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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A salmon spat is bubbling up in Atlantic Canada. On one side are fish farmers who …
Read More »Crackdown on ‘out-of-control’ trucking loophole promised in upcoming federal budget
The government says it’s earmarking money in the upcoming budget to crack down on a tax-evasion scheme the trucking industry has long derided as a $1-billion scam. The Canadian Trucking Alliance (CTA), the voice of the country’s trucking industry, has dubbed it “Driver Inc.” It occurs when companies try to …
Read More »AI job applicants, promised boats, and boycotts going strong: CBC’s Marketplace cheat sheet
Miss something this week? Don’t panic. CBC’s Marketplace rounds up the consumer and health news you need. Want this in your inbox? Get the Marketplace newsletter every Friday. That white guy who can’t get a job at Tim Hortons? He’s AI That white guy who can’t get a job at Tim Hortons? He’s AI ‘Josh’ …
Read More »Her brother was killed during the war in Gaza. She promised she would bring him home
In the heart of Khan Younis, surrounded by the relative quiet of the Gaza Strip under a ceasefire, Shireen Talaba removes cinder blocks from around a grave. She stands back as men start to dig, her anxiety palpable. Eventually, she takes a shovel and begins to dig herself. Over the …
Read More »Doug Ford promised to ‘Get It Done’ last election. How did he do?
With Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives seeking re-election on a slogan of “Protect Ontario,” it’s worth examining whether they made good on their last campaign slogan: “Get It Done.” The Ontario PC campaign promises in 2022 focused largely on building, in particular housing, hospitals, highways, transit and long-term care homes. A …
Read More »Promised Canada-wide ban on vaping flavours increasingly unlikely, health groups warn
Nicotine control groups that have waited years for a nationwide ban on vaping flavours say they’ve now been given indications it won’t happen — despite the minister responsible vowing last fall that the restrictions were coming “soon.” Cynthia Callard, executive director of Physicians for a Smoke-Free Canada, said she and representatives from a …
Read More »Two years ago, the world promised to protect nature. Pressure is mounting to deliver
Two years ago in Montreal, nearly 200 countries signed a landmark agreement to reverse the loss of nature by the end of the decade and raise $700 billion a year to achieve that goal. Over the next two weeks in Cali, Colombia, delegates will meet at the COP16 United Nations …
Read More »Migrants promised a ‘VIP’ route to the U.S. from an idyllic Colombian island find danger instead
When Mafer González set foot on land after a gruelling 10-hour boat journey from the Colombian island of San Andrés last October, she said it felt like her soul had returned to her body. González and the 17 other Venezuelan migrants who’d crossed the Caribbean waters to Nicaragua in a small …
Read More »Premier Doug Ford’s 2018 mandate letter promised to hold cabinet ministers accountable
After Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives were swept into office in June 2018, ending 15 years of Liberal rule, newly minted Premier Doug Ford provided his cabinet ministers a new north star. He would run a government defined by ethics, accountability and a province that was strictly “for the people.” In a …
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 …
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