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Carney names advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations as CUSMA review nears
Prime Minister Mark Carney has released the names of his new advisory committee on Canada-U.S. economic relations.
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City committee discusses how to stop cycling in protected Windsor natural area
Windsor’s Black Oak Heritage Park is being damaged by mountain bikers, according to a city report. But representatives of the cycling community believe recreation and conservation efforts can co-exist there.
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Poilievre says Carney has been ‘losing, losing, losing’ on U.S. trade war
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre launched a pointed attack on the Liberal government’s handling of the Canada-U.S. file Tuesday, saying the results so far have fallen well short of the mark and the prime minister is “losing” the trade war.
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Judge says ‘colonization’ a reason Indigenous man gets reduced sentence for choking a toddler
Warning: This story describes incidents of child abuse. A 33-year-old Indigenous B.C. man who choked and kicked his girlfriend’s “vulnerable and defenceless” two-year-old son last summer has been sentenced to six months in prison for two separate assaults, both of which were captured by a nanny cam in the child’s room. The Crown had asked…
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Canada’s inflation rate hit 2.4% in March. Here’s how it compares to the world’s top economies
Canada’s annual inflation rate rose to 2.4 per cent in March, Statistics Canada said on Monday. Higher energy costs drove the increase, with inflation accelerating from 1.8 per cent in February, as consumers faced the largest monthly increase in gas prices on record, at 21.2 per cent. Energy prices rose 3.9 per cent compared to…
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Cost of living, financial pressures behind a year of contract turmoil at N.S. universities
Cost-of-living pressures, changing demographics and financial constraints are some of the factors contributing to the past year of contract discord at several Nova Scotia universities.
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Southwestern Ontario Catholics have a new bishop
The Diocese of London announced the papal appointment in a statement issued on Tuesday, naming Fabbro’s successor as Bishop is Daniel Miehm, who has served as Bishop of the Diocese of Peterborough since 2017.
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Walpole Island students to raise sturgeon at new school-based fish hatchery
An Anishinaabemowin immersion school at Walpole Island First Nation is now home to a brand new fish hatchery raising lake sturgeon.
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Erin O’Toole, Lisa Raitt, Ralph Goodale among the names on Carney’s Canada-U.S. council
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney has tapped former envoy to the United Kingdom Ralph Goodale and past leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Erin O’Toole to join a newly formed council meant to advise his government on Canada-U.S. relations. The Prime Minister’s Office announced the list of names on Tuesday, some of whom…
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Nunavut man wins volleyball title after surviving 3 days in blizzard on snowmobile trip to tournament
Peter Qayutinuak Jr. was part of a group of five Taloyoak, Nunavut, residents who were headed for Gjoa Haven on snowmobiles on Apr. 7 for a volleyball tournament. There was a blizzard and they tried to beat it, but Qayutinuak ended up getting separated from the group, and he wasn’t found for another three days.