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By The Canadian Press on June 21st, 2018
Five stories in the news for Thursday, June 21 – – – 10-17 IS THE NEW 4-20 Canadians will have to wait until Oct. 17 – one month longer than expected – before they’ll be able to legally purchase and consume recreational marijuana. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced the date Wednesday during the last question ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bills for Trudeau’s nine-day trip to India now top $1.5 million, documents show
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
OTTAWA – New documents suggest the bills for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled trip to India in February exceed $1.5 million. The latest figures released by the government include $323,000 for hotel stays, $485,070 to fly and staff the VIP Airbus for 43.7 hours over the nine-day trip, $5,235 for cell phone fees, $5,100 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. child migrant policy ‘wrong,’ says Trudeau; Trump changes course
By Teresa Wright, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice Wednesday to the global chorus condemning the Trump administration’s practice of separating migrant children from their parents at the border – a practice the U.S. president abruptly reversed later in the day with the stroke of a pen. Trudeau had been under pressure to condemn the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec once against changing high school history textbooks, second time since 2016
By Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
MONTREAL – Quebec is once again replacing its high school history textbooks, this time to include more content on the country’s Indigenous peoples. It is the second time since 2016 that the government is revising the curriculum. The two-year course first introduced in 2016 and beginning in secondary three has proven controversial, with cultural communities ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta court hears arguments from both sides of gay-straight alliance law
By Lauren Krugel, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
MEDICINE HAT, Alta. – A group that believes parents should be told when their children join gay-straight alliances at school says Alberta’s law barring teachers from doing that is unsound. “The legislation is deeply flawed and it fails to protect children,” Jay Cameron, a lawyer with the Justice Centre for Constitutional Freedoms, said in Medicine ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan premier pitches changes to federal equalization program
By The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
REGINA – Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe is proposing a major change to a federal policy that transfers money from so-called “have” provinces to less prosperous ones. Moe says Canada’s equalization program has not benefited Saskatchewan for years despite the steep economic downturn in the resource sector. At the same time, he notes provinces such as ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bulldozed house: Saskatchewan man sentenced for attempted murder
By The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
YORKTON, Sask. – A Saskatchewan man who bulldozed a house with two people inside, including his son’s wife, has been sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to attempted murder. Ronald Fatteicher, who is 60, knocked down the house last summer on rural property near Calder east of Yorkton. Fatteicher’s daughter-in-law and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bills for Trudeau’s nine-day to India now top $1.5 million, documents show
By Mia Rabson, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
OTTAWA – New documents suggest the bills for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s troubled trip to India in February exceed $1.5 million. The latest figures released by the government include $323,000 for hotel stays, $485,070 to fly and staff the VIP Airbus for 43.7 hours over the nine-day trip, $5,235 for cell phone fees, $5,100 to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Pretty amazing:’ Alberta researchers spot new fossil species – and its lunch
By Bob Weber, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
EDMONTON – University of Alberta researchers have discovered a new species of ancient underwater lizards in a fossil so well preserved they can see what it had for lunch. “We know what it was eating,” said Ilaria Paparella, a PhD candidate who worked on the fossil. “We have a tiny fish bone in the stomach.” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Appeal Court rules lottery winner must be paid back $600,000 loan
By The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
VANCOUVER – A dispute over whether $600,000 was a loan or a gift from a lottery winner has been settled by the British Columbia Court of Appeal in favour of the gambler. Enone Rosas won $4.1 million in a lottery in 2007 and loaned the $600,000 to her friend Hermenisabel Toca so she could buy ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Green programs tied to cap and trade in limbo as Ford vows to scrap carbon pricing
By Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press on June 20th, 2018
TORONTO – With Ontario’s cap-and-trade system headed for the chopping block, several green initiatives and projects funded by the program are also on their way out – and some environmental advocates and experts say more rollbacks are likely as the province swears in a new Progressive Conservative government focused on cutting costs and helping business. ... Read More »
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