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New record set as 2 million vote on first day of advance polls: Elections Canada
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Elections Canada says early voters set a new record for turnout on the first day of advanced polls. Nearly two million people showed up to cast a ballot on Friday, the first of four days for advanced voting in the federal election. Many of those voters were met with long lineups at polling ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Nearly 2 Million people vote on day 1 of advance polls, new record set
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — Elections Canada says preliminary figures suggest almost two million people voted in advance polls on Friday, setting a new record. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Australia celebrates end to ‘Vegemite-gate’ after product back on shelves in Toronto
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
Canada and Australia have shaken hands to end a potential diplomatic dust-up over a yeast-based spread that many Aussies like on toast and crackers. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese thanked Prime Minister Mark Carney and his team on Saturday for helping end “Vegemite-gate” and ensuring a Toronto café can once again have jars of the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec says no special recruitment measures to attract U.S. doctors, scientists
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebec doesn’t plan to create any special measures to attract U.S.-based doctors and scientists seeking to flee that country over mass layoffs and cuts to health programs. While several provinces are implementing measures to accelerate doctors from south of the border, Quebec says it won’t be one of them. In an email to ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre pledges platform ‘soon’ after Liberals, NDP release costed campaign plans
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals and NDP both released their costed campaign platforms Saturday as Canada’s 45th general election inched toward the finish line. With just over one week left before election day, and on the second of four days of advance voting, Liberal Leader Mark Carney and NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh published documents outlining ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Liberals, NDP release costed campaign platforms as advance voting continues
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberals and NDP released their costed campaign platforms Saturday, with just over one week left in the election campaign. Liberal Leader Mark Carney rolled out the party’s campaign commitments in Whitby, Ont., one of several battleground ridings in the seat-rich Greater Toronto Area. The platform pledges billions in new spending and charts ... Read More »
3 responsesLiberals, NDP set to launch platforms today; main leaders near Toronto, Vancouver
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
OTTAWA — The Liberals and the NDP both say they will release their costed electoral platforms today. The documents come after advance voting began Friday with voters packing polling stations across the country. Liberal Leader Mark Carney will release his party’s costed platform in Whitby, Ont., in the Greater Toronto Area where numerous seats are ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada has the critical minerals Donald Trump wants. So what should we do with them?
By Canadian Press on April 19th, 2025
An ongoing trade war and U.S. President Donald Trump’s hunger for critical minerals have brought Canada’s rich mineral deposits into the spotlight, with federal and provincial politicians promising to accelerate natural resource projects. Interest in the country’s critical minerals surged after Trump started musing about annexing Canada, experts say, and grew as the president’s global ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Health Canada recalls Life Brand Melatonin, Riva Acetaminophen for dosage concerns
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
Canada’s federal health authority has issued a recall warning for two medications over incorrect dosing concerns. Health Canada issued a recall for Life Brand Timed Release Melatonin 10mg on Tuesday, warning in a news release the product is labelled with incorrect dosing instruction. The affected lot numbers are 4D3965YA2, 4F4495YA2, 4F44961B0, 4F44962LH, 4H49262LH and 5C47764ES. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre promises to end ban on single-use plastic straws, other items
By Canadian Press on April 18th, 2025
MONTREAL — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to end the federal single-use plastic ban on items like straws and grocery bags if his party is elected. Poilievre campaigned in Montreal this morning, as he and other federal leaders returned to the campaign trail following the two national leaders’ debates Wednesday and Thursday. Liberal Leader ... Read More »
1 responseB.C. researchers confirm footprints of three-toed dinosaur with club-like tail
By Canadian Press on April 17th, 2025
Armoured dinosaurs with clubbed tails once roamed in what is now northeastern British Columbia, a new study suggests, leaving three-toed footprints across the landscape when the Rocky Mountains were still in their infancy. The study published this month in the peer-reviewed Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology analyzed fossilized footprints dating back about 100 million years in ... Read More »
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