A fired-up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unleashed on Bell on Friday, calling its move to lay off thousands of employees — including hundreds of journalists — a “garbage decision.” Thursday’s round of job cuts is BCE’s largest in nearly 30 years. A fired-up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau unleashed on Bell …
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Mayor Chow to drop proposed Toronto property tax rate hike to 9.5%
Mayor Olivia Chow will recommend that property taxes increase by 9.5 per cent, cutting a full percentage point off the city staff proposal from earlier this month. Chow’s office confirmed to CBC Toronto the mayor will formally announced the change at a news conference Thursday morning. Chow will recommend council …
Read More »CSIS chief to face questions about sharing secret intelligence with foreign interference inquiry
The head of Canada’s spy agency and other senior intelligence officials are set to testify today as the inquiry probing allegations of foreign election interference continues to wrestle with the question of how much sensitive information — if any — it can share with the public. In its first phase, …
Read More »Task force rejects calls for special employment status for Jewish, Muslim public servants
Months before the eruption of the Israel-Hamas war ramped up ethic and religious tensions in many Canadian communities, a government task force rejected requests to recognize Muslim and Jewish public servants as separate groups facing systemic workplace barriers, CBC News has learned. Federal task force rejected request before Israel-Hamas war …
Read More »Alberta to limit gender-affirming health-care for trans youth
Premier Danielle Smith says Alberta parents will need to give permission before a student aged 15 and under can use a name or pronoun at school other than what they were given at birth. More detail coming at a news conference Thursday. Alberta will prohibit hormonal treatment, puberty blockers and …
Read More »National dental care plan registration expands today to cover seniors 72 and older
Seniors aged 72 and older are eligible as of today to register for Canada’s national dental care plan, but dentists still can’t sign up for the program — even though they’re supposed to start taking patients in just a few months. Health minister says details of how dentists will register …
Read More »A man found a time capsule under his house. The contents were extremely ’90s
Stephen Graff was having some work done on his house when he happened upon a hidden treasure from a bygone era. Nathan Headden hid a coffee can full of assorted treasures in a Missouri crawl space when he was 12. Stephen Graff was having some work done on his house …
Read More »Stigma of mental illness clouds MAID expansion, patient and psychiatrist say
Canadians suffering from debilitating mental illness cannot yet legally qualify for medical assistance in dying, unlike almost all others with severe illnesses — a restriction some advocates feel is rooted in stigma. Psychiatrists divided on extending MAID to those suffering solely from mental illnesses. WARNING: This story includes discussion of …
Read More »Consumers look to Value Village for a bargain. Many are finding ‘ridiculous’ markups
For years, Canadians have relied on Value Village to buy used goods for cheaper than other retailers. It’s one of the biggest and most popular thrift store chains in the country. Now some customers are accusing the company of massive markups on their items. A Toronto shopper found a used …
Read More »Who’s who at the foreign interference inquiry
The independent inquiry into foreign electoral interference is officially underway. Over the next year, the commission will dip in and out of the public eye as it tries to get to the bottom of what happened in the past two federal elections and whether Ottawa has a handle on the …
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