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Memo advising PM to invoke Emergencies Act admitted its interpretation was ‘vulnerable’: docs

The memorandum to the prime minister suggesting the government invoke the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history acknowledged its interpretation of a national security threat could be challenged, the inquiry reviewing that decision heard Friday. The Privy Council Office document — entered into evidence at the Public …

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$10-a-day child care in Nunavut to start in December

Nunavummiut families will be seeing $10-a-day child care much sooner than anticipated. According to a joint news release from the federal and territorial government, as of Dec. 1, Nunavut will be the first jurisdiction to achieve $10-a-day for licensed child-care centres under a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system. Pamela Gross, Nunavut …

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How B.C. Parks is rebuilding a world-famous hiking trail to survive climate change

B.C. Parks is in the midst of repairing Mount Robson Provincial Park’s Berg Lake Trail — ruined by extreme flooding caused by 2021’s heat dome. The time-consuming, complicated work is intended to protect the park from the damaging effects of climate change. News Source link

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Argo fans flock to Regina to cheer on Toronto in the Grey Cup game

The Toronto Argonauts are getting ready to take the field for the 109th Grey Cup game on Sunday, and scores of their fans are in Saskatchewan to cheer the football team on as they face the heavily favoured Winnipeg Blue Bombers. It’s cold in Regina, colder than Toronto, but the fans say …

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Alberta seniors expected to be hit hard this flu season

Doctors and infectious disease specialists are urging Albertans to look after seniors as Alberta heads into an early influenza season. As of Friday, four Albertans over the age of 60 have died and 157 have been hospitalized. The data isn’t all that surprising, says University of Calgary infectious disease specialist …

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Indigenous people ‘invisible’ to police, family says, after missing Vancouver man confirmed dead

After spending the last two weeks papering downtown Vancouver with missing person posters of Darius Smallboy, the young Indigenous man’s family has just learned he was lying dead in a city morgue the entire time. Smallboy’s family is now speaking out about what they allege was an indifferent response from …

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U.S. midterms won’t weaken Washington’s support for Ukraine, conference told

A major international security conference started Friday in Halifax with repeated reassurances that the results of the U.S. midterm elections won’t mean a major shift in U.S. support for Ukraine. U.S. New Hampshire Democratic Senator Jeanne Shaheen told the opening panel at the Halifax International Security Forum that there’s clear …

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First Nations chief critical of Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s Indigenous heritage claim

A First Nations leader in Alberta is questioning Premier Danielle Smith’s claim of Indigenous heritage. Smith has said she has some Cherokee roots and years ago declared herself as a person of mixed race. Chief Tony Alexis of Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, west of Edmonton, said on Friday that a …

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ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨੇ ਅਰੁਣਾਚਲ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਨੂੰ ਦਿੱਤੇ ਤੋਹਫ਼ੇ: ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡੇ ਤੇ ਹਾਈਡ੍ਰੋਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਜੈਕਟ ਦਾ ਉਦਘਾਟਨ

ਈਟਾਨਗਰ, 19 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨਰਿੰਦਰ ਮੋਦੀ ਨੇ ਅੱਜ ਅਰੁਣਾਚਲ ਪ੍ਰਦੇਸ਼ ਦੀ ਰਾਜਧਾਨੀ ਈਟਾਨਗਰ ਨੇੜੇ ਸੂਬੇ ਦੇ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਗ੍ਰੀਨਫੀਲਡ ਹਵਾਈ ਅੱਡੇ ਦਾ ਉਦਘਾਟਨ ਕੀਤਾ। ਇਸ ਦੇੇ ਨਾਲ ਪ੍ਰਧਾਨ ਮੰਤਰੀ ਨੇ ਸੂਬੇ ਦੇ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਕਾਮੇਂਗ ਜ਼ਿਲ੍ਹੇ ‘ਚ 600 ਮੈਗਾਵਾਟ ਕਾਮੇਂਗ ਹਾਈਡ੍ਰੋਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਜੈਕਟ ਰਾਸ਼ਟਰ ਨੂੰ ਸਮਰਪਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ। ਕਾਮੇਂਗ ਹਾਈਡ੍ਰੋਇਲੈਕਟ੍ਰਿਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਜੈਕਟ ਪੱਛਮੀ ਕਾਮੇਂਗ …

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ਭਾਰਤ ਮਾਲਾ ਸੜਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਜੈਕਟ: ਕਿਸਾਨਾਂ ਨੇ ਬੰਦੀ ਬਣਾਏ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀ ਛੱਡੇ

ਪ੍ਰਮੋਦ ਕੁਮਾਰ ਸਿੰਗਲਾਸ਼ਹਿਣਾ, 18 ਨਵੰਬਰ ਬਲਾਕ ਸ਼ਹਿਣਾ ਦੇ ਪਿੰਡ ਲੀਲੋ ਕੋਲ ਭਾਰਤ ਮਾਲਾ ਸੜਕ ਪ੍ਰਾਜੈਕਟ ਤਹਿਤ ਖੇਤਾਂ ‘ਚ ਸੜਕ ਦੀਆਂ ਬੁਰਜੀਆਂ ਲਾਉਣ ਅਤੇ ਜ਼ਮੀਨੀ ਸਰਵੇਖਣ ਕਰਨ ‘ਤੇ ਬੰਦੀ ਬਣਾਏ ਗਏ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਅੱਜ ਲਿਖਤੀ ਸਮਝੌਤੇ ਮਗਰੋਂ ਛੱਡ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਹੈ। ਸਰਵੇਖਣ ਦੇ ਵਿਰੋਧ ਦੌਰਾਨ ਕਿਸਾਨ ਜਥੇਬੰਦੀ ਵੱਲੋਂ ਸਰਵੇਖਣ ਅਧਿਕਾਰੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ …

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