Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Halifax approves nine new designated sites for homeless as existing space full
HALIFAX - Halifax has approved nine new sites to be used as tenting locations for people experiencing homelessness as the city grapples with a housing crisis and a growing number of unhoused people. B...
Jul 10, 2024
Pro-Palestinian protesters dismantle encampment at University of Ottawa
The University of Ottawa says pro-Palestinian protesters have dismantled an encampment that had been on campus for two months. University president Jacques Frmont said the encampment site is currently...
Jul 10, 2024
Local family used swastikas to accuse Quebec municipality of racism
MONTREAL - A small Quebec community has been locked in a drawn-out battle for the last two years with a local family that accuses it of being "the most racist city in the world." Last month, a Quebec ...
Jul 10, 2024
Canada warns of Russian 'bot farm' powered by AI spreading online disinformation
OTTAWA - Canadian security officials are warning about a Russian propaganda campaign that used social-media site X to spread online disinformation. The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security said individu...
Jul 10, 2024
Jewish community takes food inspection agency to court over slaughter guidelines
OTTAWA - A group of agencies that certify Kosher meat took the government to court Wednesday to ask for an injunction against Canadian Food Inspection Agency guidelines for the ritual slaughter of ani...
Jul 10, 2024
Alberta's auditor finds province's surface water management ineffective
EDMONTON - The provincial government's management of Alberta's increasingly stressed water resources is all wet, says the province's auditor general. A highly critical report from the auditor released...
Jul 10, 2024
Privy Council Office changes vetting process after human rights chief appointment
OTTAWA - The administrative wing of the Prime Minister's Office says it has new procedures for vetting federal appointees following concerns it failed to search online posts made by the incoming head ...
Jul 10, 2024
Doug Ford says it would be 'foolish' to repair science centre building
TORONTO - Trying to repair the Ontario Science Centre building would be "foolish," Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday in response to calls to reverse his abrupt closure of the attraction. The government...
Jul 10, 2024
George Clooney, a Biden supporter, asks the president to leave race
WASHINGTON (AP) - Movie star and lifelong Democrat George Clooney added his voice to calls for Joe Biden to leave the presidential race on Wednesday. Clooney said in a New York Times opinion piece tha...
Jul 10, 2024
Canadian Chamber of Commerce names Candace Laing new CEO
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has named Candace Laing its new president and CEO, effective Sept. 1. Laing has served as chair of the chamber's board of directors since 2022 after joining the board ...
Jul 10, 2024 Laing has served as chair of the chamber's board of directors since 2022 after joining the board in 2019, serving as its vice-chair from 2021 to 2022. The chamber said she has resigned from that role as she prepares to take on her new job, which will be based in Ottawa. (The Canadian Press)
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