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• Catholic bishops appeal to Carney over Liberal-Bloc deal to removal religious exemption from hate speech laws

  04-12-2025 18:30 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA —The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops appealed to Prime Minister Mark Carney in an open letter Thursday, asking the Liberals to reconsider their support for amending a bill to remove religious defences from Canada’s hate speech laws. It represents the latest fallout to flow from an amendment to the Liberals’ anti-hate bill, which was set to be discussed on Thursday before a meeting of the parlimentary justice committee was cancelled, with its chair saying MPs need
  
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• Newfoundland girl’s disappearance prompts calls for tougher laws to stop abductions

  05-12-2025 12:32 via globalnews.ca
  The girl’s disappearance underscores long-standing concerns about the ease with which a parent can take a child to another country without the other parent’s knowledge or consent. 
  
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• TTC maintenance, asbestos cleanup delaying parts of Rogers’ 5G subway network build

  05-12-2025 12:14 via globalnews.ca
  Asbestos cleanup, tight work windows and other TTC delays have slowed the build out of 5G cellular service in Toronto's subway system.
  
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• Liberals maintain 43 per cent support amongst decided Canadian voters: exclusive poll

  05-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  The federal Liberals are holding 43 per cent of support amongst decided Canadian voters, maintaining a lead over the Conservatives, who dropped two points last month to 36 per cent, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll. Support for the Liberals has not changed since a Nov. 3 poll. The Bloc Québécois, meanwhile, gained two points amongst decided voters to sit at nine per cent support, and the NDP was up one point with eight per cent support, according to the survey conducted Nov.
  
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• Canadians support sending troops to Poland if Russia invades: poll

  05-12-2025 12:00 via nationalpost.com
  Two thirds of Canadians support sending our troops to countries such as Poland if Russia invades, according to a new Postmedia-Leger poll. “You’d like to think that this is really kind of a super hypothetical pie-in-the-sky kind of question. But unfortunately, crazy things are happening all around the world,” Andrew Enns, Leger’s executive vice-president for Central Canada, said Thursday. Support is lower among women, at 56 per cent, and higher among men, at 76 per cent o
  
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• Long-awaited electronic medical records system to launch Saturday at IWK Health Centre

  05-12-2025 11:00 via cbc.ca
  If all goes according to plan, at 6 a.m. AT on Saturday people working at the IWK Health Centre will become the test case for a generational change to Nova Scotia’s health-care system.
  
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• After being scammed by fake holiday market, the real organizers stepped up to help

  05-12-2025 10:30 via cbc.ca
  A small business owner in Mount Pearl says she was the victim of a scam, and is warning others ahead of the holidays.
  
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• Will Carney's energy deal with Alberta give him clout against Trump's tariffs?

  05-12-2025 10:00 via nationalpost.com
  WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the government’s new energy deal with Alberta, including plans for an oil pipeline to the West Coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney is determined to forge a new export route to gain leverage in trade talks with Washington. But two questions remain: will the plan have any impact on U.S. President Donald Trump and, perhaps more importantly, will the pipeline ever actually get built? Some analysts says that boosting oil exports to Asia could give the federal governm
  
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• Police find 'I hate my child' search made on couple's device 2 days before boy, 12, died

  05-12-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The first-degree murder trial of Brandy Cooney and Becky Hamber in Milton, Ont., heard texts in which the women questioned whether a boy in their care might be dying a month before his death in December 2022.
  
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• Take-home DNA test reunites Quebec man with long-lost Dutch brother after 80 years

  05-12-2025 04:17 via globalnews.ca
  An at-home DNA test given as a birthday gift solved an 80-year family mystery by revealing that a man in Quebec and a man in the Netherlands were long-lost brothers.
  
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• Somali communities say ‘people feel insecure and live in fear’ after Trump's tirade

  05-12-2025 03:41 via cbc.ca
  Many people in the Somali community say they feel fearful and angry in the aftermath of U.S. President Donald Trump’s tirade against Somali communities in Minnesota.
  
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• Calgary’s budget applauded but ‘sustainability’ of spending questioned

  05-12-2025 02:37 via globalnews.ca
  To partly reduce the property tax increase, Calgary city council tapped into $50 million of investment income to help pay for city operations.
  
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• Calgary family keeps holiday spirit alive after devastating fire

  05-12-2025 02:32 via globalnews.ca
  Tracy Lima, her two kids and her mother were suddenly displaced -- living under three separate roofs -- after a fire inside their home last week took nearly everything from them.
  
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• Former Saskatoon school director receives additional 5-month sentence

  05-12-2025 01:56 via globalnews.ca
  Former Saskatoon school director, John Olubobokun, received a second conditional sentence of five additional months for historic assault case.
  
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• Government hands over unredacted controversial Stellantis deal to committee after weeks-long battle

  05-12-2025 01:37 via nationalpost.com
  OTTAWA — After more than a month and a half of fighting, a Commons committee finally received an unredacted copy of a controversial funding agreement worth hundreds of millions of dollars from Ottawa to auto giant Stellantis Thursday. On the same day, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly told another Commons committee that the government is serving Stellantis with a notice of default due to its announced shift in production of a Jeep model from Brampton, Ont., to the U.S. The company furl
  
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• Filipino BC defends funds distribution with former board members calling for transparency

  05-12-2025 01:29 via globalnews.ca
  Lina Vargas was on the board for almost two years and told Global News that accountability and transparency are fundamental rights for all community members.
  
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• Proposed bill in honour of slain Kelowna, B.C. woman takes big step forward

  05-12-2025 01:28 via globalnews.ca
  Bill C-225, otherwise known as Bailey's Law, passed second reading. The bill is in memory of Bailey McCourt, a slain Kelowna mother.
  
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• Key ministers address Assembly of First Nations in Ottawa after Hodgson is bumped

  05-12-2025 00:29 via globalnews.ca
  Several key federal cabinet ministers addressed the Assembly of First Nations gathering in Ottawa Thursday, including Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
  
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• Calgary-Banff rail idea submitted to Major Projects Office

  05-12-2025 00:23 via cbc.ca
  A proposal for a hydrogen-powered passenger rail connecting Calgary and Banff has been submitted to the federal government in the hopes of having it fast-tracked.
  
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• Former national chief says AFN lawsuit to move ahead, settlement talks 'stonewalled'

  04-12-2025 23:38 via cbc.ca
  Former Assembly of First Nations national chief RoseAnne Archibald says her $5-million lawsuit against the national advocacy organization is moving forward, after settlement talks “were stalled and stonewalled” for 18 months.
  
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• Alberta legislation would change citizen referendum rules, restrict political party names

  04-12-2025 23:31 via cbc.ca
  Bill 14, introduced Thursday by Justice Minister Mickey Amery, transfers powers from the chief electoral officer to the minister when deciding whether citizen petition initiatives should proceed. It also includes an amendment to discontinue any court proceeding brought by the chief electoral officer.
  
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• Natural resources minister takes heat from B.C. chiefs over potential West Coast pipeline

  04-12-2025 23:26 via cbc.ca
  Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson faced a failing grade and a cancelled speech at this week's Assembly of First Nations meeting as pushback grows among B.C. chiefs over the government's new  energy agreement  with Alberta.
  
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• Ottawa serving Stellantis with default notice over Brampton cuts: Joly

  04-12-2025 23:18 via globalnews.ca
  Industry Minister Melanie Joly told the House of Commons committee on international trade the move breaches federal contracts tied to manufacturing in Brampton and Windsor, Ont.
  
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• Recent deaths highlight urgency for homelessness solution in New Brunswick

  04-12-2025 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  Two recent deaths of unhoused people in New Brunswick as temperatures drop have highlighted the urgency of the situation and raised concerns at the provincial legislature. 
  
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• Joly says feds will serve Stellantis with notice of default on funding contracts

  04-12-2025 22:59 via cbc.ca
  The federal government is escalating its fight with automotive giant Stellantis over the company's decision to move some production to the U.S., despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in Canadian taxpayer incentives in recent years.
  
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• Province pauses AI commercial from N.B. Liquor after negative reception

  04-12-2025 22:36 via cbc.ca
  N.B. Liquor is catching enough heat for a holiday video campaign made with artificial intelligence that a government minister has directed the Crown corporation to take the ad down.
  
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• Toronto police ask for public’s help after targeted home invasion, kidnapping

  04-12-2025 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  A targeted home invasion and kidnapping led to a gunpoint standoff with police and an overnight chase across Toronto. Two suspects remain at large, investigators say.
  
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• Canada’s net-zero advisory process ‘performative,’ says co-chair in resignation

  04-12-2025 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  In a post on his LinkedIn account, Simon Donner says he resigned on Tuesday and he is grateful for the opportunity to help shape climate policy in Canada.
  
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• Canada’s net-zero advisory process ‘performative,’ resigning members say

  04-12-2025 21:39 via globalnews.ca
  In a post on his LinkedIn account, Simon Donner says he resigned on Tuesday and he is grateful for the opportunity to help shape climate policy in Canada.
  
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• TTC unveils opening day timetable for new Finch West LRT

  04-12-2025 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  It will be the first time the new line operates officially in Toronto, the first major expansion to the city's system since 2017.
  
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