More than 27,000 public servants were paid at least $150,000 last year, document reveals, as government plans cuts

Catherine Morrison / theglobeandmail - Government plans to cut about 10 per cent of federal employees by 2029 and lower costs by about $60-billion

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Consultations to begin on controversial Quebec constitution bill

Maura Forrest / nationalobserver - A draft constitution tabled two months ago by the Quebec government was supposed to be a unifying declaration of Quebecers’ common values, but it has instead been denounced as ill-conceived, divisive and authoritarian.

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Key ministers to address today's Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa

Alessia Passafiume / nationalobserver - A handful of key federal cabinet ministers will address the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa today, including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.

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Why was ‘incredible’ giant cedar cut down, despite B.C.’s big-tree protection law?

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Joshua Wright says a yellow cedar tree he photographed last year was "incredible," the largest he'd ever seen in a decade of hiking around Vancouver Island.

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Ottawa informs 68,000 workers of early-retirement incentives in bid to shrink public service

Bill Curry / theglobeandmail - Letter sent to public servants this week outlines the government’s proposed incentive program, which won’t be available until the budget bill passes

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Recall for Premier Danielle Smith reportedly approved by Elections Alberta

Leah Mushet / westernstandard - Premier Danielle Smith is the newest MLA facing a recall petition.

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Standardized test results disappoint Ontario education minister

Joanne Laucius / ottawacitizen - Paul Calandra said the province would appoint an expert advisory body to review its approach to student assessment because the results showed 'insufficient progress.'

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Marc Miller hurt by Legault’s ‘disgrace to all Quebecers’ comment

News Staff / citynews - The new minister responsible for official languages in Mark Carney’s government, Marc Miller, says he’s hurt by comments from Quebec Premier François Legault, who accused him of being “a disgrace” and spreading “nonsense.” “It hurts me,” said Miller on We…

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Sale of Canadian armoured vehicles to ICE agency 'deeply troubling': Kwan

sootoday - OTTAWA — Anti-armament advocates say Canadian firms shouldn’t be supplying armoured military vehicles to United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or any other organizations with sketchy human rights records.

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Epstein island photos seen in new photos, video released by Dems

Ian Shantz / torontosun - The images from Little Saint James and Great Saint James islands came from the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Justice

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Quebec says it will cut the equivalent of 5,000 civil service positions by March 2027

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Treasury Board President France-Élaine Duranceau also says that by the end of January government employees will work in the office three days a week instead of two.

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Ford says he knew layoffs were coming before loaning Algoma Steel $100M

Colin D’Mello / globalnews - The steel giant announced Monday it would lay off roughly 1,000 workers as a Sault Ste. Marie plant closure is being made to adapt to a “fundamentally altered” landscape.

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Ministers McGuinty, Anand pledge more than $200 million in funding for Ukraine

Catherine Morrison / nationalobserver - The government is pledging another $235 million in funding for Ukraine, with National Defence Minister David McGuinty and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announcing Canada's latest commitments.

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‘It’s going to be chaos’: Montreal clinics warn Bill 2 closures will put patients at risk

Zachary Cheung / citynews - A family medicine clinic in Montreal is anticipating it will be shutting its doors due to Bill 2 – one of roughly 40 clinics across Quebec that have chosen that route, citing financial pressures. The Santé Mont-Royal family health clinic is slated to clos…

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Carney vows to meet Coastal First Nations after chiefs vote against pipeline to B.C.

sootoday - OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney promised to meet with Coastal First Nations after chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast and withdraw an agreement signed with

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Cross-country drug bust yields 386 kg of fentanyl, thousands of arrests

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Carney says First Nations clean water legislation will come next spring

sootoday - OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney says his government will introduce clean drinking water legislation in the spring, delaying a bill that had been promised to come this fall.

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