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In the news today: Concerns raised after Via Rail passengers stranded
By The Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Concerns raised after Via Rail passengers stranded A tourist visiting Canada is questioning the safety of Via Rail after he says his phone was snatched from him by an employee when he was documenting a train delay that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Move quickly on gun regulations, directives to stem domestic violence, Ottawa urged
By Jim Bronskill, The Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2024
OTTAWA – Several civil society organizations, including women’s advocates, are calling on the Liberal government to swiftly flesh out firearm legislation passed last year by enacting crucial regulations and directives. In December, Parliament approved a government bill that includes new measures to keep firearms out of the hands of domestic abusers. It also cements restrictions ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!B.C. Conservative leader outlines views on energy, education in podcast appearance
By The Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2024
B.C. Conservative leader John Rustad says British Columbia needs to have a “conversation” about nuclear power playing a role in the province’s energy future, and review educational materials that he says are designed for “indoctrination” of children. Speaking on an episode of Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson’s podcast released Monday, Rustad says he also wants to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Like being in prison’: Via Rail passenger says people stranded without food, water
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on September 3rd, 2024
OTTAWA – A tourist visiting Canada is questioning the safety of Via Rail after he says his phone was snatched from him by an employee when he was documenting a train delay that left passengers stranded as they ran out of food, water and working toilets. Chip Malt was in Quebec over the long weekend ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The ups and downs (but mostly ups) of federal health transfers
By Mia Rabson and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – The message Canada’s premiers sent to Ottawa last year was unanimous: the federal government needed to pay its fair share to contain the ballooning cost of health care. Before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau put a 10-year, $196-billion deal on the table, they insisted federal contributions to health spending had slowly slackened over time. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec labour tribunal orders McGill to stop obstructing union of law professors
By The Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2024
MONTREAL – Quebec’s labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors. The tribunal found the university appears to have violated the Quebec Labour Code when its administration sent two emails to law professors criticizing the union, according to an Aug. 30 decision. The university sent ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In dueling TV ads, NDP and Conservatives try to define Poilievre to union voters
By Mickey Djuric, The Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – New Democrats and Conservatives have both launched television ads that attempt to define Tory Leader Pierre Poilievre to union voters, a group politicians see as having increased power in the next federal election. The commercial the New Democrats launched across the country last week featured union leaders describing Poilievre as a career politician ... Read More »
1 responseBy-the-numbers: How federal and provincial health funding stack up
By The Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – A look at provincial health spending and federal health transfers between 2005 and 2023. The figures have not been adjusted for inflation. Total provincial spending on health care: 2004-05: $86.2 billion 2022-23: $221.9 billion Total federal health transfers (share of total spending): 2004-05: $15.1 billion (17.5 per cent) 2022-23: $47.1 billion (21.2 per ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Federal health spending has outpaced provinces, analysis shows
By Mia Rabson and Laura Osman, The Canadian Press on September 2nd, 2024
OTTAWA – Despite castigation from provincial premiers over lagging federal contributions to health spending, an analysis of 20 years of health funding data shows that federal transfers have mostly outpaced increases to provincial health budgets. In 2023, federal health transfers amounted to $47.1 billion, a 212 per cent increase over 2005, when the transfers were ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto woman grappling with grief, anger after death of cousin held hostage by Hamas
By The Canadian Press on September 1st, 2024
TORONTO – A Toronto-based woman whose family lives in Israel says she is wrestling with both anger and grief after learning a cousin taken hostage by Hamas has died in the Gaza Strip. Maayan Shavit says 40-year-old Carmel Gat was among six hostages whose bodies were recovered by the Israeli army in Gaza on Saturday ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mild earthquake rattles three Quebec cities, no damage reported
By The Canadian Press on September 1st, 2024
MONTREAL – A 4.6 magnitude earthquake rumbled through parts of Quebec early Sunday morning. Natural Resources Canada says the quake struck at 5:43 a.m, and was “lightly felt” in Drummondville, Trois-Rivières and Montreal. It hit 26 kilometres northwest of Drummondville, 35 kilometres from Trois-Rivières and 91 kilometres from Montreal. There were no immediate reports of ... Read More »
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