With Thursday’s budget, Danielle Smith joins the long history of governments in Alberta pledging to save the bounty of oil cash. But with a crash in oil prices seemingly always around the corner, every previous commitment to saving has inevitably failed. Why a pledge to save oilpatch wealth is so …
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The big problem with the Winnipeg lab affair was obvious from the start: too much secrecy
What the documents about the Winnipeg lab scandal show is interesting and relevant. But the biggest problem here might the one that was apparent from the start: the sheer amount of secrecy that enveloped this situation. Three years is too long to wait for clarity. The release of 623 pages …
Read More »Plans for Eabametoong First Nation’s temporary school progressing after fire razed learning centre
Plans for a temporary school for Eabametoong First Nation are starting to come together, weeks after the Ojibway community in northwestern Ontario lost its only school to arson. Here’s the latest on efforts to get students back in class as soon as possible. Objiway First Nation’s chief has ‘a real …
Read More »Court upholds Quebec law that bars teachers, police from wearing religious symbols
The law, which has been in place for five years, prevents a number of civil servants — including teachers and police officers — from wearing religious symbols while on the job. Civil liberties groups argued law discriminates against Muslim women who wear head coverings. The Quebec Court of Appeal has …
Read More »Strange things may happen during the eclipse, and NASA wants you to document it
Click here to view the video When the Sun’s light fades during a total solar eclipse, nature will respond in ways you might not expect. This once-in-a-lifetime celestial event will likely cause birds to fall silent, make crickets start chirping, and send bees back to their hives, fooled by the …
Read More »Inquest jury finds killer Myles Sanderson accidentally died of acute cocaine toxicity
After days of witnesses and evidence, and hours of deliberation, the jury at the coroner’s inquest into the death of Myles Sanderson came back Thursday night with recommendations and their findings on his death. Jury lays out 4 recommendations for Saskatoon police, RCMP as coroner’s inquest ends. WARNING: Some content …
Read More »Ontario’s booze regulator told a bar to collect names from take-out customers. Now it’s backtracking
Ontario’s alcohol regulator ordered a Toronto bar and bottle shop to record the name, address and purchase details of everyone who buys beer and wine to take home. After CBC News contacted liquor regulator AGCO, it announced “immediate review” of the rule. After CBC News contacted Alcohol and Gaming Commission …
Read More »Repeat sex offender released, then arrested again in Kelowna, B.C.
British Columbia’s public safety minister says he is ordering an investigation into why a repeat sexual offender was released in Kelowna without the public being notified. Taylor Dueck was later arrested on allegations he sexually assaulted a youth at an equestrian school in the Okanagan city. The 29-year-old was arrested …
Read More »New pharmacare bill marks one of the biggest expansions of publicly funded health care in decades
The Liberal government is expected to table its pharmacare legislation today — possibly the biggest expansion of publicly funded health care in Canada in decades. How a national drug plan would work, why experts say it’s needed and what it might cost. The Liberal government is expected to table its …
Read More »Parents’ opposition to vaccination is growing, poll suggests
A growing number of Canadian parents are opposed to vaccinating their children, according to a new poll, amid a resurgence in potentially deadly diseases such as measles. Experts stress importance of being immunized given spike in diseases such as measles. A growing number of Canadian parents say they are opposed …
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