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Trudeau attending U.S. relations cabinet committee meeting amid calls for resignation

Trudeau attending U.S. relations cabinet committee meeting amid calls for resignation

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took part in a virtual meeting of the Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee on Friday, as people inside and outside the Liberal caucus call for him to resign as leader.
Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine

Yukon told of 'potential leak' from toxic pond at failed Eagle Gold mine

WHITEHORSE — The Yukon government says it has been told there is a "potential leak" in a containment pond holding toxic water at the Eagle Gold mine, where millions of tonnes of contaminated rock were spilled last year.
Canada pausing applications for parent, grandparent permanent residency sponsorships

Canada pausing applications for parent, grandparent permanent residency sponsorships

OTTAWA — Canada will not accept new parent and grandparent permanent residency sponsorship applications until further notice, according to a ministerial directive.
'We've done the impossible': Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks

'We've done the impossible': Calgarians get back personalized 1988 Olympic bricks

CALGARY — Some people say it with flowers. Some with an engagement ring. For Keith Beggs, it was a brick surrounded by mortar and placed at Calgary's Olympic Plaza that showed his true intent for the woman who would become his wife.
Rise in number of unhoused people seeking shelter in Montreal ERs as temperatures dip

Rise in number of unhoused people seeking shelter in Montreal ERs as temperatures dip

MONTREAL — Montreal health authorities say a growing number of people experiencing homelessness are taking refuge in the city’s emergency rooms to stay out of the freezing cold.
Two more charged in brazen killing of daughter-in-law of late Montreal Mafia boss

Two more charged in brazen killing of daughter-in-law of late Montreal Mafia boss

MONTREAL — Montreal police say two more people have been arrested in the brazen daytime killing of a 39-year-old woman in front of her beauty salon in May 2023.
Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity

Quebec emergency rooms reporting major overcrowding, some at more than 200% capacity

MONTREAL — Quebec is experiencing serious overcrowding in its emergency rooms after the holidays, with some major hospitals in Montreal operating at more than 200 per cent capacity on Friday.
Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption

Google sends funds to journalism collective in exchange for Online News Act exemption

Google has sent the $100 million it agreed to pay Canadian news outlets in exchange for an exemption from the Online News Act to a journalism organization designed to distribute the funds. The U.S.
Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

Museum of whale skeletons, painstakingly rebuilt over years, consumed by B.C. fire

It takes years to rebuild a whale. Just ask Jim Borrowman, co-founder of the Whale Interpretive Centre museum that housed numerous whale skeletons on the boardwalk of Telegraph Cove on Vancouver Island.
Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus

Case of B.C. teen with avian flu shows 'worrisome' mutation of virus

Infectious disease experts say the avian flu case that infected a 13-year-old in British Columbia shows “worrisome” signs that the virus could be mutating to more easily infect humans, but that the treatment approach taken can help inform future case
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