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• Trudeau calls Tories ‘bullies,’ withdraws question period ‘crap’ remark

  25-09-2024 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wednesday's question period was particularly heated as it came ahead of an expected vote on a Conservative motion of non-confidence in Trudeau's government.
  
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• Jeremy Cockrill subject of 2nd conflict of interest investigation

  25-09-2024 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  For a second time, Minister of Education Jeremy Cockrill is under investigation by Saskatchewan’s conflict of interest commissioner
  
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• Researchers expect year-long fire seasons in northwestern Canada

  25-09-2024 22:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal officials and researchers say elevated levels of drought across the country are making wildfire seasons longer — particularly in northwestern Canada. 
  
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• Charges stayed for 5 accused in organized crime bust with links to Mexican cartel, murder

  25-09-2024 22:26 via cbc.ca
  
  In the midst of secret federal court proceedings and on the eve of a defence application to drop all charges, the Crown terminated the prosecution of five people accused of running a massive, cross-border drug trafficking operation involving Mexican cartels, CBC News has learned.
  
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• Ottawa approves $500M bailout to Nova Scotia Power to keep rates in check

  25-09-2024 22:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa has finalized a $500-million bailout to help Nova Scotia Power keep rates from skyrocketing due to delivery delays of Muskrat Falls electricity.
  
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• ‘Just chaotic’: Heavy traffic from Presidents Cup in Montreal breeding frustration

  25-09-2024 22:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  The professional golf event is held at the Royal Montreal Golf Club in the suburb of Île-Bizard, which only has a single bridge connecting it to and from the Island of Montreal.
  
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• Montreal to change bylaw to protect venues from noise complaints

  25-09-2024 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The City of Montreal is promising to rapidly change a bylaw to protect entertainment venues and bars from noise complaints, after a court ordered a beloved music hall to pipe down.
  
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• Manitoba, First Nations group start recruiting workers to search landfill for remains

  25-09-2024 21:52 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  The Manitoba government and an advocacy group representing First Nations have started the process of hiring workers to help search a landfill for the remains of two victims of a serial killer.
  
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• Montreal is changing its noise bylaws. But did it act too late to save an iconic venue?

  25-09-2024 21:43 via cbc.ca
  
  The City of Montreal says it’s acting quickly after court decision ruled music venue La Tulipe must prevent any noise from being heard inside or outside adjacent condo building
  
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• Lower home prices and mortgage rates improved August affordability: report

  25-09-2024 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Toronto led the way in affordability improvements for the second consecutive month as slow sales drove down home prices at the same time as mortgage rates declined.
  
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• Site of 1972 plane crash that killed Manitoba students commemorated with memorial

  25-09-2024 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  On June 24, 1972, a plane taking students home to Bunibonibee Cree Nation from residential schools in Portage la Prairie and Stonewall, crashed in a vacant Linwood Street lot.
  
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• Atmospheric rivers deluge parts of B.C. as storm season begins

  25-09-2024 21:25 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A series of atmospheric rivers has been moving across British Columbia's north and central coasts and spreading into the Interior.
  
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• Bethel-Thompson to get start at QB as Elks prepare for rematch with Bombers

  25-09-2024 21:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Elks head coach Jarious Jackson announced this week that McLeod Bethel-Thompson will start at quarterback Friday.
  
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• Racism is a 'cancer eating away' at the SPVM, says outgoing Montreal police commander

  25-09-2024 21:17 via cbc.ca
  
  In a four-page letter, Patrice Vilcéus — who is of Haitian origin — said he spent his 30-year tenure at the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM) combatting all forms of "unjust exclusion."
  
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• 'Their stories are not forgotten': Monument unveiled to remember victims of 1972 Winnipeg plane crash

  25-09-2024 21:05 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  A new monument honouring the victims of a plane crash in Winnipeg in 1972 was unveiled Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• 'Felt trapped': In Sask. human trafficking trial, court hears woman forced into sex with employer

  25-09-2024 21:02 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  In a human trafficking trial Tuesday, a Bangladeshi woman says she was sexually assaulted nearly two years ago during her time working at a small-town Saskatchewan restaurant.
  
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• Rare Corvette found stripped of parts and dumped on dirt road outside Barrie, Ont.

  25-09-2024 20:52 via barrie.ctvnews.ca
  
  A bizarre discovery was made on a dirt road in Clearview Township.
  
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• Mystery surrounds Corvette found stripped of parts on dirt road outside Barrie, Ont.

  25-09-2024 20:52 via barrie.ctvnews.ca
  
  A bizarre discovery was made on a dirt road in Clearview Township.
  
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• Unarmed suspect tackled, restrained by Calgary police, ASIRT says

  25-09-2024 20:48 via calgary.ctvnews.ca
  
  A suspect who died while in police custody earlier this month was unarmed when he was tackled and punched by a group of Calgary officers, the province's police watchdog said Wednesday.
  
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• Toronto-area man charged with 2nd-degree-murder in death of his mother

  25-09-2024 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  York Regional Police say a 23-year-old man has been charged with second-degree-murder in the death of his mother.
  
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• Court of Appeal reserves decision on Sask. school pronoun law hearing

  25-09-2024 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Saskatchewan's Court of Appeal has reserved its decision in the challenge to the province's pronoun law.
  
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• Canadian school photo company says hackers held Sask. students' pictures for ransom

  25-09-2024 20:25 via saskatoon.ctvnews.ca
  
  A Canadian school photography company says it was hit by a ransomware attack that held about 3,500 photos of students in several Saskatchewan school divisions hostage, among others across the country.
  
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• Crewmember of 150-year-old lost expedition identified using DNA by Ontario researchers

  25-09-2024 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario university researchers say they used DNA samples to identify a second crew member from Sir John Franklin's ill-fated 1845 Northwest Passage expedition.
  
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• Population growth slows for first time since pandemic as federal government clamps down

  25-09-2024 19:58 via cbc.ca
  
  Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the second quarter of this year as the federal government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
  
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• First Nation in Ontario recommends residents be moved out as Ineos works to remove chemical from facility

  25-09-2024 19:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Members of Aamjiwnaang First Nation in southwestern Ontario will evacuate next week as Ineos Styrolution, the nearby petrochemical plant, begins the second phase of removing benzene from its facility. 
  
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• Liberals given Oct. 29 deadline to meet Bloc’s demands

  25-09-2024 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Bloc Québécois is giving the Liberal government a deadline of Oct. 29 to pass two pieces of legislation related to old-age security and supply management.
  
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• Canada’s 2024 wildfire season on track to be 2nd largest in last 20 years

  25-09-2024 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Federal officials say above-normal temperatures and drought conditions across parts of Canada have continued to drive fire activity, with 5.3 million hectares burned so far.
  
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• Insured losses top $7B making this summer Canada's most destructive season

  25-09-2024 19:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Summer of 2024 is now Canada's most destructive season on record for insured losses due to severe weather events, the latest estimates from the Insurance Bureau of Canada show.
  
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• Ontario warehouse becomes Walmart’s 1st to unionize in Canada after certification

  25-09-2024 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Unifor says Ontario's labour relations board has given Unifor the OK to represent workers at a Walmart warehouse in Mississauga, Ont.
  
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• BC NDP’s housing promise would finance 40% of home for first-time buyers

  25-09-2024 19:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  British Columbia's New Democrats have unveiled a plan that Leader David Eby says will help middle-income families purchase a home by financing 40 per cent of the price.
  
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• Racism is a ‘cancer eating away’ at Montreal police, officer says in resignation letter

  25-09-2024 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Cmdr. Patrice Vilcéus, a Montrealer of Haitian origin, says he made sure throughout his career not to simply be an observer in the face of racism and racial profiling.
  
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• Warmer summers could mean Zika and dengue move into Canada, experts warn

  25-09-2024 18:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  Zika virus and dengue fever are mostly found in tropical locations, but insect and health experts are warning climate change could bring them to Canada.
  
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• Walmart Canada to add $92M in pay increases for hourly workers

  25-09-2024 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Canadian branch of U.S. retail giant Walmart announced its latest wage investment ahead of the holiday season rush, after having invested C$53 million in July.
  
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• Ontario hospital board members behind ‘bizarre and costly’ decisions quit en masse

  25-09-2024 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of an Ontario hospital board who a legacy donor claimed made “bizarre and costly” decisions at the helm of the financially-plagued hospital have resigned.
  
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• Canada’s fertility rate has hit a record low. What’s behind the drop?

  25-09-2024 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Statistics Canada report on Wednesday that the Canadian fertility rate in 2023 was 1.26 children per woman, which is the lowest recorded level.
  
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• Higgs put on defensive during N.B. election debate, accuses Liberal leader of making things up

  25-09-2024 17:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs, taking the stage in an election debate Wednesday, defended his management of health-care problems in New Brunswick, while two other party leaders promised to do a better job.
  
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• 'She was victimized by a predator': B.C. court reverses transfer of $1.4M townhouse in elder abuse case

  25-09-2024 16:38 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  
  A man who "systematically isolated, manipulated, deceived, abused, and exploited" an elderly North Vancouver woman has lost his ownership stake in her home.
  
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• Yogurt recalled in Canada over risk of illness

  25-09-2024 16:31 via ctvnews.ca
  
  A major yogurt maker is recalling one of its brands in Canada over concerns that it may cause illness in immunocompromised people.
  
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• 2 Canadians killed in Lebanon as Israel-Hezbollah conflict escalates

  25-09-2024 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  As the tensions in the region ratchet up, Canadians are being urged to leave Lebanon immediately and not count on government-assisted evacuations.
  
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• Canada’s population grew 0.6% in Q2: StatsCan

  25-09-2024 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  The increase in the population was almost entirely due to international migration which added 240,303 people.
  
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• In the gateway to the Arctic, fat, ice and polar bears are crucial. All three are in trouble

  25-09-2024 16:02 via winnipeg.ctvnews.ca
  
  Searching for polar bears where the Churchill River dumps into Canada's massive Hudson Bay, biologist Geoff York scans a region that's on a low fat, low ice diet because of climate change.And it's getting lower on polar bears.
  
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• Statistics Canada says population grew 0.6 per cent in Q2 to 41,288,599

  25-09-2024 15:21 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Statistics Canada says the population of the country reached an estimated 41,288,599 on July 1.
  
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• Population growth slows for first time since start of pandemic as Canadian government clamps down

  25-09-2024 15:21 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
  
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• Population growth slows for first time since pandemic as feds clamp down: StatCan

  25-09-2024 15:21 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Population growth in Canada slowed slightly in the last quarter of the year as the government made efforts to reduce temporary migration into the country, Statistics Canada revealed Wednesday.
  
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• Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Ontario's Hwy. 401

  25-09-2024 15:10 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Highway 401 that would stretch from Brampton to Scarborough.
  
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• Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Hwy. 401

  25-09-2024 15:10 via toronto.ctvnews.ca
  
  Premier Doug Ford says he wants to build a tunnel under Highway 401 that would stretch from Brampton to Scarborough.
  
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• Indigenous equity ownership saw momentum in 2024, but more work still to be done

  25-09-2024 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  The year also saw the announcement of an agreement that would see TC Energy sell a minority stake in a natural gas transmission network to a consortium of Indigenous communities.
  
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• An expressway under Ontario’s Highway 401? Ford touts idea with few details

  25-09-2024 15:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ontario government is announcing plans to explore whether tunnelling under Highway 401 is possible, Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday.
  
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• Ontario’s largest school board under ministry probe for Toronto protest outing

  25-09-2024 14:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario’s education minister has asked for an investigation into a Toronto field trip that saw students involved with a downtown protest.
  
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• Mortgage changes: Cheaper entry into housing market at steeper costs

  25-09-2024 12:23 via ctvnews.ca
  
  Mortgage rule changes allow easier entry into the housing market with lower monthly payments, but also an increased cost of repaying a mortgage.
  
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