Category: Canada
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Dental care program starts accepting claims for 1 million seniors
OTTAWA — The first seniors to register with the new federal dental care plan can now start submitting claims. The government says about 1 million seniors are now eligible to receive dental care under the program. The program was conceived as part of a co-operative political pact between the Liberals and the New Democrats. Once…
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Conservatives continue to out-fundraise all other federal parties
OTTAWA — The Opposition Conservatives continue to out-fundraise other federal parties, bringing in millions more than all the others combined in the first three months of the year. The Tories raised nearly $10.7 million from more than 51,000 contributors between January and March. That’s more than three times as good as the Liberals, who got…
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Loblaw CEO ‘cautiously optimistic’ about grocery code of conduct
Loblaw Cos. Ltd.’s new chief executive said he’s “cautiously optimistic” that the company will be able to come to an agreement on the grocery code of conduct. “Where it’s going to land, I’m of course not sure, but I’m more optimistic now than before that we can land an agreement on the code,” Per Bank…
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Emergency notification heard in downtown Kingston a planned test by Queen’s University
Test part of planned upgrades to Queen’s University emergency notification system
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Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools comes into effect
The government directive requires that all new bathrooms and locker rooms in schools across the province be designated for either boys or girls.
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Fallout continues after chaos in House of Commons
A day after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre was kicked out of the House of Commons for comments he made about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, the fallout continues, with the Tories now taking aim at the Speaker. On their way into caucus meetings Wednesday morning, Conservative MPs had little to say about Poilievre’s remarks a day…
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Woman accusing ex-MP Saganash of sex assault files suit after criminal case diverted
OTTAWA — A woman accusing former New Democrat MP Romeo Saganash of sexual assault has filed a civil suit, saying she never wanted prosecutors to divert his criminal charge to a restorative justice program. Carmen Roy, who fought to have her name released in the case, alleges she was sexually assaulted a year ago, and…
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Poilievre allowed back in House of Commons after getting kicked out Tuesday
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre will be allowed back in the House of Commons from question period Wednesday after being ejected for calling the prime minister a ‘wacko.’
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Nova Scotia mass shooting: progress report released on response to public inquiry
The federal-provincial inquiry submitted a final report last year that included 130 non-binding recommendations for change, half of which focus on policing.
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More than 1,400 Waterloo Region HS students suspended over vaccination issues
More than 1,400 high school students in Waterloo Region were suspended by Waterloo Public Health on Wednesday morning for having out-of-date vaccination records.