Canada

Canada · 9 d ago

Alberta's referendum count is finished, and 74.9 per cent of voters want to stay in Canada

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Election staff hand-counted 20,574,612 votes on the Oct 19 referendum's 10 questions, more than any other vote held in Canada, Elections Alberta says.

Canada · 9 d ago

Nearly 500 Quebecers have died choking on food since 2021

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A review of 491 coroners' reports found nearly 500 deaths from food choking in Quebec since 2021, 216 of them in long-term care homes or hospitals.

Canada · 9 d ago

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Arson fire hits the former convent in Trois-Pistoles, Quebec; demolition under way

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The Sûreté du Québec says the Sunday fire at the convent, built in 1882, was set. Two minors were questioned and released on a promise to appear.

Canada · 9 d ago

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Two outside probes open into a Montreal officer accused of urinating on homeless people

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Quebec's Minister of Internal Security, Guy Lapointe fils, asked the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) and the police ethics commissioner to each investigate the allegation against the SPVM officer, who has been suspended.

Canada · 9 d ago

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Toronto votes for mayor in a race polls call too close to call

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Mayor Olivia Chow faces city councillor Brad Bradford. If he wins, she would be the first sitting mayor to lose since the current city was created in 1998.

Canada · 9 d ago

Heating oil prices are up 42 per cent since the Iran war began

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Furnace oil averaged just under $2.50 a litre this week, according to Natural Resources Canada.

Canada · 9 d ago

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Young Canadians who lived through climate disruption take Ottawa to court

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Fifteen plaintiffs, aged 10 to 19 when they sued in 2019, argue in Federal Court in Vancouver that Canada's emissions plan and net-zero law breach their Charter rights to life, liberty and security.

Canada · 9 d ago

Pesticide limits in Canadian drinking water rest on industry-funded studies

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Researchers say the federal glyphosate guideline relies on Monsanto studies more than 45 years old. Health Canada did not say whether the 1981 study was independently validated.