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Extended power outages raise questions about resilience of Quebec’s power grid
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
MONTREAL – The weeklong power outages across Quebec after the April 5 ice storm are raising questions about the resilience of the province’s electrical grid. François Bouffard, an electrical engineering professor at McGill University, says elected leaders need to consider how to strengthen the grid – and how to pay for doing it. Bouffard says ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Conservatives ask Twitter to label CBC accounts as ‘government-funded’ media
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – The Opposition Conservatives are asking Twitter to apply a “government-funded” label on accounts associated with the CBC, even as other public broadcasters decry the tag for not making clear their editorial independence. Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre tweeted a copy of a letter addressed to the company making that request on Tuesday. The “government-funded” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Duelling U.S. court rulings over abortion drug set stage for Supreme Court showdown
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
WASHINGTON – The debate over abortion rights in the United States is likely headed back to the Supreme Court – this time to settle a federal stalemate. Last week’s duelling court decisions over the drug mifepristone, one in Texas and another in Washington state, have put abortion issues back on centre stage in the U.S. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Members of public service union vote in favour of federal strike mandate
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – Members of a union that represents more than 120,000 federal public servants have voted in favour of a strike mandate. The Public Service Alliance of Canada can now launch a strike anytime in the next 60 days, but the union has not signalled when that move might come. Its national president, Chris Aylward, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada inches closer to Afghan resettlement target, could reach 40,000 by end of year
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – More than 300 people arrived in Canada today from Afghanistan, bringing the total number of people resettled since the Taliban takeover of that country to 30,000, the federal government says. A flight from Pakistan arrived at Toronto’s Pearson International Airport this morning. Those on board included people who helped Canada’s mission in Afghanistan, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In The News for April 12: Do Canadians feel safer today, in a post-pandemic world?
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what’s on the radar of our editors for the morning of Wednesday, April 12, 2023 … What we are watching in Canada … A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they’re less safe now than they ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Trudeau visiting Manitoba today to promote his government’s budget
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
WINNIPEG – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting Manitoba today to promote his government’s new budget. Trudeau is to meet with students in Winnipeg to highlight measures from the budget and to make an announcement on measures to help build a clean economy. The Prime Minister is also scheduled to celebrate Passover with members of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pharmacists fear more drugs may fall into loophole that saw B.C. Ozempic sent to U.S.
By Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Canada’s pharmacists worry a lack of data about prescription management could see a repeat of the situation with diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic, in which thousands of doses have been mailed over the border to Americans. Canadian Pharmacists Association vice-president of public affairs Joelle Walker said Americans buying cheaper Canadian drugs is nothing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘It was hell:’ Ukrainian family safe in Quebec after surviving Russian airstrikes
By Marisela Amador, The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
MONTREAL – Aurika Olkhova says she still can’t believe that she and her two daughters made it out of Ukraine alive after enduring weeks of bombing by the Russian army in the city of Mariupol – including at the maternity hospital. Now safe in Quebec, working at a veterinary clinic, and her daughters learning French ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poll suggests Canadians feel less safe than they did before the COVID-19 pandemic hit
By The Canadian Press on April 12th, 2023
OTTAWA – A new poll suggests most Canadians feel they’re less safe now than they were before the COVID-19 pandemic, and most think the provincial and federal governments are doing a poor job of addressing crime and public safety. In an online survey, Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies asked how the level of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Northwest Territories government spent $716,000 to address cybersecurity breach
By The Canadian Press on April 11th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – The Northwest Territories government says it spent $716,00 to address a cyberattack in November. It says it signed two work orders under existing contracts to help with containment, investigation and response efforts. The territory says the cybersecurity threat was contained and remediated without the exposure of personal or private information. The cyberattack was ... Read More »
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