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  • Ottawa has used AI in nearly 300 projects and initiatives: research
    Canada's federal government has used artificial intelligence in nearly 300 projects and initiatives, new research has found — including to help predict the outcome of tax cases.
    Canada
    Apr 11
  • Kingston businesses to sue federal government over LaSalle Causeway closure
    Business owners plan to sue the federal government over delays in bridge overhaul, trapping vessels and risking jobs. Legal action imminent.
    Canada
    Apr 24
  • Federal government hosts show of support for Saskatchewan’s potash industry
    The federal Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly stopped in at the Mosaic mine in Belle Plaine to highlight how important the potash industry is to the country.
    Canada
    Apr 26
  • Mayors call on federal government to deny parole to Robert Pickton
    Robert Pickton was charged with 26 murders in the deaths of women who disappeared from Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, but only convicted of second-degree murder for six of them.
    Crime
    Apr 25
  • Ottawa plans to sell historic armoury in Amherst, N.S., to make way for housing
    The building was declared surplus in 2016 after the local reserve unit moved out, but it is still used for community functions, military cadet training and to house a museum.
    Canada
    Apr 17
  • Nurse practitioner fees could ‘undermine’ Ontario public health investment: minister
    Ontario Health Minister Sylvia Jones has written to the federal government asking it to help close what she describes as a 'loophole' in the system.
    Health
    Apr 16
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  • Alberta proposes legislation giving it gatekeeping role on federal funding
    Premier Danielle Smith says the province has had long-standing concerns over federal intrusion into areas of provincial authority.
    Politics
    Apr 10
  • Federal government reaches $7M settlement with ?aqam First Nation in B.C.
    The federal government and a British Columbia First Nation have reached a $7-million settlement over a lumber grievance that dates back to 1942.
    Politics
    Apr 4
  • Tensions between Ontario, federal governments flare on affordable housing
    The Ford and Trudeau governments are at odds over their plans to provide affordable housing, with the federal government threatening to withhold hundreds of millions of dollars.
    Politics
    Mar 23
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  • Ottawa, Quebec commit $100M to boost semiconductor capacity
    A news release from the federal government says the funding from both levels of government will help create 280 jobs in the region.
    Canada
    Apr 26
  • Grocery code: How Ottawa has tried to get Loblaw, Walmart on board
    It was evident to the federal government as early as last fall that Loblaw and Walmart might be holdouts to the grocery code of conduct, documents show.
    Canada
    Apr 26
  • Budget 2024 won’t have much effect on inflation, Bank of Canada head says
    Tiff Macklem testified at a Senate committee that the spending plan tabled last month hasn't changed the federal government's fiscal track by much.
    Economy
    May 1
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  • Incentives could help more Manitobans make the switch to electric vehicles: experts
    Incentives from the provincial and federal governments could help Manitoba catch up to other jurisdictions when it comes to electric vehicles, experts say.
    Consumer
    May 1
  • Beaconsfield banking on big financial boost for new library and cultural centre
    Monday, both the federal government and provincial governments announced a joint grant of $3.1 million, each ponying up about $1.5 million.
    Canada
    Apr 29
  • B.C. professor quits federal panel in protest of new disability benefit
    University of Victoria professor Michael Prince has quit the federal government's Disability Advisory Group, saying Ottawa's new disability benefit falls short.
    Politics
    Apr 22
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  • Capital gains changes are ‘really fair,’ Freeland says, as doctors cry foul
    The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings.
    Canada
    Apr 23
  • Call being made in N.S. to expand federal support to private daycares amid ‘childcare crisis’
    A Nova Scotia mother is calling on the federal government to expand childcare funding to include private operators. She says in her community of East Hants, the situation is dire.
    Canada
    May 2
  • B.C. First Nation gets nearly $16M funding for off-grid solar farm
    A First Nation in central British Columbia will build what the federal government says will likely be the largest off-grid solar project in Canada.
    Politics
    Apr 19
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  • Canada’s dental plan has officially kicked in. Who is eligible?
    More than 1,200 seniors have already visited a dentist and had their claims processed by the federal government's new dental care plan, the Liberals announced Wednesday.
    Health
    May 2
  • Vaccine injury compensation fund gets additional $36M from feds
    The federal government has added $36.4 million to a program designed to support people who have been seriously injured or killed by vaccines since the end of 2020.
    Health
    Apr 24
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