Quebec’s measles outbreak is over, but cases continue across Canada

Harry North / montrealgazette - The disease has prompted renewed concern among Canadian public health officials after Canada lost its status as a country that had eliminated the disease.

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Social media ban for kids under consideration in online harms bill: Carney

Anja Karadeglija / nationalobserver - Prime Minister Mark Carney says that while there should be debate in Canada about a social media ban for children, he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet.

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Competition Bureau clears EQB’s deal to buy PC Financial from Loblaw

News Staff / citynews - TORONTO — The Competition Bureau has cleared EQB Inc.’s proposed acquisition of PC Financial. EQB Inc. and Loblaw Cos. Ltd. say the bureau’s approval represents an important regulatory milestone for the deal. The companies say the deal also requires appro…

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Witness alleges at defamation trial that Cardinal Ouellet rubbed her 'derrière'

Paul Cherry, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - Ouellet is suing a woman for $100,000, alleging she defamed him with sexual assault allegations.

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Montreal teacher challenges policy for trans students to hide identity from parents

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Provincial policy allows children 14 years and older to change their name and pronouns in school without parental consent.

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Toronto man charged in alleged multimillion-dollar investment fraud: York police

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Police say a 40-year-old Toronto man is facing fraud charges in an alleged multimillion-dollar investment scam.

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Supreme Court says asylum seekers entitled to subsidized Quebec daycare

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Canada’s top court has ruled Quebec discriminated against female refugee claimants by denying them access to the province’s subsidized daycare program.

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Ottawa office market experts left in the dark over feds’ return-to-work needs

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Ottawa real estate watchers are calling on the federal government to be more clear about its workspace needs as public servants prepare to spend more time in the office.

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Lawyers set to make legal arguments in Frank Stronach’s sexual assault trial

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Lawyers are set to make legal arguments Friday afternoon in the Toronto sexual assault trial of billionaire businessman Frank Stronach.

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Canada and Japan sign new strategic partnership, including military co-operation

Steven Chase / theglobeandmail - On final stop of 10-day trip, PM Carney announces deeper ties with Japan in defence, energy, critical minerals and advanced technology such as artificial intelligence

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Eby says OpenAI's Altman will apologize to Tumbler Ridge, B.C., in wake of shootings

sootoday - VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has agreed to apologize to the people of Tumbler Ridge after the mass shooting by a user of the firm's technology, whose worrisome online behaviour wasn't flagged to police by t

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Canada’s first large-scale battery plant opens in Windsor

Abdul Matin Sarfraz / nationalobserver - Canada's first large-scale battery plant has already produced more than one million cells and created 1,300 jobs in its first months of operation — and is backed by nearly $16 billion in government subsidies.

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B.C. teachers secure 3% annual wage increase in new four-year agreement

Marissa Birnie / theglobeandmail - Members voted 91 per cent in favour of agreement that covers 52,000 educators, B.C. Teachers’ Federation says

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Privacy Commissioner probe finds Loblaw took too long to delete PC Optimum accounts

sootoday - GATINEAU — An investigation by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada has found that Loblaw took too long to address requests from customers who wanted to delete their PC Optimum accounts.

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LeBlanc heading to Washington after Carney says CUSMA 'broken' by U.S. tariffs

sootoday - OTTAWA — Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc will head to Washington, D.C., for meetings tomorrow, his office confirms. LeBlanc's visit lands with the review of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement on trade in full swing.

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Montreal police arrest Bryan Fuentes Gramajo, Canada's most wanted fugitive

James Mennie, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The 24-year-old was wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a fatal shooting at a Toronto shopping centre parking lot.

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Suspect charged with murder over shooting death of 29-year-old Hamilton man

Prisha Dev / globalnews - Hamilton police say they have charged a man with first-degree murder in the 2023 shooting death of Daniel Musafiri after uncovering evidence while investigating another case.

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Slain woman, an anti-Khalistan influencer, targeted by killer — LaSalle police

Millar Holmes-Hill / windsorstar - Stabbing death of Windsor woman and social media influencer, who reported previous attack to police, draws global attention.

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Woman who accused Quebec cardinal of sexual misconduct testifies at defamation trial

sootoday - MONTREAL — The woman being sued for defamation by Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet has taken the stand at the Montreal courthouse to repeat her misconduct allegations against him.

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Greater Toronto home sales fall in February as buyers, sellers both sidelined: board

sootoday - TORONTO — Home sales in the Greater Toronto Area fell last month, along with new listings and selling prices, as the city's real estate board believes potential buyers are waiting for the market to bottom out before making a move.

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