By The Canadian Press on March 27th, 2024
VANCOUVER – The federal government wants to support those who rent their homes with a protection fund, a bill of rights and a plan to give reliable renters credit when they step up to by a home. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there’s something fundamentally unfair about paying $2,000 a month for rent, while those ... Read More »
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A study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans in 60 cities across North America. The good news in the newly published paper is that under warming temperatures, cities with temperate climates like those in Canada could welcome new animals. By the end ... Read More »
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Quebec is proposing a new legal status for unmarried, non-civil union couples with children that would set a framework for splitting family assets if the parents separate. The “parental union” designation is the centrepiece of a family law reform bill that Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette introduced today. Under a parental union certain property, including the ... Read More »
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OTTAWA – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says big polluters shouldn’t be forced to pay for their pollution – they should just emit less. Moe appeared today at a House of Commons committee at the invitation of Conservative MPs to discuss his plea for Ottawa to kill off the carbon price. Liberal, NDP and Bloc Québécois ... Read More »
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OTTAWA – The federal Conservatives say they won’t be taking advice from “so-called experts” when it comes to carbon pricing, after more than 200 economists signed an open letter challenging Pierre Poilievre’s stance. Instead, the party is pledging to listen to the “common sense of the common people.” The comments come after economists associated with ... Read More »
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ZEBALLOS, B.C. – A marine scientist says he expects rescue efforts to help coax a stranded killer whale calf from a shallow lagoon off northern Vancouver Island to continue today despite federal Fisheries Department concerns about limited opportunities due to changing tidal flows. Jared Towers, who’s with the whale research group Bay Cetology, says attempts ... Read More »
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SAINTE-ANNE-DES-MONTS, Que. – Three men died after an apparent avalanche on Quebec’s Mount Médaille on Tuesday during a snowmobiling expedition on the Gaspé Peninsula. Quebec provincial police say a fourth member of the snowmobiling group called emergency services at around 5:30 p.m. to report the disappearance of his three companions in the Chic-Chocs nature reserve. ... Read More »
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OTTAWA – The head of an inquiry into foreign interference says the need for secrecy about the sensitive subject has not hindered her work to date. Commissioner Marie-Josée Hogue cautions, however, that the inquiry must walk a very fine line in balancing confidentiality and the desire for transparency. Hogue’s remarks come as the commission begins ... Read More »
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HALIFAX – The RCMP released today a strategy that they say will ensure “meaningful change” results from their response to the public inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives. Commissioner Mike Duheme issued a statement admitting the national police force is aware that its previous responses to other reviews ... Read More »
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Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Interference inquiry to hear from diaspora members Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how ... Read More »
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OTTAWA – Members of diaspora communities are slated to testify today as a federal inquiry begins two weeks of hearings into foreign meddling allegations and how the government responded to them. The hearings will focus on possible interference by China, India, Russia and others in the last two general elections. The commission of inquiry, led ... Read More »
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