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Trudeau won't comment on future of TikTok in U.S., says Canadian safety a priority
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's not going to comment on the future of TikTok in the United States, but his own government will continue to look out for Canadians' security. The U.S. Senate has passed a bill that would force TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, to sell the social-media app within the year or face an American ban. The proposed ban was slipped into a multi-billion dollar aid package for Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. Trudeau says when it comes to TikTok,
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Alberta enacts fire restriction as wildfire conditions grow extreme
A sweeping fire restriction has been put in place across Alberta as hot, dry weather leaves forests tinder-dry.Emergency officials are urging extreme caution in the weeks ahead as a persistent and severe drought pushes Alberta's wildfire danger to the extreme.On Wednesday, following a wildfire information update, the province introduced a fire restriction in the province's forest protection areas in effort to manage the risk.With the exception of Calgary's forest protection zone, all outdoor fir
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VideoCaitlin Cronenberg feels no pressure to live up to father’s legacy with debut film ‘Humane’
Toronto’s Caitlin Cronenberg isn’t worried about her debut feature film “Humane” drawing comparisons to the darker work of her father, Canadian horror pioneer David Cronenberg. She says she’s sorry to the people who will be disappointed it’s not more of a body-horror film. (April 24, 2024)
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'Good luck with that': PM says Saskatchewan premier shouldn't pick fight with CRA
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the Canada Revenue Agency is "very, very good" at getting the money it's owed, and Saskatchewan's premier should take note of that. Scott Moe has pledged the province will not send Ottawa the money it collects from the federal carbon price on natural gas. That move breaks the law, and Trudeau says the CRA has ways of making sure it can collect. On Tuesday, the prime minister said his government will keep sending carbon rebate cheques to people in Saska
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Quebec liquor store employees walk off the job as two-day strike begins
MONTREAL — Some 5,000 Quebec liquor corporation workers have walked off the job for a planned two-day strike. Their union — Syndicat des employé(e)s de magasins et de bureaux de la SAQ — confirmed at midnight on Facebook it was launching the strike after a lack of progress at the negotiating table. It says the two strike days are the first to be used under the union's 15-day strike mandate. The union says some 70 per cent of its members are part-time or on call, and it is calling on the Société
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US requires bird flu tests for dairy cattle moving between states
CHICAGO (Reuters) -The U.S. government will require dairy cattle moving between states to be tested for bird flu starting on Monday, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told reporters on Wednesday. Vilsack said all laboratories and states in the country must report positive tests in cattle for any influenza A, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) would pay for increased testing. The measures come a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it had found bird flu virus particle
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Police who found loaded gun in 'man purse' did not profile suspect: Quebec judge
MONTREAL — A Quebec judge says police who searched a suspect carrying a "man purse" and found a loaded weapon inside did not engage in profiling. The case involves Marcus Nimeri, who was stopped by Montreal police in October 2023 and found to be carrying in his shoulder bag a handgun that had been illegally modified. Nimeri's lawyer argued the search was illegal and that his client was profiled because he was carrying a "man purse," which are popular with men from Black and Arab communities. Pol
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