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Canada · 21 d ago

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Coalition avenir Québec drops Christine Fréchette's name after its election wipeout

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The party won no seats in the Oct 5 election despite 13.35 per cent of the vote, and is again simply the Coalition avenir Québec. Élections Québec authorized the change on Thursday.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Snowbirds fly their final show before the Tutor jets retire

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The RCAF Snowbirds perform their final air show Friday in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, livestreamed online at 2 p.m. ET. The team has flown the CT-114 Tutor for 55 years.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Provincial health ministers say Ottawa's one-year funding extension is not enough

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Federal Health Minister Marjorie Michel says Ottawa will extend for one year the mental health, addiction and home care programs set to expire in 2027. She says that represents $1.2 billion.

Canada · 21 d ago

Ottawa won't say whether its course on AI was written by AI

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In September, Ottawa gave $13 million to the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute (Amii) for three online courses on AI. It says confidentiality provisions prevent it from telling students whether the content was AI-generated.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Nova Scotia charges two businesses over illegal lobster buying

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Independent Fisheries in Lockeport and a numbered company in Shelburne County face charges for buying, selling or processing lobster caught without a valid licence. The Department of Natural Resources says the charges follow a two-year investigation.

Canada · 21 d ago

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DNA study finds little mixed ancestry in early colonial Montreal

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A study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences analyzed ancient DNA from 45 people buried in Montreal's Notre-Dame cemetery between 1683 and 1796. All were of European descent, and all but one, apparently of Italian origin, had French ancestry.

Canada · 21 d ago

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Nova Scotia school support workers could strike in 10 days

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More than 5,500 school support workers in eight CUPE locals could walk off the job, as talks with the province's regional centres for education and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial, its French-language school board, near an impasse.

Canada · 21 d ago

Express Entry to give more points to immigrants in high-wage jobs

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Ottawa is adding Express Entry points for permanent residency candidates with Canadian work experience or a job offer in a high-wage field. Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab announced the change in Kitchener, Ontario.