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Increasing 'space-mindedness' a top priority for Canadian military: commander
OTTAWA - The commander of the Canadian Armed Forces Space Division says gaining awareness of what's going on outside our planet is one of his top priorities. Brig.-Gen. Michael Adamson made the commen...
Apr 29, 2024
Feds advance ideas to fight foreign interference, prompting support and concern
OTTAWA - A federal inquiry into foreign interference has yet to present its initial report, but the Liberal government is already advancing plans to overhaul a suite of national security laws and proc...
Apr 29, 2024
B.C. secures eight new sites for middle-income rental housing scheme
LANGLEY, B.C. - British Columbia has secured eight new sites for its BC Builds program, in which land owned by the province, non-profits or community groups is pre-zoned to build middle-income rental ...
Apr 29, 2024
Teachers union joins bid to have Supreme Court rule on Quebec religious symbols ban
MONTREAL - A major Quebec teachers union says it will follow the lead of the English Montreal School Board and seek to challenge the province's secularism law before the Supreme Court of Canada. The F...
Apr 29, 2024
Climate change, not habitat loss, may be biggest threat to caribou herds: study
Climate change, not habitat loss, may be the biggest threat to the survival of threatened caribou herds, new research suggests. "We might need to do additional management actions if our goal is to con...
Apr 29, 2024
Gaza protest camp rises at UBC, as Eby deplores 'most hateful' speech praising Hamas
VANCOUVER - The Gaza protest encampment movement that has roiled academic campuses in the United States and Canada arrived in British Columbia on Monday, with demonstrators setting up unauthorized fen...
Apr 29, 2024
International students will be allowed to work 24 hours a week starting in September
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says international students will be able to work off-campus for up to 24 hours per week starting in September. The Liberals temporarily waived the 20-hour cap...
Apr 29, 2024
'Don't use the phones' Ontario Premier Doug Ford tells students
OTTAWA - Ontario's latest attempts to limit cellphone use in classrooms are designed to help students focus on learning, Premier Doug Ford said Monday. The province's education minister announced new ...
Apr 29, 2024
Halifax to designate new homeless encampment sites as remaining spaces overflow
Halifax is looking to designate new encampment locations for unhoused people now that the remaining authorized sites have double the number of recommended residents and new tents are popping up in cit...
Apr 29, 2024
Parliament spaces out microphones after another interpreter is injured
OTTAWA - The federal government has been forced to adjust the set-up in the House of Commons and committee rooms after another language interpreter suffered a significant hearing injury. The incident ...
Apr 29, 2024
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