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Manitoba city faces moderate drought, residents asked to conserve water – Winnipeg

A city in Manitoba has asked its residents to limit their water usage because drought conditions are limiting its supply. Morden is now under a moderate drought warning, with the city aiming to reduce its peak water usage by 10 per cent. In a release on Tuesday, the city noted …

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Integrity commissioner asked to expand Greenbelt probe to include Doug Ford’s phone

Ontario’s integrity commissioner is being asked to widen his ongoing Greenbelt investigation to include Premier Doug Ford’s personal cellphone, Global News has learned, amidst allegations he is using the device “intentionally to avoid accountability.” The Ontario NDP sent the commissioner a new letter on Tuesday, requesting an investigation into how …

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Canada’s spy agency asked to help MPs spot foreign interference – National

Some members of Parliament say they have no idea how to spot foreign interference, as Canada’s spy agency warns that all elected officials are targets for hostile states. “There is not clarity, quite frankly, around what MPs and their parties can do to protect themselves,” NDP MP Rachel Blaney told …

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Ford government polling collected opinion on private health care, asked if system in ‘crisis’

As Ontario battled a triple-threat of respiratory illnesses in the fall of 2022, placing overwhelming strain on hospitals province-wide, the Ford government commissioned a public opinion poll on whether or not the health care system was in a state of crisis. The polling, conducted for the Ontario government in late-October …

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N.L.’s premier asked doctors to contact him directly about working in the province. They had a lot to say

Their names are redacted for privacy reasons. But their experiences trying to practise medicine in Newfoundland and Labrador are not. There’s the St. John’s-born and -raised doctor, trained at Memorial University’s medical school before moving away, who outlined a list of hurdles to coming back — including lower pay, child-care concerns and a …

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