Danielle Martin named Liberal candidate for byelection in Freeland’s former riding
sootoday - TORONTO — The Liberal Party of Canada has announced a Toronto doctor will run as its candidate in University-Rosedale, a riding Chrystia Freeland represented for over a decade before the former Liberal MP resigned from office earlier this month.
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Change in government won't stop separatist movement, says leader
sootoday - CALGARY — A leader in the Alberta separatist movement says a Conservative government would not stop their drive to secede from Canada. Jeffrey Rath is the general counsel for the separatist promoter group Stay Free Alberta.
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Judge orders US to release 5-year-old and dad taken into custody in Minnesota crackdown
News Staff / citynews - SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A judge on Saturday ordered the U.S. to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained in a Minneapolis suburb last month. Images of Liam Conejo Ramos, with a bunny hat a…
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Arctic sovereignty: Gov. Gen. Mary Simon heading to Norway, Denmark and Greenland
sootoday - OTTAWA — Gov. Gen. Mary Simon is set to visit Greenland, Denmark and Norway next week. On Monday, Simon will travel to Norway, where she will take part in the Arctic Frontiers Conference in Tromso and later meet with Norway’s King Harald in Oslo.
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Immigration minister wants department to track exits of temporary residents
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Immigration Minister Lena Diab says she wants her department to acquire the ability to track the number of people with temporary visas who are exiting the country. The immigration department confirms almost 1.9 million temporary visas, including …
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‘Canada is not Minnesota,’ minister says in reaction to U.S. immigration raids
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree says he won’t pass judgment on the U.S. crackdown by federal forces in Minnesota that resulted in the deaths of two residents. But he is quick to defend Canada’s respect for the law when removing people …
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Seniors struggle with cold and loneliness in freezing temperatures and heavy snowfall
News Staff / citynews - TORONTO — Calls to Toronto Seniors Helpline are on the rise as older adults struggle with issues ranging from no heat in their homes to loneliness amid brutal cold and impassable snow-covered sidewalks. “(Many) seniors do face isolation anyway, but when i…
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Ontario PCs reverse course on media ban, will let reporters cover Doug Ford convention speech
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The party was set to bar journalists from accessing the event for the first time since Ford became premier in 2018.
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At least 200 killed in coltan mine collapse in eastern Congo, rebel authorities say
sootoday - GOMA, Congo (AP) — At least 200 people were killed earlier this week when a landslide collapsed several mines at a major coltan mining site in eastern Congo, rebel authorities said Saturday.
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Peel school board supervision a 'smokescreen' for underfunding, chair says
sootoday - The chair of a school board recently taken over by Ontario's minister of education is defending the management and finances of the board, saying the supervision is a "smokescreen" to distract from provincial underfunding.
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Immigration minister says struggling universities must ask provinces for help
News Staff / citynews - HALIFAX — Canada’s immigration minister says universities and colleges struggling to balance the books after federal cuts to the international student program will have to turn to their provincial governments for financial help. Lena Diab told a crowd in …
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Saskatchewan alumina deposit discovery a ‘potential gamechanger’
Ashley Beherns / globalnews - An estimated 6.8 billion tonne alumina deposit was found near Tisdale, being a new resource for Sask. it will provide economic benefits as it is holds a third of global reserves
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