Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to tour a rare earths element processing plant in Saskatoon today, but Saskatchewan’s premier says he’s disappointed he was not made aware of the visit. Lithium, graphite, nickel, cobalt, copper and the group of 17 metals and minerals known as rare earth elements are being […]
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WHITEHORSE – The Yukon Liberals have a new leader who will officially be sworn in as the territory’s 10th premier this weekend. Ranj Pillai, a member of Yukon’s legislature since 2016, was acclaimed Sunday as the new Liberal leader, and will soon become the territory’s 10th premier, replacing Premier Sandy […]
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ST. CATHARINES, Ont. – A series of explosions and a large fire at a hazardous waste facility in St. Catharines, Ont., left one person with serious injuries and triggered the evacuation of nearby homes on Thursday as crews worked to put out the large blaze. St. Catharines Fire Services said […]
By James McCarten
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MEXICO CITY – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau extolled the virtues of North American free trade to a Mexican audience of business leaders Tuesday – and took a few jabs at the former U.S. president who tried to do away with it. Trudeau, kicking off his final day in Mexico City […]
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A parliamentary committee wants to hear from passengers who found their holiday travel plans sidelined by delays and cancellations. Members of the federal transport committee voted in favour of a motion to study the widespread disruptions that affected thousands of people who travelled by air and rail in recent weeks. […]
By Laura Osman
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Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted. The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act aims to walk the narrow line between giving people who smoke […]
By Maan Alhmidi
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Some of Canada’s largest police associations pledged Friday to work to end what they called an “unacceptable wave of violence” following the killings of five police officers in four months. In a joint statement, the Canadian Police Association, the Police Association of Ontario, the Ontario Provincial Police Association and the […]
By Cassandra Szklarski
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A winter getaway to Mexico ended in frustration and exhaustion for Shannon Dryer after weather-related disruptions delayed her family’s return to British Columbia, sent their luggage astray and highlighted the many ways a vacation can go awry. The ordeal propelled her to swear off future bookings with WestJet and kiboshed […]
By Camille Bains
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As cases of the Omicron subvariant XBB.1.5 increased in some countries, a Canadian evolutionary biologist says he saw the need for a nickname to spark interest in notable lineages instead of hard-to-remember strings of letters and numbers. Ryan Gregory of the University of Guelph dubbed the latest subvariant Kraken, the […]
By Laura Osman
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OTTAWA – Advocates on both sides of the vaping debate say the government must do more to enforce penalties for selling vapes to kids after a review concluded no changes to the legislation were warranted. The Tobacco and Vaping Products Act aims to walk the narrow line between giving people […]
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The Ontario Provincial Police is warning the public after four people in central Ontario recently died from suspected opioid overdoses. The OPP are advising of a “highly potent and potentially fatal strain” of illicit opioids that they say may be circulating in Simcoe County and the District Municipality of Muskoka. […]
By James McCarten
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WASHINGTON – From the frosty throes of a Canadian winter, the land of conquistadors and Frida Kahlo can seem a million miles away. But that’s not the way North American diplomats, trade experts and business leaders see it – and they hope the continent’s leaders have a similar vision as […]
