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Canada can’t say when it will clear 140,000 backlogged cases for First Nations kids
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canada told the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal it can’t say when it will work through 140,000 backlogged requests for Jordan’s Principle to be applied. The principle is a legal rule that stipulates that when a First Nations child needs health, social or educational services they are to receive them from the government first ... Read More »
1 responseSome epilepsy patients worry their seizures will return amid medication shortage
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
TORONTO – The Canadian Epilepsy Alliance says an ongoing shortage of an epilepsy medication is leaving some patients worried they’ll start to have seizures again if they switch to an alternative. The shortage of Teva-clobazam, which began last May, is expected to last until April next year, according to Health Canada’s drug shortages website. The ... Read More »
1 responseHousing unaffordability still rising despite billions in government measures: PBO
By Nick Murray, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the number of households in need is still rising even though Canada is spending billions of dollars a year to address housing affordability, A new report from the budget watchdog this morning says 2.4 million Canadian households are now in core housing need. That means they’re living in ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec, Newfoundland and Labrador announce energy deal to resolve decades-old dispute
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have reached a sweeping deal to develop new energy projects in Labrador and end a decades-old contract that has long been a thorn in the side of Canada’s easternmost province. The new agreement in principle will see Hydro-Québec pay 30 times more for power from the ... Read More »
1 responseQuebec, Newfoundland and Labrador announce energy deal, resolving decades-old dispute
By Sarah Smellie, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador have agreed to end a decades-old energy contract that has long been a thorn in the side of Canada’s easternmost province. Officials announced details today of a non-binding agreement that cancels a 1969 contract that saw Newfoundland and Labrador own most of the Churchill Falls hydroelectric ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Border officials, RCMP to testify on impact of Trump’s plans for border security
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – Canadian officials in charge of border enforcement will testify at a parliamentary committee later today on the impact of president-elect Donald Trump’s plans for border security and migration. Canada Border Services Agency President Erin O’Gorman and Royal Canadian Mounted Police Commissioner Michael Duheme will appear at the House of Commons public safety and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada says it wants to slash its emissions by half by 2035. Will that be enough?
By Jordan Omstead, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
TORONTO – Canada is aiming to cut its emissions in half by 2035 compared to 2005 levels, a newly released target range that is lower than what a federal advisory body recommended. Environment and Climate Change Minister Steven Guilbeault says a target of reducing emissions by 45 to 50 per cent balances both ambition and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal billionaire Robert Miller facing new sex charges involving underage girl
By The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
Montreal billionaire Robert Miller is facing criminal charges of sexual misconduct involving a new complainant who was under the age of 14 when the alleged offences began. The 81-year-old founder of Future Electronics was arrested in May on 21 sex-related counts involving 10 other complainants, many of them minors at the time of the alleged ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Alberta premier Rachel Notley quitting legislature seat as of Dec. 30
By Lisa Johnson, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
EDMONTON – Former Alberta premier and NDP Leader Rachel Notley is leaving the legislature. Notley announced on social media that, as of Dec. 30, she is resigning as the legislature representative for Edmonton-Strathcona. In the statement, Notley thanks her supporters and constituents, but does not discuss what she plans to do in her post-political life. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Only new firearms from buyback program will go to Ukraine, Defence Department says
By Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Liberal government’s plan to send firearms from its buyback program to the battlefield in Ukraine will only include unused weapons, the Department of National Defence says. A department spokesperson says Ukraine gave Canada a list of 23 types of firearms that could be useful in its war against Russia, but the official ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Law firm warns $47.8B First Nations child welfare reforms could be lost with election
By Alessia Passafiume, The Canadian Press on December 12th, 2024
OTTAWA – A legal review commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations is warning a $47.8 billion deal to reform the First Nations child welfare system could be moot if there’s a change in government in the upcoming year. Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP also warns there is no guarantee a new government would be willing ... Read More »
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