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Canada’s population hits 41M months after breaking 40M threshold

Nine months after reaching a population of 40 million, Canada has cracked a new threshold. As of Wednesday morning, it’s estimated 41 million people now call the country home, according to Statistics Canada’s live population tracker. The speed at which Canada’s population is growing was also reflected in new data …

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Nova Scotia rent supplement threshold change means people need to pay more to get help – Halifax

A quiet change to a federal-provincial housing supplement means Nova Scotians will have to pay more of their income on housing in order to qualify for government help. Previously, people who spent 30 per cent or more of their pre-tax income on rent or housing costs could qualify for the Canada-Nova …

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B.C. will decriminalize up to 2.5 grams of hard drugs. Drug users say that threshold won’t decriminalize them

British Columbia is set to become the first province to decriminalize possession of small amounts of illicit drugs — but drug users, advocates, and the province’s chief coroner warn the threshold of 2.5 grams set by the federal government ignores the hard realities of how people buy and use drugs in …

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