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Saskatchewan squabbles with Ottawa over pavilion presentations at COP28 in Dubai

Saskatchewan squabbles with Ottawa over pavilion presentations at COP28 in Dubai

REGINA — Saskatchewan is squabbling again with Ottawa — this time over an event space at a climate conference in Dubai.
Some nurse practitioners in Canada not being paid for administering MAID

Some nurse practitioners in Canada not being paid for administering MAID

British Columbia has made headway in offering different compensation models.
In the news today: Canadians still waiting to leave the Gaza Strip

In the news today: Canadians still waiting to leave the Gaza Strip

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
CRA claws back $458M in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit

CRA claws back $458M in pandemic-era wage subsidies after partial audit

The Canada Revenue Agency has denied or adjusted $458 million in funds disbursed to employers through a pandemic-era wage subsidy program as a result of a partially completed auditing process.
Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention

Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh blasts Trudeau, Poilievre at B.C. convention

VICTORIA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has lost touch with the struggles of Canadians, while Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre only pretends to care about regular people, federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh said Sunday.
List of people cleared to leave Gaza Strip via Egypt includes 135 Canadians

List of people cleared to leave Gaza Strip via Egypt includes 135 Canadians

A group of 135 people with ties to Canada desperate to flee escalating violence in the Gaza Strip were officially cleared to leave the besieged territory Sunday, though there was no immediate word on how many were able to make the trip.
Public sector strike: Quebec government calls on unions to submit counter-offer

Public sector strike: Quebec government calls on unions to submit counter-offer

MONTREAL — Quebec's treasury board president implored unions on Sunday to table a counter-offer to the government's last contract proposal as a week of planned, provincewide public sector strikes is set to get underway.
Canada criminalized 'condoning, denying or downplaying' the Holocaust: is it working?

Canada criminalized 'condoning, denying or downplaying' the Holocaust: is it working?

Canadian Jewish organizations are calling on the Liberal government to remove what they see as barriers to enforcing a relatively new Criminal Code provision against Holocaust denialism amid a rise in antisemitism.
Tiny beetle to the rescue of N.S. hemlocks attacked by woolly invasive insect

Tiny beetle to the rescue of N.S. hemlocks attacked by woolly invasive insect

FREDERICTON — On comfortable beds of wood shavings inside multiple boxes, 3,600 Laricobius nigrinus beetles made overnight journeys last month from the forests of British Columbia all the way to southwestern Nova Scotia.
Freeland to present fall fiscal update Tuesday as cost-of-living dominates politics

Freeland to present fall fiscal update Tuesday as cost-of-living dominates politics

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table the fall fiscal update on Tuesday, which is expected to focus on housing and affordability as the Liberal government struggles to regain favour with Canadians feeling overwhelmed and angry about
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