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Liberal bill requiring tech giants to pay for news content passes in House of Commons
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – A Liberal government bill designed to require web giants to compensate journalism outfits for reposting their content has passed a final vote in the House of Commons today. The House of Commons heritage committee added 18 amendments to the bill, most of them NDP suggestions to add clarity on Indigenous news, eligibility requirements, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa aims to reduce size of salmon fishing industry by buying licences
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
VANCOUVER – The federal government is offering to buy Pacific salmon commercial fishing licences from those looking to get out of the declining industry as it tries to protect the fish that remain. Fisheries and Oceans Canada has earmarked $123 million for the voluntary retirement program and two future initiatives that will dispose of derelict ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!House of Commons to break for the holidays, return in January
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ended the fall sitting of the House of Commons by saying he shares the New Democrats’ concerns around health care, as Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre instructed his members of Parliament to stand on the side of “common people.” Members of Parliament agreed to a motion that would see them ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec public health director expects more COVID cases, says avoid gatherings if sick
By Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
MONTREAL – Ahead of the first holiday season in two years with no restrictions on private gatherings, Quebec’s public health director encouraged people to use common sense and avoid parties if they feel sick. Dr. Luc Boileau told reporters in Quebec City that he expects the number of COVID-19 cases in Quebec hospitals to rise ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s chief science adviser releases recommendations to combat long-COVID
By Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada’s chief science adviser gave the government a road map on Wednesday to wade through some of the murky and mysterious elements of long-COVID in an effort to offer people better treatment, starting with an admission that the disease even exists. The recommendations presented by Mona Nemer came from a task force that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fusion breakthrough a ‘marvel’ of global scientific collaboration, including Canada
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
WASHINGTON – The fusion ignition breakthrough that has experts hailing a new dawn in the search for clean energy took a lot of help from around the world – including Canada. Researchers at the University of Alberta have been working for years on theoretical models to interpret the results of laser-plasma interaction experiments. That’s what ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health ministers agree on improving health care, but premiers holding out: Duclos
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he and his provincial counterparts agree privately on what needs to be done to improve health care, but that the ball is in the premiers’ court to accept a deal for more funding from Ottawa. Talks between federal and provincial politicians have stalled against a backdrop of ... Read More »
1 responseCanada beefing up Haiti embassy in push for political consensus
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is beefing up Canada’s embassy staffing in Haiti to work closer with security officials. Trudeau announced that change after a high-level meeting on Tuesday with ministers and bureaucrats, who were joined by Canada’s UN ambassador Bob Rae. Rae was in Haiti last week to meet with political leaders and ... Read More »
1 responseCanada not sending fighter jets to Europe next year as Air Force rearms, regroups
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
OTTAWA – Canada will not send fighter jets to patrol NATO airspace next year, the first time that Canadian CF-18s will be absent from the skies over Europe since 2017. Based out of Romania, the CF-18s worked with other NATO aircraft to monitor Russian activity over the Baltics and the Black Sea, and protect against ... Read More »
1 responseEastern Quebec bus crash kills two people, leaves many in hospital
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
SAINT-FABIEN, Que. – Health officials say eight people remain in hospital after a collision between a car and a bus Tuesday evening that killed two people in St-Fabien, Que. Dr. Pascal Ducharme of the Bas-Saint-Laurent regional health authority told reporters today that 41 people were evaluated by doctors after the accident. He said one person ... Read More »
1 response‘Issue of fairness’: Developing countries walk out of biodiversity talks over funding
By The Canadian Press on December 14th, 2022
MONTREAL – Developing countries have walked out of a global conference on conserving the world’s biodiversity over concerns that talks about how those efforts should be funded are lagging behind those on how much land and water should be set aside. “We feel that negotiations have not been moving at the same pace,” said a ... Read More »
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