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Feds give co-operative housing providers extra help to ease rental costs

Feds give co-operative housing providers extra help to ease rental costs

OTTAWA — The federal government is giving co-operative housing providers millions in funding to ease rental costs, pledging relief for a sector that has sought to find new ways to provide help to tenants. The $118.
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Quebec curfew taking toll on women facing violence, people with mental health issues

Quebec curfew taking toll on women facing violence, people with mental health issues

MONTREAL — The Quebec government said it introduced a curfew as a common sense way to reduce COVID-19 transmission and ease pressure on hospitals, but women facing violence, young people and low-income residents say the health order has left them beh
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Canadian troops in Ukraine pressing ahead with training mission amid Russia tensions

Canadian troops in Ukraine pressing ahead with training mission amid Russia tensions

OTTAWA — The commander of Canadian troops in Ukraine says his soldiers are pushing ahead with their mission despite growing concerns about a potential Russian invasion. Lt.-Col.
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Expert panel says Canada needs to 'up its game" on climate data to better adapt

Expert panel says Canada needs to 'up its game" on climate data to better adapt

OTTAWA — A new report suggests Canada is not doing enough to adapt to and prevent the effects of climate change and is lacking the critical data it needs to do so.
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Feds drop trucker vaccine mandate, fourth dose questions : In The News for Jan. 13

Feds drop trucker vaccine mandate, fourth dose questions : In The News for Jan. 13

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ...
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Provinces clamour for rapid tests while feds struggle to deliver millions promised

Provinces clamour for rapid tests while feds struggle to deliver millions promised

OTTAWA — Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says Canada is in crisis when it comes to COVID-19 PCR testing capacity, as Ottawa struggles to make good on its promise to deliver 140 million rapid tests to provinces by the end of the month.
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PM needs more info on Quebec's no-vax tax, Ottawa struggles to deliver rapid tests

PM needs more info on Quebec's no-vax tax, Ottawa struggles to deliver rapid tests

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Wednesday he needs more information before he can say whether he supports Quebec’s anti-vaccination tax, as Ottawa struggled to make good on its promise to deliver COVID-19 rapid tests.
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Quebec Opposition unconvinced province will impose penalty on unvaccinated

Quebec Opposition unconvinced province will impose penalty on unvaccinated

MONTREAL — Quebec's announcement that it would tax unvaccinated residents sparked strong reaction and pushed Canadian premiers to take a position on it, but the province's official Opposition says it's unconvinced the government will go ahead with it
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Regulator rules it's too early for public group to have role in ATCO probe talks

Regulator rules it's too early for public group to have role in ATCO probe talks

EDMONTON — Alberta's utilities regulator says it's too early in a dispute over alleged wrongdoing by one of the province's main power providers for a consumer's group to address the investigation into ATCO Electric.
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Mounties urge Supreme Court to allow class action on bullying to proceed

Mounties urge Supreme Court to allow class action on bullying to proceed

OTTAWA — Mounties waging a class action against the RCMP over bullying and harassment are telling the Supreme Court of Canada to reject a federal move to have the suit thrown out.
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