Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit
sootoday - EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash.
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Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., begin returning to class following mass shooting
Charles Brockman / citynews - Some students are heading back to classes in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., just over two weeks after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people, including six at the local secondary school, before turning the gun on herself.
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Feds earmark $1.55 billion to ensure equal services for First Nations kids
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to announce $1.55 billion in federal funding today to support Jordan’s Principle, a legal principle that states First Nations children must have equal access to social and health services.…
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Quebec campaign aims to combat alpha male influencers who trivialize sexual violence
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Universities and junior colleges across Quebec are launching a new campaign to counter the rise of male influencers.
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Final design for Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place unveiled, contract awarded
Dee Burman / citynews - The province of Ontario unveiled the final design and awarded the contract for the new Ontario Science Centre to be built at Ontario Place on Thursday, calling it “a major milestone in the province’s plan to transform Ontario Place into a year-round, worl…
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Sentencing in Saskatoon court for teen who lit Evan Hardy classmate on fire
Michael Joel-Hansen / thestarphoenix - Sentencing arguments are taking place in a Saskatoon courtroom for a teenage girl who pleaded guilty to setting another teen on fire at Evan Hardy Collegiate. The 16-year-old girl, whose name can’t be published under provisions of the Youth Criminal Justi…
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