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N.W.T. teachers, gov't sign deal for salary increase after nearly a year of bargaining
N.W.T. teachers will see their pay rise by 12 per cent over the next couple years.On Wednesday, the N.W.T. government and the N.W.T. Teachers' Association announced they had finally reached a deal on a new collective agreement that's been accepted by both sides.The announcement came after almost 11 months of negotiating.Teachers will see their pay increase by five per cent, retroactive to Aug. 1, 2023, followed by an additional three per cent increase as of Aug. 1 of this year. On Aug. 1, 2025,
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Canadian health-care professionals urged to share climate disaster mitigation info
HALIFAX — After last summer's heat waves, deadly floods and record-breaking wildfires, some scientists are urging Canadian health professionals to help their patients better prepare for climate change-related extreme weather and natural disasters. Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo, told a national public health conference in Halifax Wednesday there are inexpensive and effective ways of reducing harm caused by climate-related disasters —
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Liberals pounce on Poilievre's visit to carbon tax protest, support from Alex Jones
OTTAWA — As the Liberals try to reverse their political fortunes with the latest federal budget, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ratcheted up attacks against his Conservative opponent on Wednesday, tying him to a far-right American figure. Polls suggest the Liberal budget released last week has yet to resonate — but Trudeau suggested it's still more of a plan than what Poilievre has on offer, other than trying to exploit public anxieties. During a stop to promote the budget in Oakville, Ont., Trud
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Border agency eyes smartphone facial recognition system amid privacy concerns
OTTAWA — Travellers would be able to use facial recognition technology to identify themselves through their smartphones when crossing the border under a planned federal project. The Canada Border Services Agency says the initiative would allow for a faster and more seamless travel experience. A pilot project is still two to four years away, but an Ottawa-based civil liberties coalition is already flagging concerns about privacy and accountability. The border agency says use of the system would b
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As treaty talks continue, new forecast predicts clouds with a 100% chance of plastic
OTTAWA — Mother Nature delivered a typical spring day Wednesday in Ottawa, with a morning of light drizzle fading into afternoon sunshine, near-freezing temperatures — and thousands of grams of plastic. That "plastic forecast" comes from a project of Australia's Minderoo Foundation, trying to draw attention to the scope of the world's plastic problem as negotiations for a global treaty to end plastic waste continue in the national capital. "We've produced so much plastic it's now in our weather,
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This trash robot is cleaning up Michigan's shores, keeping plastic out of the Detroit River
Picture a Roomba, but for the beach: BeBot is a new roving trash collector that will soon hit the shores of Belle Isle State Park. It's all part of a bid not just to keep beaches clean for residents, but to prevent harmful trash from ending up in the waterways in the Great Lakes region.LISTEN: Robot being used to pick up trash on Belle Isle"I operate it on the Belle Isle beach and it really sifts into the sand to get a lot of that litter, pollution that you can't see with your eye because it's b
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Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., as Liberals tap app's influencers
OAKVILLE, Ont. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is refusing to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, at a time when his own party is leaning on the app and its influencers to deliver the Liberals' political message to Canadians. The U.S. Senate passed a bill Tuesday that would force TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell its share of the social-media app within a year or face a ban in the platform's largest market. The proposed ban was slipped into a $95-billion
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