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Donald Trump’s administration in its first two weeks has offered up a dizzying series of moves in an apparent bid to remake the federal workforce. On the first day of his second, non-consecutive term as U.S. president, Trump signed an executive order that would allow his administration to fire at …
Read More »Data overhaul needed for cancer patients in Canada: advocacy groups – National
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 18, 2023 8:37 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Two groups are calling for better data collection, including on race, ethnicity and end-of-life care, to help improve cancer outcomes across the country. The Canadian Cancer Society and the Canadian Partnership …
Read More »Parliament’s Centre Block is getting a massive overhaul. Here’s what’s changing
A massive overhaul of Centre Block on Parliament Hill is expected to be completed by 2031 and open to the public by 2032. Rob Wright, an assistant deputy minister at Public Services and Procurement Canada, says structural strengthening and heritage restoration is currently underway. A new three-level welcome centre is …
Read More »Ontario promised to overhaul abortion care – but clinics say they’ve been left out
2:59 Ontario excludes clinics in plan to change abortion care funding, workers say This is the second part of a series on abortion care in Ontario. Read the first story here. Ontario’s abortion care system has been in a state of disrepair for years, and last December, Queen’s Park decided …
Read More »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 …
Read More »3 years after OSAP overhaul, many Ontario students still struggling to get funding they need
When Alexis Da Ponte was accepted to her desired program at York University — a Bachelor of Fine Arts concurrent with a Bachelor of Education — she was thrilled to begin a new chapter of her life this fall. “I am the first to go to university… Both my parents after high school, went …
Read More »Google says to overhaul ad tracking system on Android devices- The New Indian Express
By AFP WASHINGTON: Google announced plans Wednesday to limit ad tracking on its Android operating system, a sensitive privacy issue that rival Apple has already moved to curtail on its iPhones. Tech giants are under growing pressure to better balance privacy and ad-targeting, as users complain, regulators threaten tougher rules, …
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