The Canadian PressJordan Press OTTAWA–The Trudeau Liberals are offering indigenous communities $30 million in prize money as part of a contest that could end up rewriting the rules about how the federal government funds badly-needed housing on-reserve. Key to the contest is to draw in private-sector builders to help finance […]
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By Jeff Donn The Associated Press Dental health experts worry that more people are using toothpaste that skips the most important ingredient ‚Äî fluoride ‚Äî and leaves them at a greater risk of cavities. Most toothpastes already contain fluoride. While health authorities recognize fluoride as a cavity blocker, the internet […]
By Jon Gambrell The Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Saudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador Monday and froze “all new business” with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom’s arrest of women’s rights activists ‚Äî yet another warning to the West reflecting Riyadh’s newly assertive foreign policy. […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–Doug Ford is bringing the same kind of chaos that defined his tenure at Toronto city hall to the Ontario legislature, the province’s opposition parties suggested Tuesday as flaring tensions derailed debate over a controversial government proposal. Discussions over a government bill that would slash Toronto […]
The Canadian PressPaola Loriggio TORONTO–As anti-poverty advocates denounced the Ontario government’s decision to scrap a basic income pilot project, the province defended the move yesterday by suggesting the program discouraged participants from finding work. Although the Progressive Conservatives had promised to preserve the pilot project, Social Services minister Lisa MacLeod […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–The federal government is scaling back its carbon pricing plan for heavy industrial emitters in a bid to cut greenhouse gas production without creating an incentive for companies to simply up and leave Canada altogether. Last week, Environment minister Catherine McKenna quietly set out a new […]
The Canadian Press Environment Canada says a special air quality statement has been issued for the Northern Ontario cities of Sudbury and North Bay due to smoke from forest fires in the area. The agency says smoke is causing poor air quality and reducing visibility, and warns conditions may deteriorate […]
The Canadian PressDirk Meissner VICTORIA–A female killer whale that was seen pushing the body of its newborn calf after it died last week appears in good health and is getting help from members of her pod, says a whale scientist. Ken Balcomb, the senior whale scientist at Center For Whale […]
The Canadian Press BANFF, Alta.–Police are asking for help finding a 1900s-era coal miners’ lamp that was removed from a historic site in Banff National Park. Banff RCMP received a report on Saturday that the artifact was missing from the Lower Bankhead near Lake Minnewanka. Police said the Wolf Flame […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–Federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh formally is asking the prime minister to immediately give cities the leeway to ban handguns. In a lengthy letter to Justin Trudeau outlining a long-term approach to tackling crime, Singh said more policing is not a solution to gun violence in cities […]
The Canadian Press KANANASKIS, Alta.–RCMP say two men died yesterday in the crash of a small plane in a rugged mountainous region southwest of Calgary. Police said the twin-engine aircraft went down around 1:30 p.m. There were eyewitness reports that the Piper PA-31 Navajo crashed in the Rae Glacier area. […]
By Cassandra Szklarski The Canadian Press TORONTO — Repeated shortages of the life-saving EpiPen has “moved from an inconvenience to a concern,” says Food Allergy Canada. The national advocacy group was among those alarmed by yet another announcement from Pfizer that its epinephrine auto-injector is in short supply, with executive […]
