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Alberta bill will ban MAID for all non-terminal conditions and minors
OTTAWA — Alberta is proposing sweeping restrictions to medical assistance in dying (MAID) that would prohibit doctor-assisted suicide in cases where death isn’t reasonably foreseeable, as well for minors. A government bill tabled in the Alberta legislature on Wednesday would, if passed, end so-called “Track 2” MAID in the province, which would prevent Albertans living…
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Bank of Canada in a ‘tough spot’ as higher oil prices, weakening economy pull it in opposing directions
There are too many unknowns for the Bank of Canada to hint at where it might take interest rates if the conditions call for a change in monetary policy, say economists, after policymakers on Wednesday held rates at 2.25 per cent for the third straight time. Among the unknowns are how long the war in…
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Canada’s population shrank last year — a first for the country, StatsCan says
Canada’s population dropped last year, marking the first time the country has seen an annual net decline in residents since Confederation.
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Floor-crossing MP Idlout expensed purchases from her own business
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout says she has reimbursed the House of Commons for items bought from her own shop “in error.”
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Suspicious package closes runway at Montreal airport
A suspicious package has reduced air traffic at Montreal’s Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport.
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Posthaste: Despite economy, Canadians hold on to the housing dream
Canadians are clinging to their dream of owning a home despite the economic conditions that are making it difficult to achieve. About a third of Canadians plan to buy a home within the next two years, and 67 per cent have always dreamed of owning a home, according to a new poll by Royal Bank…
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Doug Ford congratulates homeowner who shot alleged home invader
Ontario Premier Doug Ford had a word for the homeowner who shot and wounded an alleged home invader in Vaughan, Ont., this week: “Congratulations.” “Yeah, I’m glad you shot the guy,” Ford said when asked by a reporter at a press conference on Wednesday for his reaction. “Teach … the rest of these robbers, and…
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‘Should have shot him a couple more times’: Ford congratulates person who shot alleged Ontario home invader
Ontario Premier Doug Ford congratulated a homeowner who shot and injured an alleged home invader in Vaughan, Ont., this week, saying intruders “need to be shot.”
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Nova Scotia teen arrested for allegedly planning school attacks with Manitoba youth
Police say a teen in the town of Bridgewater, N.S., and a youth from Manitoba have been arrested for allegedly planning simultaneous attacks at their local schools.
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Federal government to launch AI and Culture Advisory Council
The federal government announced a new advisory council to help it protect Canada’s creative industries from rapid advancements in AI, as the first National Summit on Artificial Intelligence and Culture wrapped up in Banff on Tuesday.