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No evidence that Tylenol causes autism, say Health Canada, World Health Organization
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
TORONTO — Health Canada, the World Health Organization and Canadian autism experts say there is no evidence that taking Tylenol during pregnancy causes autism. Health Canada and the WHO issued statements last night and this morning in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s unproven claim linking the drug — whose generic name is acetaminophen — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Artemis II crew and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen ready for historic moon mission
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
LONGUEUIL — Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen says he and the rest of his crewmates are ready for a historic trip around the moon. The trip is scheduled for the first half of 2026. It would be the first mission to the moon by astronauts since the last Apollo mission in 1972. It would also be ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Population growth in Q2 fell to slowest pace on record for quarter excluding pandemic
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says the country’s population grew at its slowest pace for a second quarter since comparable record keeping began in 1946, excluding 2020 when the pandemic hit. The agency says the population reached an estimated 41,651,653 people on July 1, an increase of 47,098 people or 0.1 per cent compared with April ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta teachers to vote on tentative deal as strike date nears: government
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has struck a tentative deal with the union representing 51,000 teachers provincewide. Finance Minister Nate Horner says the offer needs to be ratified by the members of the Alberta Teachers’ Association and a vote is to take place in the coming days. The tentative deal comes less than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta government says teachers to vote on tentative deal
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner says teachers will vote in the coming days on a new contract after a tentative deal was agreed to by the province and the Alberta Teachers’ Association. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Quebec government bans gender-neutral pronouns in official state documents
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — The Quebec government is banning the use of newly emerging gender-neutral words in all official communications. French-language Minister Jean-François Roberge says Quebec’s official language must not be “distorted.” The updated language policy applies to recently invented words including gender-neutral pronouns that are commonly used by transgender and non-binary people. It also prohibits writing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hay-bale enclosure set up before Ostrich cull in B.C. charred by fire
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
EDGEWOOD, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — A wall of hay bales used to corral a flock of ostriches in British Columbia in advance of an ordered cull has been charred by fire and parts of it are still smouldering. Workers could be seen spraying the blackened areas with water as smoke billowed from the three-metre-high enclosure. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ottawa assembling AI task force as it prepares ‘refreshed’ strategy
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
MONTREAL — The federal government is putting together a task force to guide its next steps on artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon made the announcement at the All In artificial intelligence conference in Montreal today. The task force will include about 20 representatives from industry, academia and civil society, but the government won’t ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!In the news today: P.M. wraps up U.N. visit, Ontario office return upsets sales plans
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney wraps up trip to UN General Assembly Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are many possibilities for Canada after attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where U.S. Donald Trump continued his skepticism ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CFIA prepares for cull on B.C. ostrich farm after outbreak of avian influenza
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
Officials with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency are preparing for the cull of about 400 ostriches on a British Columbia farm following an outbreak of avian influenza first detected in the herd last December. A wall of hay bales about three metres tall has been constructed at the farm near the tiny community of Edgewood ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Carney sees possibilities for Canada as he wraps up trip to UN General Assembly
By Canadian Press on September 24th, 2025
NEW YORK — Prime Minister Mark Carney said there are many possibilities for Canada after attending the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week, where U.S. Donald Trump continued his skepticism of multilateralism and questioned the institution’s purpose. “In every moment where there’s a crack, where there’s a rupture, there is possibility — ... Read More »
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