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Canadian medical students call for better education on health and climate change
January 11, 2020 - 1:00 AM

VANCOUVER - Canadian medical schools have not adequately addressed the urgent need for training related to planetary health and climate change, and members of the Canadian Federation of Medical Students say that must change.
Paperwork keeping us from helping veterans, case workers complain
September 06, 2019 - 1:48 PM

OTTAWA - Case managers assigned to assist Canada's most severely disabled veterans say they are being forced to spend more time filling out paperwork than helping former service members.
Feds falling short on promise to provide better case management to vets
April 29, 2019 - 1:58 PM

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is failing in its promise to spread the heavy caseloads borne by staff at Veterans Affairs Canada in an effort to make sure veterans are served properly, according to recent internal briefing materials.
Post office restores normal delivery times as mediated talks fail
December 18, 2018 - 1:18 PM

OTTAWA - The restoration of delivery service guarantees by Canada Post — three weeks after striking postal workers were forced back to work — proves the shipment backlogs Ottawa used to justify legislating an end to rotating walkouts were "fiction," says the Canadian Union of Postal Workers.
In the news today, July 11
July 11, 2018 - 4:23 AM

Five stories in the news for Wednesday, July 11
The top 5 promises made by the three main parties in Ontario's election
June 06, 2018 - 12:45 PM

A look at the top five promises made by each of the three major Ontario political parties heading into Thursday's election.
Chief of Ontario reserve says housing shortage worse than ever; PM promises help
January 19, 2018 - 2:40 PM

PIKANGIKUM, Ont. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising a remote northwestern Ontario reserve help with a housing shortage that the chief says is worse than ever.
Baloney Meter: Are Australian fighter jets a 'rusted-out bucket of bolts'?
December 14, 2017 - 4:30 AM

OTTAWA - "The Liberals are buying rusted-out fighter jets from Australia even though the defence minister actually said that they would never buy used planes. We know that these 80s-era (planes) are rusted out because a 2012 Australian report said corrosion was so bad that the number of active flying days had to be cut. This is not a bucket of bolts, Mr. Speaker. This is a bucket of rusted-out bolts, Mr. Speaker. Why are they going back on their word?" — Conservative MP Tony Clement, Dec. 12.
Airbus shakes up industry with majority stake in Bombardier CSeries program
October 18, 2017 - 12:51 PM

MONTREAL - European aircraft giant Airbus Group is shaking up the global airline business by buying a majority stake in Bombardier's CSeries program and assembling the plane in the U.S. to avoid import duties.
Ontario to tackle ticket scalper bots, home warranties, real estate rules
October 06, 2017 - 5:17 AM

TORONTO - Ontario is seeking to strengthen consumer protection rules around home warranties, ticket sales, real estate practices, and travel services in an omnibus bill introduced Thursday.
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Overnight stop on the Okanagan Rail Trail tour? It could soon happen
The Okanagan Rail Trail may already have hundreds of thousands of annual users but anyone wanting to a place to sleep has to extend their journey, in most cases, far beyond that trail. While the trail ends near downtown Kelowna with its man

Pets welcome at West Kelowna icewine festival
Reap the rewards of a chilly Okanagan winter with an icewine festival. Bring your pooch, enjoy an outdoor fire and roast marshmallows at the first annual Grizzli Winery Icewine Festival, held Jan. 25 and 26, from 12 to 4 p.m. In celeb

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Canadian News

Canadian medical students call for better education on health and climate change

Paperwork keeping us from helping veterans, case workers complain

Feds falling short on promise to provide better case management to vets

Post office restores normal delivery times as mediated talks fail

In the news today, July 11

The top 5 promises made by the three main parties in Ontario's election

Chief of Ontario reserve says housing shortage worse than ever; PM promises help

Baloney Meter: Are Australian fighter jets a 'rusted-out bucket of bolts'?

Airbus shakes up industry with majority stake in Bombardier CSeries program

Ontario to tackle ticket scalper bots, home warranties, real estate rules

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