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Liberal government turning to influencers to get its message to younger Canadians
OTTAWA — Dennis Mathu and Stephanie Gordon first started posting financial-advice videos on YouTube three years ago — a side hustle that helped to scratch a creative itch. They never imagined it would lead them down some of the most powerful political corridors in Canada. Mathu and Gordon — Steph & Den, as they're known online — were among several content creators invited to Tuesday's federal budget lockup, where they got early access to Ottawa's new spending blueprint. It's an invitation typica
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Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding across Canada, critics say
SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. — Every morning, Indigenous men at the Waseskun Healing Centre north of Montreal gather for a healing circle, where they smudge, share stories and sometimes gain spiritual guidance from elders. The centre is the equivalent of a minimum-security prison but here, the men are called residents, rather than inmates, prisoners or offenders. At the end of a healing circle on an early-spring morning, elder Grégoire Canapé shares a teaching. "There’s this idea of bad apples
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Report suggests little progress in first year of Alberta's emissions reduction plan
EDMONTON — Alberta has done little to advance its plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions a year after introducing it, an analysis suggests. "Based on this lack of progress, it doesn't appear that Alberta has an active climate plan," Simon Dyer of the clean energy think tank Pembina Institute said Friday. "It's a plan in name only." Environment Minister Rebecca Schulz said in a statement that Alberta is reducing emissions. "I am confident that Alberta will continue to lead in responsible energy
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Police to search Saskatoon landfill for woman missing since 2020
Saskatoon police are planning to search the city's landfill for a woman who has been missing for more than three years. Mackenzie Lee Trottier was 22 when she last seen in December 2020. “I must stress that Mackenzie is still considered a missing person and will be until we have direct information otherwise,” Deputy Chief Cam McBride said at a news conference Friday. Police said a substantial amount of data was collected last year as part of their investigation. Devices were seized and informati
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MPs grill 'incompetent' health agency on fired National Microbiology Lab scientists
OTTAWA — Federal officials in charge of the National Microbiology Lab defended security protocols at the Winnipeg institution against accusations from MPs of bureaucratic incompetence Friday. "We acted as expeditiously as we could, given the information that was available," Public Health Agency of Canada head Heather Jeffrey said Friday. She testified at the House committee on Canada-China relations as it probes Ottawa's handling of two researchers at the Winnipeg lab, who left Canada after thei
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What is cloud seeding? How scientists hope to generate rain
Researchers have spent decades trying to ‘seed’ clouds and force them to generate rain or snow—with varying levels of success. Here’s how it works
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U.S. FAA to probe baseball coach in cockpit during a flight from Denver to Toronto
LOS ANGELES — Authorities in the United States are investigating after a video surfaced on social media of a hitting coach for the Colorado Rockies sitting in the cockpit of an aircraft "at cruise altitude," while bound for Toronto. A statement from the Federal Aviation Administration says an investigation is underway but it will not comment further while the process is ongoing. The comments come after a post on social media platform X showed a video allegedly taken from the Instagram account of
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