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Canada makes sweeping changes to Jordan’s Principle after CHRT ruling
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada has announced sweeping changes to a program designed to ensure First Nations kids get the care and supports they need, when they need them. The changes come almost a year after the federal government argued before the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal that requests for funding under Jordan’s Principle were including things like ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leadership candidates pitch plans for home building, doctors
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney is vowing to incentivize prefabricated and modular home building to help tackle the housing affordability crisis. Carney laid out broad strokes of part of his housing plan in Vancouver. Rival candidate Chrystia Freeland meanwhile says she has a plan to woo back Canadian doctors and nurses practicing in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers talk Arctic policy as Canadians continue diplomatic push in Washington
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Territorial premiers say it is a critical time for the Arctic as they meet with representatives from Greenland in Washington where Canadian leaders continue their diplomatic push against threatened U.S. tariffs. Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok spoke at the Wilson Center Thursday morning about ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Aid groups ask Canada to prevent child soldiers by rallying G7 heads around education
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada’s aid sector is rallying around a call for Ottawa to use its place on the world stage to promote education as a way of shoring up global security. Canada is hosting the G7 leaders’ summit this June in Alberta and typically the host makes an international development pledge. Aid groups and Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberal party denies Ruby Dhalla translator for French debate
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberal party says it will not accommodate leadership hopeful Ruby Dhalla’s request for a translator at the upcoming French debate in Montreal. Party spokesman Parker Lund says only the candidates and the moderator will be allowed on the debate stage and no translation will be provided. Dhalla said in a recent interview ... Read More »
1 responseWinter storm wreaks havoc on commute, closes schools across Ontario, Quebec, Atlantic
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
Major snowfall disrupted travel plans, closed schools and shuttered city services in parts of Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces Thursday, as communities dug out from upwards of 20 centimetres and the storm headed deeper into Eastern Canada. Toronto’s Pearson International Airport, where several flights were delayed or cancelled, had seen about 26 centimetres of ... Read More »
1 responseWinter storm delays flights and closes schools in Toronto area
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
Flight have been disrupted and schools are closed as a winter storm continues to dump snow over much of southern Ontario and Quebec. Schools across the Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton are closed in response to the snowfall. In Ottawa, the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board cancelled school buses, but said schools will be open. Toronto’s ... Read More »
1 responseForeign affairs minister travelling to France, Germany and Belgium
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is travelling to Europe today. The minister will be in Europe until Feb. 18, traveling to France, Germany and Belgium to take part in conferences, meet with officials to discuss topics like geopolitical conflicts and foreign interference and speak in a roundtable on Arctic security. Joly will start ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: Territorial premiers make pitch in DC, prorogation two-day hearing
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Territorial premiers to talk Arctic policy in D.C. Territorial premiers are making the case in Washington that Northern Canada is key to continental security, diplomacy and economic opportunity as Canadian leaders continue their diplomatic push against threatened U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Premiers to talk Arctic policy as Canadians continue diplomatic push in Washington
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
WASHINGTON — Territorial premiers are making the case in Washington that Northern Canada is key to continental security, diplomacy and economic opportunity as Canadian leaders continue their diplomatic push against threatened U.S. tariffs. Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson and Nunavut Premier P.J. Akeeagok are set to take part in a discussion ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Heavy snow expected in much of Eastern Canada, as parts of West see wind chill of -40
By Canadian Press on February 13th, 2025
Much of southern Ontario and Quebec is under winter storm and snowfall warnings as a low-pressure system moves east toward the Atlantic provinces. Between 15 and 40 centimetres is forecast to fall by this afternoon across an area stretching from Windsor, Ont., to Gaspé in Quebec. New Brunswick could see up to 25 centimetres in ... Read More »
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