By Amanda Brown Updated: August 18, 2023 Canada’s Supreme Court has consented to hear airlines’ legal challenge to compensation rules for international flights. A lower court had earlier dismissed the…
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By Marnie Cathcart Updated: August 17, 2023 Many of the estimated $22 billion worth of COVID-related contracts granted by Health Canada (HC) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)…
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Canadian Trans Powerlifter Draws Criticism After Setting Records in Women’s Event
by EditorKBy Marnie Cathcart Updated: August 17, 2023 A 40-year-old powerlifter who was born a male but now identifies as a woman has set national and unofficial world records in powerlifting,…
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Heavy Rain Sends 300 Million Litres of Sewage Water Into Ottawa River
by EditorKBy Amanda Brown Updated: August 17, 2023 Despite Ottawa’s new purpose-designed stormwater tunnel opening in November 2020, a severe thunderstorm on Aug. 10 sent 316 million litres of stormwater and…
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Most Homeless Using Federal Program Still Without Housing a Year Later
by EditorKBy Matthew Horwood Updated: August 16, 2023 Just 40 percent of homeless people successfully found stable housing under a $3.7 billion federal housing aid program, according to a government report.…
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Jordan Peterson Co-Launches Initiative for ‘Alternative’ Global Policies and Dialogue
by EditorKBy Amanda Brown Updated: August 16, 2023 Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson is collaborating on an initiative to develop “alternative” global policies and bring together a wider spectrum of viewpoints on…
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‘Based on a False Premise’: Poilievre Reacts to Media Accusations He’s Courting the Far Right
by EditorKBy Matthew Horwood Updated: August 16, 2023 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre fired back at a reporter’s accusation during a press conference in Prince Edward Island on Aug. 16 that he’s…
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Assisted Death Now a ‘Very Frequent’ Procedure in Quebec, Oversight Body Warns
by EditorKBy Isaac Teo Updated: August 15, 2023 As the number of deaths through medical assistance in dying (MAiD) continues to rise in Quebec, the head of the independent body that…
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Feds Begin Consultations on Generative AI Code of Conduct
by EditorKBy Matthew Horwood Updated: August 15, 2023 The federal government has started work on a voluntary code of conduct for generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology like ChatGPT, providing guidelines to…
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Indicted Ex-Canadian Space Agency Engineer Led Chinese Firm Sanctioned for Backing Wagner Group
by EditorKBy Andrew Chen Updated: August 15, 2023 A Quebec man charged in 2021 for unauthorized dealings with a Chinese company while employed at the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) has since…