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Details on new federal daycare spending coming in budget, minister says
OTTAWA - Canada's minister in charge of federal efforts to expand child care says funding to create 250,000 before- and after-school spaces will be on top of $7.5 billion in already planned spend...
Jan 31, 2020
Canada preparing plane to fly Canadians from Wuhan, once China gives OK
Canada has a plane being prepared to fly Canadians out of the province in China at the centre of an outbreak of a new coronavirus, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said Wednesday. ...
Jan 31, 2020
Federal coffers post $11.8 billion deficit just past midway point of fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.8 billion over seven months of its 2019-20 fiscal year compared with a deficit of $2.1 billion in the same period last year. The Finance Department...
Jan 31, 2020
Manitoba government to end controversial practice of birth alerts in April
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending a controversial practice that allowed hospitals to flag new mothers to child welfare agencies. Families Minister Heather Stefanson says birth alerts will b...
Jan 31, 2020
Quebec billionaire Lawrence Stroll acquires stake in Aston Martin
A consortium that includes Quebec billionaires Lawrence Stroll and Andre Desmarais is taking a significant stake in British car manufacturer Aston Martin - a move expected to have reper...
Jan 31, 2020
Dukurs wins, moves closer to skeleton World Cup title
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Martins Dukurs of Latvia won the World Cup men's skeleton race on Friday, moving him closer to a record ninth overall series championship. Dukurs took the gold, while German ...
Jan 31, 2020
Medically-assisted dying: the discussion in Saskatchewan
Two weeks of consultation in Canada regarding medical assistance in dying (MAID) ended on Monday, Jan. 27.The federal government offered Canadians a questionnaire to ask for their opinions on MAID fol...
Jan 31, 2020 (Facebook/Canadian Nurses Protective Society (CNPS-SPIIC)).
Trump trial end in sight as vote nears on more witnesses
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump seems headed for acquittal in his impeachment trial after Sen. Lamar Alexander's decision to stick with fellow Republicans and oppose Democratic efforts to call mor...
Jan 31, 2020
Trudeau predicts orderly Brexit with minimal trade, investment disruption
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that Britain's exit from the European Union later today will be an orderly process with minimal disruption to Canadian trade and i...
Jan 31, 2020
China locked down 50 million people and has to keep them fed
BEIJING - Carrying permits demanding "fast passage," truck drivers rushed a 560-ton shipment of disinfectant from eastern China to Wuhan, the locked-down city of 11 million people at the centre of a v...
Jan 31, 2020