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Dental care program starts accepting claims for 1 million seniors
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under the program. The program was conceived as part of a co-operative political pact between the Liberals and the New Democrats. Once ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives continue to out-fundraise all other federal parties
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives continue to out-fundraise other federal parties, bringing in millions more than all the others combined in the first three months of the year. The Tories raised nearly $10.7 million from more than 51,000 contributors between January and March. That’s more than three times as good as the Liberals, who got ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools enters into effect
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools across the province be designated for either boys or girls. School service centres, however, do have to ensure any student who wishes to use an individual ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Blair says he couldn’t sell cabinet on meeting ‘magical threshold’ of NATO target
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Defence Minister Bill Blair says he couldn’t convince the Liberal cabinet that Canada’s government needed to meet NATO’s spending target in its recent defence policy update. All NATO allies, including Canada, have agreed to spend at least two per cent of GDP on defence. Canada spends about 1.33 per cent, according to NATO ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa ‘urgently’ waiting for info from B.C. before deciding on drug criminalization
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Mental Health and Addictions Minister Ya’ara Saks says the decision about whether to recriminalize drug use in British Columbia needs to be made urgently, but she’s still waiting for more information from the province before making a call. The province is one year into a three-year pilot project to decriminalize possession of small ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives call on Commons Speaker to resign, say he let Trudeau cross the line
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
OTTAWA – Conservative MPs want House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus to resign after ejecting their leader – and not Prime Minister Justin Trudeau – during a heated debate Tuesday. The Conservatives say Fergus did not apply the rules equally during a tense back and forth between Trudeau and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre. Poilievre was ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
HALIFAX – An independent committee released today its first report on how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. The federal-provincial inquiry, known as the Mass Casualty Commission, submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: McGill asks police for help, Trans Mountain expansion starts up
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 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… Montreal police asked to clear McGill protestors Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Police set to begin search of Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
SASKATOON – Police and specialized dogs are set to start searching Saskatoon’s landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was 22 when last seen in December 2020. Police have said that during their investigation devices were seized and information has pointed officers to a specific part ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario’s police watchdog continues probe of high-speed pursuit involving fatal crash
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
The investigation continues into a fatal collision that occurred during a high-speed police chase on the wrong way of Highway 401, located to the east of Toronto, on Monday night. Monica Hudon of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit confirmed with the media Tuesday that officers initiated the chase after spotting a cargo van they believed had ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal police have been asked by McGill to dismantle pro-Palestinian encampment
By The Canadian Press on May 1st, 2024
Officials at McGill University are awaiting word from Montreal police, following a request to help clear a pro-Palestinian encampment on the school grounds. The call for assistance comes after efforts to persuade the protesters to end what the school has called an illegal action failed. The demonstrators say they have no intention of dismantling their ... Read More »
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