Palestinian health and civil emergency service officials said at least 35 people were killed in an Israeli airstrike Sunday on the southern Gaza city of Rafah. The Israel Defence Forces said it struck a Hamas compound in Rafah and that it was carried out with “precise ammunition and on the …
Read More »This senator wants Canadian banks to fight climate change
Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change. Rosa Galvez says financial sector needs to be more strongly regulated. Rosa Galvez has taken on a Herculean task: force Canadian financial institutions to prioritize the fight against climate change. More …
Read More »Albertans think Danielle Smith is bad on affordability. Here’s why she isn’t paying for it
Poll suggests the premier isn’t getting blamed for housing crisis or higher cost of living, but health care and municipal relations have emerged as liabilities What is driving disapproval of UCP? Health care and city relations, poll shows. EDITOR’S NOTE: CBC News commissioned this public opinion research in April, leading …
Read More »G7 agree on next moves on seized Russian assets
FRANKFURT, Germany — Finance officials from the Group of Seven (G7) rich democracies said they had moved toward agreement on a US proposal to squeeze more money for Ukraine from Russian assets frozen in their countries. But the ministers left a final deal to be worked out ahead of a …
Read More »A new report on poverty challenges both Liberals and Conservatives
The Food Banks Canada report usefully focuses political attention on a segment of the population that badly needs it. That presents an immediate challenge for the Liberal government — but the Conservatives are also challenged to explain exactly how they’d do things differently. The Conservatives are using the report to …
Read More »Premier says sex education group will be banned from giving school presentations
Premier Blaine Higgs says he will ban a Quebec-based sex education group from presenting at schools in New Brunswick after a presentation he believes was “clearly inappropriate.” The premier took to X, formerly Twitter, to express his displeasure with a presentation given at several New Brunswick high schools. “To say …
Read More »‘Language is identity’: First Nation legislator to make history at Ontario legislature
Decades after being punished in a residential school for speaking his own language, Sol Mamakwa will hold the powerful to account at Ontario’s legislature in the very same language past governments tried to bury. NDP MPP Sol Mamakwa to ask question in Anishininiimowin on Tuesday. Decades after being punished in …
Read More »Trains serving BRI marks 90,000th trip
XI’AN, China — A train fully loaded with various products departed from Xi’an, the capital city of northwest China’s Shaanxi province, on Saturday morning, bound for Malaszewicze, Poland, marking a significant milestone as the total number of China-Europe freight train trips has surpassed 90,000. To date, China-Europe freight trains have …
Read More »Alberta plans to consult on proposed gender policies, but advocates say they weren’t invited
Pride groups and some health-care providers are harshly criticizing the Alberta government’s latest attempt to get feedback on its proposed gender identity policies — a private invite that requires participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Government invitation requires participants to sign a non-disclosure agreement. Pride groups and some health-care providers …
Read More »Judge rejects former Tim Hortons baker’s proposed class action
A B.C. judge has rejected a years-long effort by a former Tim Hortons employee to certify a class action lawsuit, which alleged that “secret” agreements between the fast food giant and its franchisees suppressed workers’ wages. Samir Latifi claimed that so called “no-poach” clauses in license agreements barred Tim Hortons …
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