Canadian who says he was tortured in Syria wants the Federal Court to force Ottawa's hand
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A Canadian man who says he has been tortured in Syria is asking the Federal Court to order Ottawa to decide whether to help bring him home.
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Canadian woman, 39, dies after falling into waterfall basin at Japanese ski resort
Ling Hui / torontosun - The woman who reportedly went off a trail has been identified as a government employee
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Harper and Chretien talk Alberta separatism, Canadian sovereignty in Ottawa
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Speaking alongside Harper in Ottawa, Chrétien said there is a major shift in geopolitics that likely spells the beginning of the end for the American empire.
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Canadians sitting on $2B in uncashed federal cheques: Report
Brian Towie / torontosun - Families also left approximately $42.8 million in cheques for the Canada Child Benefit left uncashed.
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Carney’s grocery, GST benefit plan will cost $12.4B over six years: PBO
Ariel Rabinovitch / globalnews - The recently announced Canada Groceries and Essentials Benefit will cost an estimated $12.4 billion over six years, according to the Parliamentary Budget Officer.
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Bill Blair resigning as Toronto MP, will become next high commissioner to U.K.
Nick Westoll / citynews - Former federal cabinet minister and four-time Toronto MP Bill Blair is resigning his seat to become the next Canadian High Commissioner to the United Kingdom and Northern Ireland. Prime Minister Mark Carney made the announcement in a statement Monday afte…
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Blair vacancy stirs race in Scarborough riding
Diplomatic Transition: Blair exits for UK envoy role
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Nuclear refurbishment is completed and under budget at Ontario's Darlington plant: minister
Allison Jones / nationalobserver - A nuclear refurbishment at the Darlington power plant is now complete and the unit is set to soon return to service.
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Conservatives, Poilievre seek to carry convention momentum back into Parliament
sootoday - OTTAWA — Political analysts say the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre have momentum coming off a unifying convention in Calgary but the party still has a hill to climb in Parliament to one-up Prime Minster Mark Carney and the Liberals
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Convention Policy & Controversies
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Speeches & Mark Carney Comparisons
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Drainville officially enters race to lead CAQ
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Bernard Drainville is officially entering the race to succeed François Legault as leader of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec.
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Ottawa wants to get banks, pension funds involved in affordable housing: minister
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says Ottawa wants to speed up homebuilding by drawing developers into affordable housing projects through the new Build Canada Homes agency.
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Danielle Martin named Liberal candidate for byelection in Freeland’s former riding
sootoday - TORONTO — The Liberal Party of Canada has announced a Toronto doctor will run as its candidate in University-Rosedale, a riding Chrystia Freeland represented for over a decade before the former Liberal MP resigned from office earlier this month.
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Change in government won't stop separatist movement, says leader
sootoday - CALGARY — A leader in the Alberta separatist movement says a Conservative government would not stop their drive to secede from Canada. Jeffrey Rath is the general counsel for the separatist promoter group Stay Free Alberta.
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Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown
News Staff / citynews - SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained in a Minneapolis suburb last month. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, with a bunny hat a…
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Arctic sovereignty: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon heading to Norway, Denmark and Greenland
sootoday - OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is set to visit Greenland, Denmark and Norway next week. On Monday, Simon will travel to Norway, where she will take part in the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromso and later meet with Norway’s King Harald in Oslo.
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Immigration minister wants department to track exits of temporary residents
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she wants her department to acquire the ability to track the number of people with temporary visas who are exiting the country. The immigration department confirms almost 1.9 million temporary visas, including …
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‘Canada is not Minnesota,’ minister says in reaction to U.S. immigration raids
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he won’t pass judgment on the U.S. crackdown by federal forces in Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of two residents. But he is quick to defend Canada’s respect for the law when removing people …
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Seniors struggle with cold and loneliness in freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall
News Staff / citynews - TORONTO — Calls to Toronto Seniors Helpline are on the rise as older adults struggle with issues ranging from no heat in their homes to loneliness amid brutal cold and impassable snow-covered sidewalks. “(Many) seniors do face isolation anyway, but when i…
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Ontario PCs reverse course on media ban, will let reporters cover Doug Ford convention speech
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The party was set to bar journalists from accessing the event for the first time since Ford became premier in 2018.
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At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say
sootoday - GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday.
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Peel school board supervision a 'smokescreen' for underfunding, chair says
sootoday - The chair of a school board recently taken over by Ontario's minister of education is defending the management and finances of the board, saying the supervision is a "smokescreen" to distract from provincial underfunding.
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