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Suffer from seasonal allergies? Research has revealed two provinces are pollen hotspots
New research has revealed Canada’s best and most challenging places to live with seasonal allergies, and one province is home to four of the five locations with the highest pollen loads. The report from Aerobiology Research Laboratories shows that four cities in southern Ontario — Windsor, Hamilton, Barrie and Kingston — are among the most…
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Windsor teacher digs into own pocket to propel students’ Dragon’s Den-type pitches
A high school instructor gave roughly $1,000 to support student ideas.
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Ontario high school students will soon need to pass financial literacy test to graduate
Ontario high school students will soon need to pass a financial literacy test in order to graduate.
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Lutnick scolded by a U.S. senator for calling Canada’s ban on U.S. alcohol ‘outrageous’
A terse exchange unfolded Wednesday between U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick and U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen over the issue of Canadian sales of U.S. alcohol, with the secretary saying it was “insulting and disrespectful to America” for Canada not to put U.S. spirits on its shelves. Lutnick was testifying before a Senate Appropriations subcommittee on…
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Metro reports higher earnings, calls out impact of ongoing strike in Quebec
Metro Inc. said the ongoing labour dispute at its Quebec operations will have an impact on its third quarter results, as the strike hit its fourth week. The strike at the grocer’s produce distribution centre in Laval, Que. began on Mar. 30, just ahead of the Easter long weekend. It said further details will be…
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U.S. Supreme Court rules for Michigan in its fight to shut down an aging energy pipeline
Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote for a unanimous court that the Enbridge energy company waited too long to try to move the case to federal court.
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Air Canada jet forced to abort landing after near miss with American Airlines plane at JFK
An Air Canada Express flight and an American Airlines-operated regional jet were forced to abort their landings at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport on Monday after coming within a few hundred feet of one another. The incident occurred around 2:30 p.m., when Republic Airways Flight 4464, operating as American Airlines, deviated from its…
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Carney says deal with U.S. on CUSMA ‘will take some time’
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney said it is not just the United States that sets the negotiation terms for the upcoming review of the Canada-United-States-Mexico-Agreement (CUSMA), but also acknowledged the outcome of those discussions will likely take “some time.” “It’s not a case of the United States dictates the terms, we have a negotiation,…
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Liberals say changes to House committees will put an end to ‘silly partisan games’
OTTAWA — Government House Leader Mark MacKinnon said he is pushing for a majority on House committees to put an end to “silly partisan games” by opposition parties while denying the move is a power grab by Liberals. On Wednesday morning, MacKinnon promised to reporters that the governing Liberals would continue collaborating with opposition parties…
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Former Toronto police officer alleges antisemitism in high ranks | Exclusive
Former homicide inspector Hank Idsinga has written a book about what he says happens behind the closed doors of Canada’s biggest police force. In an exclusive interview with CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault, he details allegations of antisemitism and anti-Black racism in the senior ranks — claims the Toronto Police Service say they can’t…