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Defence Minister says Canada supports U.S. downing of Chinese balloon suspected of surveillance
A jet flies by a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floats off the coast in Surfside Beach, South Carolina, U.S. February 4, 2023. REUTERS/Randall Hill
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Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston revives campaign pledge to fix health care at party meeting
Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston delivers his housing plan in Halifax on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2021. Houston repeats his campaign promises to fix Nova Scotia’s strained health care system — at whatever cost — in a speech before Nova Scotia Progressive Conservative party members Saturday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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Ottawa asking RCMP to ban use of sponge rounds, CS gas for crowd control
A protester holds up a fragmented piece of a Sponge round used to cause blunt trauma after a protest in Hong Kong on Sunday, Sept. 22, 2019. The federal government says it wants the RCMP to ban the use of two crowd-control tools that forces across the country say they have in their arsenals: sponge rounds and CS gas. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Kin Cheung
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Marit Stiles confirmed as Ontario NDP leader after majority vote
Marit Stiles is expected to be confirmed as the new leader of the Ontario NDP today. Ontario NDP MPP Marit Stiles announces her provincial leadership campaign in Toronto, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Alex Lupul
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U.S. downs suspected Chinese spy balloon over ocean, drawing threat from China
FILE PHOTO: A balloon flies in the sky over Billings, Montana, U.S. February 1, 2023 in this picture obtained from social media. Chase Doak/via REUTERS
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Ontario proposes increase in fines for LTC homes without AC in all rooms
Ontario is proposing to increase fines to long-term care homes that do not have air conditioning in every room. A worker is shown through a window at a long-term care home in Almonte, Ont. on Thursday, April 9, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Global ocean conservation conference in B.C. hopes to build on Montreal agreements
Joyce Murray, minister of fisheries, oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, rises during question period on Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2022, in Ottawa. Federal politicians are expected to make a significant announcement on ocean protection during an international conference in Vancouver on how to take action on promises to protect the marine world made at recent global environment meetings. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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U.S. monitoring suspected Chinese spy balloon
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In sea of consulting contract problems, the Conservatives only dream of their whale
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House GOP votes to oust Democrat Ilhan Omar from major committee
FILE - Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Jan. 25, 2023, in Washington. House Republicans are preparing to oust Omar from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)
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Supreme Court agrees to rule on independence of Canadian military’s judges
The Main Courtroom at the Supreme Court of Canada is pictured in Ottawa, on Monday, Nov. 28, 2022. Canada's top court has agreed to rule on whether the military's judges are truly independent. The Supreme Court of Canada announced its decision this morning in response to an appeal from several service members whose criminal cases are on hold. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Suspected Chinese spy balloon spotted over Montana, Pentagon says
A high-altitude balloon floats over Billings, Mont., on Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. The Department of National Defence says Canada is working with the United States to protect sensitive information from foreign intelligence threats after a high-altitude surveillance balloon was detected. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Larry Mayer/The Billings Gazette
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Son of late MP Jim Carr to seek Liberal party nomination to take over Winnipeg riding
Ben Carr, son of the late member of Parliament Jim Carr, speaks at a memorial service for his father at the Centennial Concert Hall in Winnipeg, on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. Carr is seeking the party's nomination to run for his father's seat in an upcoming byelection.THE CANADIAN PRESS/John Woods
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Parent group welcomes New Brunswick premier statement that French immersion reform uncertain
The New Brunswick premier says a proposed French immersion education model that was widely criticized was "never a sure thing," a statement welcomed by a parent group. A classroom is shown in Scarborough, Ont., on Monday, Sept. 14, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Supreme Court won’t hear Muslim charity’s appeal over suspension freeze refusal
The Supreme Court of Canada is seen, Thursday January 16, 2020 in Ottawa. The Supreme Court of Canada will not look at whether the suspension of a Muslim charity should have been put on hold while an administrative challenge of the penalty played out. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Some Ontario boards plan to keep virtual learning even if province doesn’t require it
Several Ontario school boards are planning to continue offering virtual learning for the 2023-24 year, forging ahead before provincial direction is set, and saying it's now more about a different mode of learning rather than a pandemic response. A person types on a laptop in New Jersey, May 18, 2021.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jenny Kane
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Canadians who are angry about airlines are finding the Liberals have a case of ‘bureaucratic governmentitis’
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Liberals set to introduce law delaying expansion of medically assisted dying regime
The federal government is introducing a law as early as this week to delay the expansion of its medically assisted dying regime to people whose sole underlying condition is a mental disorder. Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada David Lametti rises during Question Period, Tuesday, January 31, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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B.C. ‘fight continues’ during decriminalization amid safe supply calls, advocacy group members say
A pouch containing crystallized methamphetamine and a homemade pipe are shown March 21, 2006, in Window Rock, Ariz. Decriminalization of some hard drugs began in B.C. on Tuesday after the federal government granted B.C.'s request for an exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act as part of a plan to combat an overdose crisis that has claimed over 11,000 lives since 2016.THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Matt York
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Former Tory interim leader, longtime Manitoba MP Candice Bergen stepping down
Conservative MP Candice Bergen speaks at the Conservative Party of Canada leadership vote, in Ottawa, Saturday, Sept. 10, 2022. Former Conservative interim leader and longtime Manitoba member of Parliament Candice Bergen has announced she is stepping down. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Deena Hinshaw joins Bonnie Henry in B.C. as temporary deputy health officer
Dr. Deena Hinshaw provides an update in Edmonton, Friday, Sept. 3, 2021. The former chief medical officer of health in Alberta, has a new role as the deputy provincial health officer in British Columbia.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Nova Scotia signs $365-million, 10-year contract with health tech firm for digital record system
The Nova Scotia government has entered into a $365-million, 10-year agreement with a health technology firm to design and manage the digital medical record program first announced more than seven years ago. A person types on a laptop in New Jersey, May 18, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jenny Kane
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Ottawa caught off guard by Saskatchewan’s ‘unforeseen’ request for COVID-19 help
Paul Merriman, Saskatchewan's health minister, speaks to media after the throne speech at the Legislative Building in Regina on Wednesday Oct. 27, 2021. Documents show employees in the federal departments were surprised when Merriman sent a letter in October 2021 requesting help during the height of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Michael Bell
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Alberta First Nation signs child-welfare agreement with feds, without the province
The Peace Tower is pictured on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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ServiceOntario expanding online options, soon to include marriage licences
Ontario Premier Doug Ford attends a news conference at the Michener Institute of Education in Toronto, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. Ford is set to hold a press conference today, where he is expected to announce that the province will perform thousands more surgeries in private facilities in an effort to tackle the growing backlog. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
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Health care deal should come shortly after Feb. 7 meeting with Trudeau, Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford speaks as he holds a press conference in Brampton., Ont., on Friday, January 27, 2023. Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he's disappointed the federal environment minister indicated he'd consider intervening in the province's Greenbelt development plans.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Ethics committee to probe conflict-of-interest violation by Trade Minister Mary Ng
Economic Development Minister, International Trade Minister and Small Business and Export Promotion Minister Mary Ng speaks with the media, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2023 in Mexico City, Mexico. A parliamentary committee has voted in favour of investigating Ng's ethics violation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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U.S. launches second USMCA dispute panel in dairy battle with Canada
Minister of Economic Development, Minister of International Trade and Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion Mary Ng, right, looks on as United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai speaks during a joint news conference in Ottawa, Thursday, May 5, 2022. The United States is filing another formal dispute over what it considers Canada’s failure to live up to its trade obligations to American dairy farmers and producers.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Police arrest D.C. city employee over shooting death of 13-year-old
FILE - Flowers are secured to a pole as a memorial to Karon Blake, 13, on the corner of Quincy Street NE and Michigan Avenue NE in the Brookland neighborhood of Washington, Jan. 10, 2023. The note reads, "Karon we will love and miss you dearly." Jason Lewis, a longtime Parks and Recreation Department employee, turned himself in Tuesday morning to face charges of second-degree murder while armed. Lewis shot middle schooler Karon Blake on Jan. 7, around 4 a.m. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)
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Backlog targeted as Veterans Affairs reports nearly $1B for ex-soldiers was unspent
Minister of Veterans Affairs Lawrence MacAulay participates in an interview in his office in Ottawa, on Thursday, Dec. 15, 2022. The Trudeau government is facing fresh calls to eliminate the backlog of disability claims from ill and injured veterans amid revelations Veterans Affairs Canada failed to spend nearly $1 billion of its budget last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Liberals should legislate long-term care standards to fulfil pledge in pact, says NDP
A panel of experts with the Health Standards Organization has developed updated guidance for how care homes should operate in light of the deadly and tragic toll the pandemic took on Canadian residents and their quality of life. A man looks out the window at the Camilla Care Community centre overlooking crosses marking the deaths of multiple people that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic in Mississauga, Ont., on May 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Commission probing use of Emergencies Act for 2022 trucker protests granted extension
Commissioner Paul Rouleau presides over the Public Order Emergency Commission in Ottawa, on Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2022. The commission investigating the federal government’s use of the Emergencies Act has asked the government for more time to complete its report. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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N.S. pilot clinics to expand scope of practice for pharmacists, freeing up busy ERs
Nova Scotia Health Minister Michelle Thompson fields a question at a COVID-19 briefing in Halifax on Wednesday, Sept. 29, 2021. A new $1million pilot project in Nova Scotia will expand the scope of practice for pharmacists as the province tries to free up space in its struggling emergency departments. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan
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By the numbers for British Columbia’s overdose crisis
British Columbia's chief coroner Lisa Lapointe speaks during a news conference in the press gallery at the B.C. Legislature in Victoria, Monday, Nov. 1, 2021. Lapointe released overdose figures for 2022, showing 2,272 residents died from toxic drugs last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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No interest in ‘watering down’ LTC standards to meet national ones, Ontario minister says
Ontario Long-Term Care Minister Paul Calandra speaks with media at Queen’s Park in Toronto on Wednesday, September 14, 2022. Calandra says he will take a look at new national standards for the sector, but he has no interest in "watering down" what the province is already doing to improve care.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
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1.27 million protest French pension reforms, officials say
Police officers stand next to protesters waving a French flag as they participate in a demonstration on a second day of nationwide strikes and protests over the government's proposed pension reform, in Lille, northern France on January 31, 2023. - France braces for major transport blockages, with mass strikes and protests set to hit the country for the second time in a month in objection to the planned boost of the age of retirement from 62 to 64. On January 19, some 1.1 million voiced their opposition to the proposed shake-up -- the largest protests since the last major round of pension reform in 2010. (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI / AFP) (Photo by FRANCOIS LO PRESTI/AFP via Getty Images)