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Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. Health officials on Friday confirmed a new Ebola outbreak in Congo’s remote Ituri province, with 246 …
Read More »Ford says province will make Billy Bishop Airport ‘special economic zone’ as it eyes expansion to allow jets
Listen to this article Estimated 3 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. Premier Doug Ford says his government plans to give Toronto’s Billy Bishop Airport special designation that …
Read More »Hamilton woman to pay a fraction of $101K bill after province rescued 55 miniature poodles from her home
Listen to this article Estimated 4 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 Hamilton woman who had nearly 60 dogs removed from her home by the province last …
Read More »Quebec latest province to take shot at Ontario premier’s upcoming Crown Royal whisky ban
Listen to this article Estimated 2 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. Days after Manitoba expressed its concerns, Quebec is now taking a shot at Ontario Premier Doug …
Read More »Alberta premier says province might impose oversight of Calgary’s water system after latest break
Listen to this article Estimated 4 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. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling Calgary’s second catastrophic break of the same feeder main in …
Read More »None of 40 Sisson Mine conditions met so far, province says
The New Brunswick government is acknowledging that none of the 40 conditions imposed on the Sisson Mine project have been met almost a decade after they were attached to the province’s environmental impact assessment approval. That is giving environmentalists another argument in their case against the massive resource project that …
Read More »Feds, province to spend $3B on mini nuclear power plant in Bowmanville, Ont.
Ontario and the federal government are spending a collective $3 billion to build Canada’s first small modular reactors, a new nuclear energy technology to be built next door to the Darlington power plant. Prime Minister Mark Carney, who joined Premier Doug Ford in Bowmanville Thursday to announce the new spending, …
Read More »Province to charge majority of Albertans $100 for COVID-19 vaccine this flu season
The Alberta government says most people in the province will now have to pay $100 if they want a COVID-19 vaccine dose this fall. In a news release on Friday, the province said Albertans who are ineligible for a free COVID-19 vaccine will now be charged an administration fee for each dose, whereas …
Read More »Toronto Zoo to take in blind, baby moose after province approves transfer from Ottawa
The Toronto Zoo will soon become home to a blind baby moose who was rescued near Ottawa earlier this month. The two-month-old baby moose, now named Cedar, was found by an animal rescue group on a rural road in Hawkesbury, Ont. Cedar was brought to Holly’s Haven Wildlife Rescue, where …
Read More »Heavy rain traps cars in Quebec City underpass, triggers power outages across province
Flooding and power outages are causing headaches in some parts of Quebec after summer storms and rainfalls. In Quebec City, a pair of vehicles are stuck in an underpass that quickly filled up with water. The city received up to 50 millimetres of water in just two hours this morning. According to …
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