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Alberta Premier Smith questions election role of Opposition leader Notley’s husband
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is raising questions about Opposition NDP Leader Rachel Notley’s husband and his role in the upcoming provincial election campaign. Notley’s husband, Lou Arab, is a communications official for the Canadian Union of Public Employees and sits on the governing board of Notley’s NDP. In a statement from her United ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal government touts “final” offer to striking public service union as fair
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal government is describing the contract proposal extended on Friday to the union representing more than 100,000 striking public servants as its final offer. The Treasury Board issued a statement today saying the offer includes a better wage package and solutions to deal with priorities such as telework and seniority, but offered ... Read More »
1 responseCanada to continue air evacuations from Sudan, navy vessels on standby
By The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – The federal defence minister says efforts to evacuate Canadians stranded in Sudan will continue today even as conditions deteriorate in the war-torn East African country. Anita Anand says the military intends to conduct at least one evacuation flight today for Canadians and other residents of allied countries looking to leave. She says a ... Read More »
1 response‘If we don’t understand, we can’t really change’: Studying Saskatchewan mass killer
By Jeremy Simes, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
RCMP may never fully learn why Myles Sanderson went on a deadly stabbing rampage on a Saskatchewan First Nation, but they may be able to offer answers that some experts say could help victims’ families make sense of it all. Mounties released on Thursday a preliminary timeline of the Sept. 4 attacks on the James ... Read More »
1 responseAlberta’s two main political rivals have baggage to shed ahead of May 29 election
By Dean Bennett, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
EDMONTON – Alberta’s two main provincial political party leaders are set to duel for the province’s highest office starting Monday in a campaign that for both could be a case of win or go home. A win by United Conservative Leader Danielle Smith and her party gets a second term, defeating Rachel Notley and her ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Threatened Quebec caribou herd expecting up to 12 calves this year
By Morgan Lowrie, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
MONTRÉAL, France – A caribou herd in Charlevoix, Que., could be heading toward a baby boom this year, providing a rare bit of good news for the province’s decimated population. Caroline Hins, a biologist with the province’s Wildlife Department, confirmed all 12 of the herd’s breeding-age females are believed to be pregnant, after tests that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Families minister says Tory premiers touting child care should ask Poilievre for plan
By Stephanie Taylor, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
OTTAWA – Provincial conservative premiers touting $10-a-day child-care deals with Ottawa is a welcome move, even if some of the leaders now campaigning on the deals were among the last to sign them, federal Liberal Families Minister Karina Gould said. Now she says they need to push federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre to explain if ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!TikTokers making six-figure incomes via app worried about potential ban
By Nono Shen, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
VANCOUVER – Ssonia Ong had no idea that a 25-second video she posted miming to music the story of her college love, her wedding, then her four children would go viral on TikTok. Three years later, with 9.2 million followers, Ong isn’t sure what she would do without it. She is one of several Canadian ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Phenomenal’ logjam in the Canadian Arctic stores millions of tonnes of carbon: study
By Emily Blake, The Canadian Press on April 29th, 2023
YELLOWKNIFE – Researchers say they have mapped the world’s largest known cumulative logjam in the Canadian Arctic and it holds millions of tonnes of carbon, representing an important but understudied part of the carbon cycle. A study published in Geophysical Research Letters earlier this month describes how the scientists mapped almost 415,000 individual deposits of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No winning ticket sold for Friday’s $13 million Lotto Max jackpot
By The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
There was no winning ticket sold in Friday’s Lotto Max $13 million draw. The jackpot for the next draw on May 2 will be an estimated $18 million... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former secretary of state Clinton to join Liberal convention in Ottawa next week
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on April 28th, 2023
OTTAWA – Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton, the first woman to run as a major party candidate for United States president, will headline the Liberal Party of Canada’s national convention on May 5. Clinton will join Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland for a fireside-style chat onstage on the second day of the three-day event ... Read More »
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