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Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools

Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes in schools

Premier Danielle Smith has announced a raft of changes affecting transgender Albertans, including requiring parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Toronto school board cancels classes on day of solar eclipse

Toronto school board cancels classes on day of solar eclipse

TORONTO — Canada's largest school board approved on Wednesday a revision to its school calendar so students can stay home on the day a rare solar eclipse will chart a course through parts of Canada.
Flood concerns persist, but evacuation order downgraded in Pemberton, B.C.

Flood concerns persist, but evacuation order downgraded in Pemberton, B.C.

PEMBERTON, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA — Dusty McKinnon says driving through floodwaters in Pemberton, B.C., reminded him of fording rivers in Costa Rica, as water surged over the hood of his truck.
Ottawa pledges $362 million to provinces, cities to temporarily house asylum seekers

Ottawa pledges $362 million to provinces, cities to temporarily house asylum seekers

OTTAWA — The federal government is spending another $362 million to help provinces and cities find housing for asylum seekers — but Ontario says it's nowhere near enough.
A list of Alberta's new policies on gender and sexuality

A list of Alberta's new policies on gender and sexuality

EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has posted a video to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, announcing several new policies and guidelines dealing with gender and sexuality.
Dentists, hygienists still in the dark on details of federal dental-care plan

Dentists, hygienists still in the dark on details of federal dental-care plan

OTTAWA — With just months to go before patients can start making appointments, dentists, hygienists and other dental-care providers are still waiting for crucial details about how the federal government's new dental-care plan will work and how much t
Montreal firefighter drowning: Safety board highlights 'decisions made on the fly'

Montreal firefighter drowning: Safety board highlights 'decisions made on the fly'

MONTREAL — The Transportation Safety Board of Canada has concluded that a lack of planning contributed to the October 2021 capsizing of a rescue boat that killed a Montreal firefighter.
Investigators recover voice recorder, talk to lone survivor of N.W.T. plane crash

Investigators recover voice recorder, talk to lone survivor of N.W.T. plane crash

EDMONTON — Investigators probing a plane crash that killed six people in the Northwest Territories have recovered the cockpit voice recorder and talked to the lone survivor.
Conservatives get more than $35M in donations during Poilievre's first year as leader

Conservatives get more than $35M in donations during Poilievre's first year as leader

OTTAWA — The Conservative Party of Canada raised more than $35 million during Pierre Poilievre's first full year as leader — and the federal Liberals brought in less than half that amount.
Ending drug decriminalization won't save lives, B.C. minister says on anniversary

Ending drug decriminalization won't save lives, B.C. minister says on anniversary

VICTORIA — British Columbia's Mental Health and Addictions Minister Jennifer Whiteside says ending the province's three-year drug decriminalization project won't save "a single life," as the experiment comes under political pressure and the overdose
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