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[l] at 10/14/24 1:40pm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said the Indian government has made a 'fundamental error' as he accused it of supporting a campaign of violence against Canadians on Canadian soil. India has denied the allegations, calling them politically motivated.

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[l] at 10/14/24 2:00am
Canada's third largest federal public service labour union is calling on a parliamentary committee to take its own look at the recent mandate forcing federal workers back to the office three days a week.

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[l] at 10/13/24 10:03am
Mike Savage, who didn't re-offer for HRM mayor this year, has secured a new gig. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced in a release Sunday that Savage, the city's mayor for the last 12 years, will be Nova Scotia's next lieutenant-governor.

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[l] at 10/13/24 9:26am
As questions swirl over how soon Canadians could go to the polls, the Liberal Party announced on Sunday the two people who will oversee its campaign for the next federal election.

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[l] at 10/12/24 4:48pm
Gov. Gen. Mary Simon's spouse, former CBC journalist Whit Fraser, is criticizing Quebec media for their coverage of Simon's French language skills during a trip to the province in late September.

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[l] at 10/12/24 2:08pm
With colder weather on the way, the Ottawa Mission is concerned about the well-being of its vulnerable residents — many of them migrants who are struggling.

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[l] at 10/12/24 7:46am
Amid the threat of an early federal election, the prime minister left Ottawa during a chaotic parliamentary sitting week for a meeting of Southeast Asian countries in Laos. Despite everything unfolding on Parliament Hill, senior government officials believed skipping the summit wasn't an option.

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[l] at 10/11/24 6:00pm
Pressure is building on the prime minister and his office as a growing number of anxious Liberal MPs are co-ordinating efforts to force Justin Trudeau to step down as Liberal Party leader, multiple sources have told CBC News.

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[l] at 10/11/24 5:08pm
For Ontario parents struggling to put food in their child's backpack each day, help could be on the way. On Friday, Premier Doug Ford told reporters he's "all in" on a federal plan to provide meals to students and confirmed the province is in talks with the federal government to work out details of the plan.

[Category: News/Canada/Toronto]

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[l] at 10/11/24 1:23pm
Provinces and territories need to do more to expand and improve their treatment services for people suffering from addictions and mental health conditions before they contemplate making some of those treatments mandatory, federal Minister of Mental Health and Addictions Ya'ara Saks said Friday.

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[l] at 10/11/24 12:38pm
Ottawa is putting over $78 million into a program to help veterans and ex-RCMP members who are grappling with housing issues. 

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[l] at 10/11/24 11:38am
Former Public Safety minister Bill Blair says he never received several top-secret documents destined for his desk — including a Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) issues management note about China’s attempts to target two Canadian members of Parliament.

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[l] at 10/11/24 8:23am
It “absolutely is possible” for the federal government to strike pharmacare agreements with all the provinces by the spring, Health Minister Mark Holland said Friday. 

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[l] at 10/11/24 4:53am
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he had a "brief exchange" with India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a summit in Laos this week, a year after he accused India's government of involvement in the killing of a Canadian Sikh activist in B.C. 

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[l] at 10/11/24 2:00am
Outgoing CBC/Radio-Canada CEO Catherine Tait said dismantling the nearly 90-year public broadcaster would be "absolutely tragic" and politicians like Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre who want to do away with the company should think twice about torpedoing something so closely linked to Canada's cultural identity.

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[l] at 10/10/24 4:36pm
The pharmacare bill that was central to a political pact between the Liberals and NDP received royal assent on Thursday night and has now become law.

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[l] at 10/10/24 2:42pm
Income inequality in Canada has hit the highest level ever recorded as wealth becomes increasingly concentrated in fewer hands, says Canada’s statistics agency.

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[l] at 10/10/24 2:27pm
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre clarified his position on involuntary drug addiction treatment, saying he supports it for minors and prisoners behind bars when they are found to be incapable of making decisions for themselves, but is still  researching whether it’s a good idea for non-incarcerated adults.

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[l] at 10/10/24 11:55am
Canada’s foreign affairs minister says she didn’t know that foreign interference was taking place in Canada until she learned about it through a media report, the commission of inquiry into foreign interference heard Thursday.

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[l] at 10/10/24 8:37am
After making what it called an "inadvertent error," Canada's independent budget watchdog ran its analysis of the federal carbon tax and rebates a second time — and came to a similar conclusion when it comes to how many Canadians receive more in rebates than they pay through the carbon tax.

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