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Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Alberta’s governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the second, third and fourth time in …
Read More »Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach facing 8 additional charges: police
Billionaire businessman Frank Stronach, accused earlier this month of sex-related offences dating back decades, is now facing eight additional charges, police said Wednesday. Peel Regional Police said the 91-year-old founder of auto parts giant Magna was arrested again and charged with six counts of sexual assault, one count of attempted …
Read More »Canadian tire distributor acquires additional space in Manitoba’s CentrePort – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Canadian-owned tire distributor is adding more land to space acquired in CentrePort Canada. With thousands of acres in Winnipeg and the RM of Rosser, CentrePort Canada is an inland port housing companies from North America. Since its founding in 2008, the …
Read More »Manitoba recruiting, funding additional clinical psychologists – Winnipeg
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The provincial government says it’s spending more than $1.2 million to fund 17 additional clinical psychologist positions in Manitoba. That’s on top of five previously-announced positions last year, all of which have been filled. Health minister Audrey Gordon and mental health and …
Read More »Ontario hospital nurses awarded additional pay after Bill 124 struck down
Ontario hospital nurses should get retroactive pay for three years during which they were subject to a wage restraint law that has since been ruled unconstitutional, arbitrators have ruled. The 2019 law, known as Bill 124, capped wage increases for the nurses and other public sector workers at one per …
Read More »City pays $3.1M for additional land near WinSport for future park
A recently released document shows the City of Calgary has paid two people $3.1 million for land that will be added to its planned Paskapoo Slopes park. That park is to be just east of WinSport and south of the new Trinity Hills residential/commercial development along the Trans-Canada Highway. When city …
Read More »Ottawa to offer passport pickup service in 4 additional cities, says more locations coming
The federal government plans to open four new passport pickup locations nationally as it struggles to manage lengthy wait times and backlogs that have plagued the application process for months now. The new application and pickup service will be available in Trois-Rivières, Que.; Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.; Charlottetown, P.E.I.; and Red …
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