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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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • 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
  • Federal government launches forensic audit of Saskatchewan First Nations group
    Indigenous Services Canada says it plans to launch a forensic audit on the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations.
    Canada
    Mar 19
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  • 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
  • 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
  • Calls for more affordable housing as over $426M spent to temporarily house asylum claimants
    The federal government has spent over $426 million this fiscal year on temporary accommodations like hotels for asylum claimants.
    Canada
    Apr 12
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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
  • Feds fund wildfire emergency co-ordinators for 48 Alberta First Nations
    The federal government is providing all Alberta First Nations with an emergency co-ordinator to help plan for and respond to wildfires.
    Canada
    Apr 10
  • ‘A swing and a miss’: Saskatchewan premier comments on federal budget, deficit
    Moe said the province asked the federal government to deliver two things in the budget: more funding towards municipal infrastructure and for the carbon price to be removed. 
    Canada
    Apr 16
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  • Ottawa looks to launch national flood insurance program within 12 months
    After years of work, the federal government says it plans on implementing a national flood insurance program within the next 12 months as part of the 2024 budget.
    Canada
    Apr 17
  • Foreign interference inquiry to hear again from spy agency head
    The head of Canada's spy agency is slated to face fresh questions on Friday on exactly what the federal government was told about foreign meddling.
    Canada
    Apr 12
  • 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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  • Wildfires 2024: Canada ‘preparing for the worst’ after record season last year
    The federal government says it is taking measures to prepare for this year's wildfire season, noting that wildfire activity is already at above-normal levels.
    Canada
    Apr 10
  • Regina Exhibition Association Ltd. ‘working on options for repayment’ of $8M bill owed to feds
    The Regina Exhibition Association Limited is working on options of bill of $8M that is owed to the federal government following an audit from the CRA.
    Canada
    Apr 9
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