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Quebec replaces digital technology minister who resigned over auto board scandal
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s premier has replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister after a scandal with the auto insurance board’s online platform forced the resignation of Éric Caire. Premier François Legault today named backbencher Gilles Bélanger as Caire’s replacement, after an explosive report last week revealed cost overruns of at least $500 million in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Gilles Villeneuve museum to shut temporarily amid lawsuit by late driver’s family
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — The museum named in honour of Canadian racing legend Gilles Villeneuve is temporarily shutting down amid a legal battle with the late driver’s family over his memorabilia. The museum’s general manger, Alain Bellehumeur, accused the Villeneuve family of squandering the Formula One driver’s heritage in a statement announcing the closure of the museum ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec could extend religious symbols ban to school staff other than teachers
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government might extend its ban on religious symbols to members of school staff other than teachers. Education Minister Bernard Drainville says he wants to strengthen secularism in schools by passing legislation on gender equality and on expanding the scope of the religious symbol ban for public employees. A report published this ... Read More »
1 responseOttawa posts $21.7 billion deficit for April-to-December period
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $21.7 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $23.6 billion for the same period a year earlier. According to the Finance Department’s monthly fiscal monitor, revenue for the nine-month period totalled $355.6 billion, up from ... Read More »
1 responseSupreme Court dismisses appeal from Saskatchewan government involving Métis group
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has dismissed an appeal from the Saskatchewan government over a lawsuit alleging a Métis organization wasn’t consulted over uranium exploration permits. The unanimous ruling lets Métis Nation Saskatchewan proceed with its legal action against the province, after permits were granted three years ago in northwest Saskatchewan near Patterson ... Read More »
1 responseTrump calls Freeland ‘a whack’ and Poilievre ‘not a MAGA guy’ as tariff threat looms
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is weighing in on domestic Canadian politics as his deadline to impose steep tariffs on Canada inches closer. In an interview with The Spectator, Trump called Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland terrible and “a whack” — and claimed credit for her resignation as finance minister. Trump also remarked on ... Read More »
1 responseCanada extends temporary visa application window for Ukrainians
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal government is extending the timeline for Ukrainians in Canada who fled Russia’s invasion to apply for new or renewed temporary visas by one year. The new deadline to apply for new or renewed work and study permits under the Canada-Ukraine Authorization for Emergency Travel program is March 31, 2026. Nearly 300,000 ... Read More »
1 responseIn the news today: Ontario PCs win third majority government
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Ontario PCs win third majority government Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives chugged to a third majority government Thursday, propelled by his visible crusade against economic uncertainty emanating from the U.S., though falling short of the increased majority he urged. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doug Ford’s Ontario PCs win re-election, with tariff threats around the corner
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
TORONTO — Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives won’t have long to sit back and bask in the glow of winning a third majority government, with an imminent tariff threat around the corner. The Tories won Ontario’s snap provincial election Thursday with Ford speaking about the need to fight U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs at nearly ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Intense pollen season to begin in southwest B.C. this weekend, expert warns
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
VANCOUVER — Get your tissues and allergy medicines ready if you live in southwestern British Columbia, where an expert predicts an intense pollen season is on the way. Cold weather had held the pollen count at bay until recently, but an Ontario-based lab that monitors airborne pollen levels with a network of 30 stations across ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Large number of public servants in biggest departments breaking remote work rules
By Canadian Press on February 28th, 2025
OTTAWA — Large numbers of public servants working in the federal government’s three biggest departments aren’t following Ottawa’s three-days-per-week office work rule, federal data shows. The federal government’s latest remote work mandate, which took effect in early September, requires all staff employed under the Treasury Board to work on-site a minimum of three days a ... Read More »
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