supérieur, Que., about 105 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Provincial police spokesperson Camille Savoie says the two people were transported to hospital where they were ... Read More »

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Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; ‘renters matter,’ Trudeau says

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

VANCOUVER – The federal government wants to support those who rent their homes with a protection fund, a bill of rights and a plan to give reliable renters credit when they step up to by a home. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there’s something fundamentally unfair about paying $2,000 a month for rent, while those ... Read More »

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Climate change expected to drive shifts in urban birds, animals, bugs

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

A study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans in 60 cities across North America. The good news in the newly published paper is that under warming temperatures, cities with temperate climates like those in Canada could welcome new animals. By the end ... Read More »

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Unmarried parents would get ‘parental union’ status under Quebec bill

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

Quebec is proposing a new legal status for unmarried, non-civil union couples with children that would set a framework for splitting family assets if the parents separate. The “parental union” designation is the centrepiece of a family law reform bill that Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette introduced today. Under a parental union certain property, including the ... Read More »

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Big polluters shouldn’t be punished financially — they should just emit less: Moe

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

OTTAWA – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says big polluters shouldn’t be forced to pay for their pollution – they should just emit less. Moe appeared today at a House of Commons committee at the invitation of Conservative MPs to discuss his plea for Ottawa to kill off the carbon price. Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois ... Read More »

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Conservatives blast pro-carbon price economists as ‘so-called experts’

By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives say they won’t be taking advice from “so-called experts” when it comes to carbon pricing, after more than 200 economists signed an open letter challenging Pierre Poilievre’s stance. Instead, the party is pledging to listen to the “common sense of the common people.” The comments come after economists associated with ... Read More »

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Indigenous nation gives stranded B.C. killer whale calf name: Brave Little Hunter

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A marine scientist says he expects rescue efforts to help coax a stranded killer whale calf from a shallow lagoon off northern Vancouver Island to continue today despite federal Fisheries Department concerns about limited opportunities due to changing tidal flows. Jared Towers, who’s with the whale research group Bay Cetology, says attempts ... Read More »

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Three men dead after apparent avalanche during snowmobile trip in Quebec

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. – Three men died after an apparent avalanche on Quebec’s Mount Médaille on Tuesday during a snowmobiling expedition on the Gaspé Peninsula. Quebec provincial police say a fourth member of the snowmobiling group called emergency services at around 5:30 p.m. to report the disappearance of his three companions in the Chic-Chocs nature reserve. ... Read More »

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Interference inquiry must walk very fine line on secrecy, transparency: commissioner

By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024

OTTAWA – The head of an inquiry into foreign interference says the need for secrecy about the sensitive subject has not hindered her work to date. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue cautions, however, that the inquiry must walk a very fine line in balancing confidentiality and the desire for transparency. Hogue’s remarks come as the commission begins ... Read More »

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