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Poilievre says government should cancel Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail project
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the Liberal government should cancel the high-speed rail project planned to link Toronto and Quebec City.
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Alberta government says new bill intended to remove politics, ideology from schools
The Alberta government says new legislation would require teachers and school boards to be “neutral” and “impartial” when delivering lessons and crafting a school environment.
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What’s an ‘Alberta whisky’? Here’s how the provincial government plans to define it in law
What defines an Alberta whisky like one might define a Kentucky or Tennessee bourbon? The provincial government says it has come up with some rules — and it used AI to help draft them.
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Iran oil shock ‘worst energy crisis of our lifetime’: Eric Nuttall
Eric Nuttall , partner and senior portfolio manager, with Ninepoint Partners LP talks to Financial Post’s Larysa Harapyn about the oil crisis arising from the Middle East conflict and how the worst is yet to come, including shortages within weeks in North America. • Email: lharapyn@postmedia.com
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Defence claims shooting death not intentional while Crown says accused is lying in Windsor murder trial
Defence attorney Adam Weisberg painted a picture to the jury on Tuesday that his client killed his ex’s boyfriend in a spontaneous eruption of “rage and anger” fueled by wanting his to see his six-year-old daughter.
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Kissing a stranger’s hand ruled sexual assault by Spanish Supreme Court
The Supreme Court of Spain has ruled that a man kissing the hand of a female stranger without consent constitutes sexual assault. The case dates back to Jan. 10, 2023, when a man approached a woman at a bus stop in Madrid, kissed her hand and made gestures for her to follow him, indicating he…
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Canadian man reportedly dies attempting 1,260-step climb up to Tiger Cave Temple in Thailand
A Canadian tourist died on Sunday while attempting to climb the steep summit at Krabi’s Tiger Cave Temple, one of Thailand’s best-known religious landmarks. Krabi is a province in southern Thailand. The man collapsed near the 1,100th step of the temple’s 1,260-step staircase as he and his wife were making their way to the mountaintop…
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Carney says deadlines under energy deal with Alberta will be missed
WAKEFIELD, QUE. — Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government and the Alberta government will miss the deadline on Wednesday for a carbon pricing agreement and a trilateral agreement for a carbon capture project outlined by a memorandum of understanding (MOU) on energy that was signed last fall. “No, I don’t think we’re going to…
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Poilievre promises to derail Liberals’ Alto high-speed rail project if elected prime minister
OTTAWA — “Monstrosity,” “ridiculous” and a “boondoggle.” Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre had harsh words for the Liberal government’s proposed high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City which he promised to derail if elected prime minister. Speaking from a farm in Peterborough, Ont., where city council just passed a resolution strongly supporting the rail project…
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Imperative to ‘believe all women’ turned Frank Stronach’s case upside down, defence argues in closing statement
Analysis The sexual assault trial of auto parts billionaire Frank Stronach drew near to its conclusion Monday as the defence savagely characterized the case as a disastrous inversion of the presumption of innocence, starting with a “negligent and reckless investigation.” Defence counsel Leora Shemesh argued in her closing that the politics of the #MeToo movement…