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Premiers across the country used their New Year’s messages to emphasize everything from housing and affordability to healthy lifestyles. In his first New Year’s message as premier of British Columbia, David Eby says he’s honoured to celebrate the successes of 2022 “including the remarkable economic recovery in our province as …
Read More »‘World Unity Convoy’ planned for February in Winnipeg, organizers say – Winnipeg
The organizers of a so-called “Freedom Convoy” that paralyzed Ottawa for a month in February announced a 2023 gathering in Winnipeg. Organizers announced the plans to hold a “World Unity Convoy” in Winnipeg in a Facebook Live video Dec. 25, from a page called “Canada Unity”. They say the event …
Read More »Kevin Klein sworn in as MLA for Kirkfield Park – Winnipeg
Kevin Klein is now officially a member of the Manitoba Legislature. The former Winnipeg city councillor and third-place finisher in the city’s recent mayoral race, was officially sworn in as MLA for Kirkfield Park Friday. Read more: PC’s reclaim Kirkfield Park seat in narrow byelection victory Read More PC’s reclaim …
Read More »More investment needed to counter COVID-19 misinformation, Canada’s top doctor says – National
After a year that saw the highest number of COVID-19 deaths and a massive increase in infections, Canada’s top doctor says more investments are needed to combat misinformation about vaccines and pandemic measures to ensure Canada is ready for possible new variants of concern. “This is the pandemic that is …
Read More »RCMP tried to gain Soviet naval intelligence from defector during Cold War, records show
The young Russian seaman who turned up exhausted and bleeding on the British Columbia shore struck a Canadian intelligence official as well mannered, sincere and athletic, built like Tarzan of the movies. Less than two years later, defector Sergei Kourdakov would die in a California motel room – apparently by …
Read More »Making more kids’ pain medicine in Canada may not be ‘best way’ to spend money: Trudeau – National
As Canada faces an ongoing shortage of children’s medications, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he doesn’t know if ramping up domestic production of pharmaceuticals is the right approach to addressing the problem. “I don’t know offhand if it is the right thing for Canada to be starting producing these particular …
Read More »Federal equalization payments to Manitoba jump, NDP say use it for health – Winnipeg
The Manitoba government is forecast to see its equalization payments from the federal government jump by $577 million in the fiscal year that will start in April, new federal figures say. The total of $3.5 billion represents a 19 per cent increase from the current year and is roughly double …
Read More »Toronto mayor to ramp up pressure for mental health supports after TTC killing
In the wake of last Friday’s deadly stabbing, which took the life of 31-year-old Vanessa Kurpiewaska, Toronto’s mayor has been making increasingly public calls on the federal and provincial governments to invest more in mental health and addiction supports for both those suffering and people concerned about public safety. Standing …
Read More »Liberal candidate declares victory in Mississauga-Lakeshore federal byelection
Results from a Greater Toronto Area byelection Monday were beginning to suggest an imminent return to government for former Ontario finance minister Charles Sousa — this time as a federal member of Parliament. With just under 20 per cent of the vote counted, Sousa arrived at a campaign event in …
Read More »Major upset or ‘business as usual’? What to expect in Monday’s Mississauga byelection
At first glance, Monday’s federal byelection in a coveted Greater Toronto Area riding might seem like a nail-biter. It’s the first contest under the Conservative leadership of Pierre Poilievre, in an area of the country crucial to his party’s chances of success in future federal elections. And the contest, in …
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