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• Quebec cracking down on ‘parasite’ ticket resellers with new bill

  02-12-2025 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec is introducing legislation aimed at cracking down on what the justice minister calls "parasite" ticket resellers who hurt artists.
  
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• B.C. to target money laundering, fraud with new gambling regulations

  02-12-2025 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia plans to bring in new gambling regulations in an effort to curb money laundering and fraud, including creating an independent gambling regulator.
  
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• Alberta government asks prosecutors to reconsider laying charges in self-defence cases

  02-12-2025 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Danielle Smith's government is urging Crown prosecutors to reconsider charging someone who acts to defend themselves or others in their own homes.
  
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• Former public safety supervisor says agency ignored ideas to save Denare Beach amid wildfire

  02-12-2025 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  A former fire supervisor with Saskatchewan's public safety agency says he quit his job out of frustration, saying the agency ignored ideas to fight the fire.
  
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• Stellantis contradicts government, says it never requested redactions to contract provided to MPs

  02-12-2025 22:27 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Auto giant Stellantis says the government, not the company, insisted on redacting copies of a controversial agreement with Ottawa worth hundreds of millions of dollars requested by a Commons committee.
    A letter sent to the House Government Operations Committee by Stellantis appears to contradict testimony by top Industry Canada (ISED) officials last week that redactions to the agreement sent to MPs were requested by the auto giant.
    In response to the letter, Ind
  
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• Watchdog says Ottawa should seek MPs' approval to change fiscal targets

  02-12-2025 22:13 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Canada’s fiscal watchdog suggested to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that Ottawa should need House of Commons approval to change or eliminate long-held fiscal targets, as the Carney government did just weeks ago.
    Jason Jacques, the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), told the Senate finance committee that Ottawa had used its debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio as one of its key “fiscal anchors” for the last three decades and that this
  
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• Ottawa should require MPs' approval to change fiscal targets, watchdog says

  02-12-2025 22:13 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Canada’s fiscal watchdog suggested to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that Ottawa should need House of Commons approval to change or eliminate long-held fiscal targets, as the Carney government did just weeks ago. Jason Jacques, the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), told the Senate finance committee that Ottawa had used its debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio as one of its key “fiscal anchors” for the last three decades and that this governm
  
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• Federal government should require MPs' approval to change fiscal targets, watchdog says

  02-12-2025 22:13 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — Canada’s fiscal watchdog suggested to a parliamentary committee on Tuesday that Ottawa should need House of Commons approval to change or eliminate long-held fiscal targets, as the Carney government did just weeks ago. Jason Jacques, the interim Parliamentary Budget Officer (PBO), told the Senate finance committee that Ottawa had used its debt-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio as one of its key “fiscal anchors” for the last three decades and that this governm
  
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• Bruce Willis's wife on how she learned action star has dementia and decision to move him out of their home

  02-12-2025 21:53 via nationalpost.com
  It was the return of Bruce Willis’s childhood stutter that gave his wife Emma Heming Willis her first hint that something was wrong. “Never in my wildest dreams did I realize that was a symptom,” she told an audience in Toronto on Tuesday. Bruce Willis, 70, had long since overcome the speech impediment that once saw him tagged with the mocking schoolyard nickname “Buck Buck,” in 1960s New Jersey. But this returning stutter, which coincided with other communication p
  
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• Tickets to FIFA World Cup games in Toronto, Vancouver sold out despite hefty price tag

  02-12-2025 21:00 via cbc.ca
  Tickets to next summer's FIFA World Cup games in Vancouver and Toronto continue to be a hot commodity, despite eye-popping resale prices.
  
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• AFN chief says Carney's budget 'represents a significant setback,' slams feds and Alberta for MOU

  02-12-2025 21:00 via nationalpost.com
  Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak says the Carney government’s federal budget “represents a significant setback” for First Nations communities. The Assembly of First Nations National Chief on Tuesday also slammed the federal and provincial government for a Nov. 27 memorandum of understanding (MOU) intended to make Canada a “global energy superpower” without “free, prior and informed consent,” she said — “as if First Nations rights can be wiped away wit
  
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• Carney’s new housing agency will have ‘modest’ impact, says PBO

  02-12-2025 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  The impact of Build Canada Homes (BCH), a new federal agency created in September, on easing Canada’s housing crisis will likely be 'modest,' the PBO report said.
  
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• Carter Hart, acquitted in world junior sex assault trial, making NHL return

  02-12-2025 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Carter Hart, one of five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team recently acquitted of sexual assault, is set to make his NHL return Tuesday night.
  
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• Crown Royal maker, union reach deal over Ontario plant closure

  02-12-2025 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  The company behind Crown Royal says it has reached a deal with the union representing workers at its soon-to-be shuttered Ontario plant over its closure.
  
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• First Nations chiefs vote unanimously to reject any changes to B.C.’s oil tanker ban

  02-12-2025 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  The chiefs also voted in favour of a resolution asking the federal government to withdraw from the MOU signed with Alberta that could pave the way for a new pipeline through B.C.
  
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• Ontario Liberals say Ford government could change how loyalty points expire

  02-12-2025 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Ontario Liberals say the Ford government's omnibus bill could change rules around rewards points, but the PCs argue no adjustments are being made.
  
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• Canadian NHL player-turned coach Kevin Dineen reveals he has pancreatic cancer

  02-12-2025 20:06 via cbc.ca
  Longtime NHL player-turned-coach Kevin Dineen says he has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer.
  
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• Eglinton Crosstown LRT wraps final testing phase, will soon be handed to TTC

  02-12-2025 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  The Ministry of Transportation said the line had completed its revenue service demonstration testing and would shortly be handed over to Toronto's transit agency.
  
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• Canada’s federal income tax brackets are changing in 2026

  02-12-2025 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  Changes could be coming next year for Canadian taxpayers that could see some paying less income tax as the result of a cut to the lowest income bracket.
  
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• Religion is no excuse for hate, Carney's newest minister says of proposed removal of hate speech defence

  02-12-2025 19:38 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — A Liberal cabinet minister pushed back on Tuesday against accusations that removing a provision that shields individuals from a hate speech conviction should they express a statement based on a religious belief amounts to an attack on religious freedom.  Marc Miller, a Montreal MP recently promoted to cabinet by Prime Minister Mark Carney, has served as chair of the parliamentary justice committee. The newly minted minister responsible for Canadian Heritage and Official Langu
  
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• Is it illegal to spoil Christmas? Police in Ontario get complaints about anti-Santa signs

  02-12-2025 19:00 via cbc.ca
  Police in Brantford, Ont., confirmed with CBC News that they received calls from upset residents, as well as online and in-person complaints, after a house along the parade route posted anti-Santa signs in its windows.
  
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• Canadian border agency wants international flyers with stopovers in Canada to skip customs

  02-12-2025 18:43 via nationalpost.com
  The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) has started a 30-day consultation period on a proposed change that would let international travellers arriving at Canadian airports skip their CBSA check-in before leaving Canada for another destination. The initiative is called the Free Flow International-to-International Transit process or ITI. The CBSA says the change “would continue to ensure a high level of security while providing travellers with a more efficient transit process.” The pr
  
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• Vacancies for nurses, support workers tripled since 2016, StatCan finds

  02-12-2025 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  From 2016 to 2024, the vacancy rate for health-related occupations nearly tripled, increasing from 2.1 per cent to 5.8 per cent, the report said.
  
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• Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, province burning expired equipment: auditor

  02-12-2025 18:10 via cbc.ca
  Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.
  
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• Ontario wrote off $1.4B of PPE, is burning expired equipment: auditor

  02-12-2025 18:10 via cbc.ca
  Ontario wrote off more than one billion items of personal protective equipment at a cost of $1.4 billion since 2021, the province's auditor general found.
  
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• It was swamped with garbage. Now, there's swimmers in this Toronto water basin

  02-12-2025 18:00 via cbc.ca
  A group of volunteers have come together to transform a water basin sitting at the foot of downtown Toronto condo building. CBC's Haydn Watters found out why.
  
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• Pete Hegseth's use of 'beloved Canadian icon' Franklin the Turtle in a meme deemed 'violent' by publisher

  02-12-2025 17:43 via nationalpost.com
  The Canadian publisher of the Franklin the Turtle children’s book series condemned U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of the normally friendly anthropomorphic animal’s image in a “violent” meme posted to social media. On Sunday, Hegseth shared the doctored image of Franklin — decked out in U.S. military gear — leaning out of a helicopter and firing a rocket launcher at one of three smaller boats below, each loaded with cargo and armed individu
  
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• Hegseth's use of 'Canadian icon' Franklin the Turtle in a meme deemed 'violent' by publisher

  02-12-2025 17:43 via nationalpost.com
  The Canadian publisher of the Franklin the Turtle children’s book series condemned U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of the normally friendly anthropomorphic animal’s image in a “violent” meme posted to social media. On Sunday, Hegseth shared the doctored image of Franklin — decked out in U.S. military gear — leaning out of a helicopter and firing a rocket launcher at one of three smaller boats below, each loaded with cargo and armed individu
  
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• Canadian publisher rebukes Pete Hegseth for use of Franklin the Turtle in 'denigrating, violent' meme

  02-12-2025 17:43 via nationalpost.com
  The Canadian publisher of the Franklin the Turtle children’s book series condemned U.S. Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth’s use of the normally friendly anthropomorphic animal’s image in a “violent” meme posted to social media. On Sunday, Hegseth shared the doctored image of Franklin — decked out in U.S. military gear — leaning out of a helicopter and firing a rocket launcher at one of three smaller boats below, each loaded with cargo and armed individu
  
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• B.C., Alberta among provinces seeing largest drops in homicides: report

  02-12-2025 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  British Columbia and Alberta are among the provinces across Canada that saw the largest drops in homicides for 2024, according to Statistics Canada.
  
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• Toronto garbage truck driver struck, killed by the vehicle he was operating: police

  02-12-2025 16:37 via globalnews.ca
  Toronto police say a garbage truck worker was struck and killed Tuesday morning by the vehicle he was operating.
  
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• London, Ont. restaurant fined $55K after worker injured by customer in 2023

  02-12-2025 16:37 via globalnews.ca
  An Ontario Justice of the Peace found that the company had no workplace violence policy in place and 'little to no procedure or training' for handling violent situations.
  
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• Trial begins for Alberta man accused in 5-year-old foster child's death

  02-12-2025 16:11 via cbc.ca
  The young boy, who can't be named due to a court-ordered publication ban, was found dead on the floor of a vehicle on a rural property in June 2022. The man caring for him at the time has pleaded not guilty to manslaughter, criminal negligence causing death and failure to provide the necessaries of life.
  
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• Franklin the Turtle book publisher condemns Hegseth’s ‘violent’ post

  02-12-2025 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  The publisher of the Franklin series of children's books condemned an online post by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth depicting the titular character.
  
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• Calgary city council makes cuts to proposed property tax increase

  02-12-2025 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  The budget proposed an overall property tax increase of 3.6 per cent, but Calgary city council has whittled that down to 1.18 per cent so far.
  
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• Cal Foote, acquitted in world junior sex assault trial, signs with AHL team

  02-12-2025 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Cal Foote is the fourth of five players acquitted of sexual assault in the Hockey Canada sex assault trial to be signed by a team for him to continue his career.
  
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• Ontario auditor general's annual report to examine province's health-care system

  02-12-2025 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Three of the five audits the auditor general's office is publishing Tuesday are on health care, including examining
  access to primary care, as the government works toward a goal of connecting every Ontarian to primary care by 2029.
  
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• Ontario auditor general finds province not properly overseeing doctor billings

  02-12-2025 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Shelley Spence made the findings in her annual report released Tuesday, which contains a series of health-related audits that also found very few family doctors are participating in the province's Health Care Connect system — key to helping Ontario meet its goal of attaching everyone to primary care — and the government hasn't adequately planned its medical school expansion
  
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• Carney to address Assembly of First Nations after Alberta pipeline deal

  02-12-2025 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Mark Carney's appearance before the chiefs could be a tense moment, coming just days after Ottawa signed a pipeline agreement with Alberta.
  
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• Laurentian Bank announces sale to Fairstone Bank and National Bank

  02-12-2025 14:01 via cbc.ca
  Fairstone Bank of Canada has agreed to acquire Laurentian Bank of Canada for $1.9 billion in cash. As part of the deal, Laurentian Bank will sell its retail and small-and-medium-sized business banking portfolios and syndicated loan portfolio to National Bank of Canada.
  
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• Online banking fraud leaves Winnipeg woman on hook for $174K debt

  02-12-2025 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A Winnipeg woman is warning others about what can go wrong in online banking after a credit union is holding her responsible for a debt of more than $174,000 from fraudulent transactions.
  
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• N.S. couple grieves baby after ‘traumatic’ birth, calls for more sympathetic care

  02-12-2025 12:00 via globalnews.ca
  A Yarmouth couple is calling for change after losing their baby in a traumatic early birth. They say they would like to see more sympathy for parents of micro-preemies.
  
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• What a N.S. palliative care unit tells us about Canada’s rural health care challenges

  02-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The five-bed palliative care hospital unit in Lunenburg, N.S., is still searching for staff, four years after it was first announced.
  
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• Family of P.E.I.'s famous 'Mr. Christmas' keeps holiday lighting tradition alive

  02-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  James Gallant died earlier this year, and his children are keeping his family tradition alive in North Rustico, P.E.I., setting up thousands of Christmas lights to honour their father's memory.
  
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• Family of ‘Mr. Christmas’ carries on his legacy of lighting up North Rustico for the holidays

  02-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  James Gallant died earlier this year, and his children are keeping his family tradition alive in North Rustico. We take a look at the thousands of Christmas lights they set up to honour their father’s memory.
  
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• Artists restoring stained glass across Ontario for nearly half a century close up shop

  02-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  The craftsmen at Sunrise Stained Glass in London, Ont. have made the difficult decision to close shop after years of making and restoring coloured glass across Ontario.
  
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• A Canadian border officer was the victim of India’s ‘propaganda machine.’ Now he’s suing.

  02-12-2025 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  Sunny Sidhu is fighting back against an Indian 'disinformation campaign' that branded him a wanted terrorist.
  
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• What does suspending Alberta’s clean electricity regulations mean for Canada’s climate goals?

  02-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The federal government suspended the regulations meant to rein in Canada’s worst polluter, but it hasn’t explained how it is going to ensure the country’s climate goals will be met. Carbon pricing, though, is expected to play a dominant role.
  
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• RCMP restricts use of its Chinese-made drones — the vast majority of its fleet

  02-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is limiting the use of its 973 Chinese-made drones to non-sensitive operations, stating the devices present "high security risks, primarily due to their country of origin."
  
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• RCMP restricts use of Chinese-made drones — the vast majority of its fleet

  02-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The Royal Canadian Mounted Police is limiting the use of its 973 Chinese-made drones to non-sensitive operations, stating the devices present "high security risks, primarily due to their country of origin."
  
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