Daily Archives: September 27, 2022

Hurricane Ian makes landfall in Cuba

A strengthening Hurricane Ian’s rain and winds lashed Cuba’s western tip, where authorities have evacuated 50,000 people, as it became a major Category 3 storm early Tuesday and roared on a path that could see it hit Florida’s west coast as a Category 4 hurricane. The storm made landfall early …

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Where do the seven UCP leadership candidates stand on education issues?

With fewer than 10 days to go until United Conservative Party members choose a new leader — and Alberta’s next premier — CBC News delved into the seven candidates’ platforms and public comments to see where they stand on the province’s education system. Although pre-kindergarten to Grade 12 education will consume 14 …

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Hundreds of thousands of COVID-19 antivirals are sitting on shelves across Canada

Health Canada has distributed enough of the antiviral Paxlovid to treat more than 700,000 people with COVID-19, yet the provinces have given only a fraction of that medication to patients.  Paxlovid has been shown to significantly reduce hospitalizations and deaths among people most at risk from COVID-19, such as seniors and people …

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Poilievre replaces top lawyer at Conservative Party

Pierre Poilievre has replaced the Conservative Party’s top lawyer with his own pick, CBC News has learned, as he continues to shake up the party’s upper echelons.  The party’s legal counsel, Arthur Hamilton, has been replaced with Michael Wilson, a Poilievre ally and partner at the law firm Goodmans, according to sources. The …

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NDP calling for probe of grocery store profits as food prices continue to rise

The federal NDP is calling for a parliamentary probe of the rising cost of food to determine whether major grocery store chains are raking in excess profits. While Canada’s inflation problem seems to be easing off, the cost of groceries has risen 10.8 per cent in the past year, according to Statistics …

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‘Unprecedented’ Nord Stream pipeline damage in Baltic Sea raises suspicion as to causes

A series of unusual leaks on two natural gas pipelines running from Russia under the Baltic Sea to Germany triggered concerns about possible sabotage Tuesday, overshadowing the inauguration of a long-awaited pipeline in Poland that will bring Norwegian gas to Europe in efforts to bolster energy independence from Moscow. Danish …

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Ontario made $520M from pot last year. So why do retailers say they’re struggling?

The province of Ontario made more than a half a billion dollars from the cannabis industry in the last fiscal year, according to public accounts released by the government on Friday. But that $520 million is coming at least partially at the expense of struggling local retailers, according to Michael Armstrong, a …

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Alberta’s graduated licensing program, road test for new drivers set for an overhaul

A graduated driver’s licence program in Alberta that has been in effect for the past 19 years is getting an overhaul. The Graduated Driver Licensing program was introduced in Alberta in 2003. New drivers can be suspended with an accumulation of eight or more demerit points, and there is zero …

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Fed up with being unable to find a home, this B.C. man built a houseboat from recycling bins and road signs

After eight years of living in tents, a car, and homemade structures in B.C. and Alberta — and over a year on the B.C. Housing waiting list for shelter — Philip Hathaway and his wife took to the sea. “I said, you know what? They don’t want us in the …

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ਕਬਾੜ ਦੀ ਦੁਕਾਨ ਵਿਚੋਂ ਦਿਨ-ਦਿਹਾੜੇ 9.50 ਲੱਖ ਚੋਰੀ

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