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Military reeling as new defence chief steps aside amid allegations of misconduct
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is reeling after news defence chief Admiral Art McDonald is being investigated for misconduct, only weeks after military police launched an investigation into allega...
Feb 25, 2021
Police chiefs endorse new 'Rescu' platform used to find missing kids
TORONTO - A new alert system that police recently used to find two missing girls received endorsement from the country's police chiefs on Thursday.The system, known as the Child Search Network, allows...
Feb 25, 2021
Hybrid Parliament saves about $6.2 million a year, budget officer says
OTTAWA - A new estimate suggests the move to a hybrid Parliament could save as much as $6.2 million a year. The system - which sees some MPs and senators participate in person and most others logged i...
Feb 25, 2021
U.S. secretary of state plans virtual visits Friday with Trudeau, Garneau, Mexico
WASHINGTON - Antony Blinken will meet virtually Friday with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau in a day of online diplomacy for the U.S. secretary of state. Blinke...
Feb 25, 2021
Admiral Art McDonald steps down and a butter controversy: In The News for Feb. 25
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 25 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Feb 25, 2021
Feds get another month to reform assisted-dying law as bill stalls in the Commons
OTTAWA - The federal government was granted one more month Thursday to expand access to medical assistance in dying even as its efforts to do so stalled in the House of Commons. Quebec Superior Court ...
Feb 25, 2021
Vaccine hesitancy declining among Quebec health-care workers, researchers say
MONTREAL - Lucie Tremblay wants her colleagues in Quebec's health-care sector to get vaccinated against COVID-19. The head of nursing at the regional health board for west-central Montreal has taken a...
Feb 25, 2021
Poll finds strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests months of controversy has not dampened Canadians' strong support for expanding access to medical assistance in dying. Sixty-nine per cent of respondents to the Ipsos web-b...
Feb 25, 2021
Pandemic increased direct aid to fossil fuel producers, new study shows
OTTAWA - A new report suggests the economic impact of the pandemic led to a massive increase in federal aid to Canada's oilpatch. But the annual inventory of fossil fuel subsidies published by the Int...
Feb 25, 2021
Alberta's budget promises more help for COVID-19 with a hard deficit
EDMONTON - Alberta's COVID-19-era budget made a hard landing Thursday with an $18.2-billion deficit but also a promise that good times will return. Finance Minister Travis Toews said a continued vacci...
Feb 25, 2021
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