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Plastic treaty talks in Ottawa get underway with pleas for high ambition, flexibility
OTTAWA — The Ecuadorean diplomat tasked with shepherding the fourth round of talks for a global plastic treaty in Ottawa this week says the world cannot wait much longer for governments to get it right. Luis Vayas Valdivieso was tapped last fall to be the lead negotiator for the treaty negotiations which got underway in Ottawa this morning. It is the fourth of five planned rounds aimed at having an agreement by the end of this year to chart a course towards ending plastic waste by 2040. Valdivie
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Trudeau announces $5B-loan guarantee program for Indigenous communities
SASKATOON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is offering $5 billion in loan guarantees to support Indigenous communities seeking ownership stakes in natural resource and energy projects. Trudeau says the program will help Indigenous peoples receive a fair share in Canada's economic growth. The prime minister is in Saskatoon for the announcement, which was part of last week's budget. He says Ottawa is also promising to spend millions of more dollars to help Indigenous communities with ho
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Baby lives after stroller hit and dragged by vehicle in Squamish, B.C.
SQUAMISH, B.C. — A baby in a stroller survived being struck and dragged for two blocks while it was lodged in the front of a vehicle in Squamish, B.C. Mounties say they received multiple calls that a vehicle had hit a pedestrian pushing a baby in the stroller at a crosswalk Monday night. Investigators say the driver fled the scene in the vehicle but was found approximately two blocks away with the baby still inside the stroller, lodged into the front of the vehicle. Police say both the pedestria
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Wildfire terms every Canadian should be familiar with
A key part of staying safe is being informed, and that includes learning the lingo associated with wildfires.
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A spring warm-up with a warning across the Prairies
This week's spring warm-up may come at a bit of a cost across the Prairies
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Doctors ask Liberal government to reconsider capital gains tax change
OTTAWA — The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing they will affect doctors' retirement savings. Kathleen Ross, the association's president, says many doctors incorporate their medical practices and invest for retirement inside their corporations. The proposed changes would increase taxes on those investments, something the association says will add "financial strain" for doctors who do not have a pensi
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RCMP alleges two former UN workers in Montreal sold weapons, drones to Libya
MONTREAL — The Royal Canadian Mounted Police says two former United Nations employees in Montreal have been charged after they allegedly took part in a conspiracy to illegally sell Chinese-made drones and other military equipment to Libya. The RCMP says Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, who is 61 and lives in the Montreal suburb of Sainte-Catherine, Que., has been arrested and is expected to appear in a Montreal court today. Police say his alleged accomplice, Mahmud Mohamed Elsuwaye Sayeh, 37, remains on
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