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Tens of thousands of families have applied for federal child dental benefit: Gould
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Karina Gould says 35,000 people have applied for the new child dental benefit since the program opened a week ago. Gould was responding to an opposition question i...
Dec 07, 2022

Media shunning transparency law due to worsening delays, journalist says
OTTAWA - Veteran journalist Dean Beeby says reporters are abandoning the federal Access to Information Act as a research tool because turnaround times are terrible and getting worse. The access law al...
Dec 07, 2022

NW Region EMS professionals honoured with Queen's Jubilee Awards
A number of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) professionals from the North West Region were among those recognized for their outstanding service at a ceremony at Government House in Regina Tuesday. Sas...
Dec 07, 2022

Quebec's auditor finds Education Department ill-prepared for pivot to online learning
Quebec's auditor general says the province's Education Department was ill-prepared when the COVID-19 pandemic forced schools to shutter in March 2020 and it still does not have a complete picture of t...
Dec 07, 2022

FBI got tip about shooting suspect a day before 2021 arrest
DENVER (AP) - Authorities said the person who would later kill five at a Colorado gay nightclub was on the FBI's radar a day before being arrested for threatening to kill family members and blow up th...
Dec 07, 2022

North Stars host Ice Wolves for showdown of league's elite
The top two teams in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League will clash Wednesday, as the league-leading Battlefords North Stars host the second-place La Ronge Ice Wolves for a clash of the titans in No...
Dec 07, 2022

Quebec coroner questions why witnesses failed to report drunk driver before crash
MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner is questioning why people who saw a drunk driver get behind the wheel failed to call authorities before he got into a crash that killed four members of a family north of Qu...
Dec 07, 2022

Trial ordered for 5 men in plot to kidnap Michigan governor
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) - Five men were turned over for trial Wednesday on charges involving a foiled plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Michael Null, William Null, Eric Molitor and Shaw...
Dec 07, 2022

National security concerns prompt bill to modernize foreign investment screening
OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will make the most significant updates to the federal investment screening law in more than a decade to address evolving national security concerns. Industry Mi...
Dec 07, 2022

Canada's government will review RCMP equipment contract with ties to China: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is reviewing an RCMP equipment contract with a company that has ties to China's government. Radio-Canada reports that the federal Pro...
Dec 07, 2022