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Economy, Environment & Animal Life, Health, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Premier rejects company bid to extend N.S. waste deadline
Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil today rejected a pulp mill’s plea for a deadline extension to allow it to continue dumping wastewater near a First Nation after Jan. 31. B.C.-based Paper Excellence, the owners of the Northern Pulp mill near… »
International, Politics, Society
Ex-hostage Joshua Boyle: acquittal on sex assault and other charges
The strange case of Canadian Joshua Boyle has come to a end, although not completely. Boyle 36, and his American wife Caitlan Coleman, 33, had been the subject of international news, and questions about his decisions, after he led his… »
Immigration & Refugees, Society
Canadian-born children of Russian spies are citizens, Supreme Court rules
The Canadian-born children of a deep-cover Russian spy couple are citizens despite the fact that their parents were living in the country under assumed identities, Canada’s highest court ruled Thursday. The decision by the Supreme Court of Canada ended a… »
Arts & Entertainment, Economy, International, Internet, Science & Technology, Politics, Society
Superbowl: Canadian commercials for Canadian viewers
It’s been a multi-year dispute over advertising rights that goes back to 2013. The telecom giant Bell Canada (BCE) secured exclusive Canadian rights to broadcast the Superbowl of the National Football League (NFL) in 2013. Although an American event, it… »
Economy, Indigenous, Politics, Society
Ottawa and Ontario sign deal to help low-income renters
Ontario is the first province to take advantage of a federal government program aimed at helping some 300,000 Canadians afford their rent by providing up to $2,500 a year to those who quality. The $1.46 billion joint funding deal, which… »
Following a dispute, Wilson-Raybould vacates offices
Jody Wilson-Raybould has moved out of the Parliament Hill offices she was assigned when she was in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. Wilson-Raybould had been refusing to leave following her election on Oct. 21 as an Independent, a designation that… »
Canadian foreign affairs minister to host his Indian counterpart
Foreign Affairs Minister François-Philippe Champagne will meet today with his Indian counterpart, Subrahmanyam Jaishankar, in an effort to repair Ottawa’s uneasy relationship with New Delhi. Jaishankar’s two-day visit to Canada provides “an opportunity to discuss shared priorities, including the rules-based… »
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A city in shock- GM plant closes
By the time you read this, the last vehicle made by General Motors in Oshawa Ontario will have already rolled off the line, the last in over 100 years of automaking history at the plant. After a bitter year-long and… »
Jesuits in Canada promise to release names of abusive priests
The Jesuit order of the Roman Catholic Church in Canada is promising to release the names of all its priests who have been “credibly accused” of sexually abusing minors over the last 60 years by January 2021. It is believed… »
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