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Ontario NDP leader on 2-day Windsor visit with jobs, OSAP cuts on agenda
Ontario NDP Leader Marit Stiles begins a two-visit to Windsor on Wednesday with jobs and Premier Doug Ford’s cuts to the Ontario Student Assistance Program (OSAP) on the agenda.
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Federal deficit could top $100B by 2035, economist warns
OTTAWA — One of Canada’s leading economists is warning that the country’s already historic federal deficit is on pace to top $100 billion in the next decade. University of Calgary economist Trevor Tombe writes in a new study for the Montreal Economic Institute that, if current fiscal policy holds, the baseline federal deficit will grow…
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Feds to restructure fund for combating disinformation, end program for hiring diverse journalists
OTTAWA — The federal government says it will not renew funding next year for an initiative launched to help hire more diverse journalists and support those entering the screen industry. It says changes will also be coming to a program dedicated to funding projects meant to help combat online disinformation, with several millions in grants…
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Local stargazers seizing on excitement of Artemis II mission
The Royal Canadian Astronomical Society of Windsor are hoping the Artemis II mission will spur interest in space travel and astronomy. They are inviting people to come out and learn about some celestial bodies this Tuesday evening.
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Windsor police officer arrested, charged with breach of trust
A Windsor police officer has been arrested and charged with breach of trust, OPP say, after an investigation that began more than two years ago.
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Sask. volunteers spent $39K to save their homes from wildfire. Will they be compensated?
Wadin Bay, Sask., residents defied a mandatory evacuation order and saved their community from the summer fires of 2025. Attempts to recover the firefighting costs have stalled. They wonder how small communities can protect themselves as wildfires increase in the north.
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Disgraced former Manitoba law school dean disbarred in U.K. over ‘blatant and sustained dishonesty’
Former University of Manitoba law school dean Jonathan Black-Branch, who was disbarred in Manitoba in 2024, has now also been disbarred in the U.K. and Wales.
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Energy crisis from Iran war worse than 1973, 1979 and 2022 crises combined, says International Energy Agency
The fuel crisis linked to the war with Iran is already worse than the combined crises from 1973, 1979 and 2022, according to the head of the International Energy Agency (IEA). The countries most at risk are developing nations, says Fatih Birol, the executive director of the IEA. They would suffer more from higher oil…
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Iran official urges young people to form human shields around power plants ahead of Trump’s 8 p.m. ET deadline
Iranian officials are urging young people to form human chains around the country’s power plants, part of an effort to thwart U.S. attacks as President Donald Trump warned that a “whole civilization will die tonight” if Iran does not meet his administration’s latest deadline. Trump has been escalating his threats against Iran, saying U.S. forces…
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Alberta rebukes $3.8 billion federal nature strategy
OTTAWA — Alberta is not happy about a newly announced federal nature strategy, saying it will impose burdensome and unconstitutional land-use restrictions on the province. Alberta Environment Minister Grant Hunter said on Tuesday that he was concerned by Prime Minister Mark Carney’s sweeping pledge to protect at least 1.6 million square kilometres of land over…