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Top court to examine COVID-related entry limits imposed by Newfoundland and Labrador
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will weigh the constitutionality of a pandemic-related restriction that curbed travel for public-health reasons. The top court has agreed to hear arguments about a 2020 order from Newfoundland and Labrador's chief medical officer that limited the circumstances in which non-residents could enter the province. Nova Scotia resident Kimberley Taylor went to court after being denied an exemption to attend her mother's funeral in Newfoundland four years ago. The Su
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Canada sanctions Iran defence minister, others after missile attack on Israel
OTTAWA — Canada is targeting Iran's defence minister as part of a new round of sanctions imposed after the country's retaliatory attack on Israel earlier this month. The sanctions affect two institutions and two military leaders, and come a week after Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Canada would target more Iranians. Iranian Defence Minister Mohammad-Reza Ashtiani and the country's the most senior military body were both listed on the newly imposed sanctions, in co-ordination with cou
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Windsorites come together for opioid overdose training, awareness
Joshua Berg recalls the moment he revived someone from an opioid overdose in the bathroom of a Toronto shelter.Now in Windsor, Ont., Berg says he thinks it's important that more people understand how to help people in that situation. "I had a naloxone kit ready and available to use on him," he said. "He was able to come to while the emergency responders were arriving at the location and he was able to receive a higher level of care from that point forward."I look back at, he's able to see anothe
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Conservatives, NDP demand Ottawa protect Canadians' jobs at new EV plants
OTTAWA — Federal Conservatives and New Democrats are demanding assurances from Ottawa that local jobs will be protected at new electric-vehicle plants. Canada's Building Trades Union says Canadian workers are being sidelined in favour of foreign workers at the NextStar battery plant in Windsor, Ont., owned by Stellantis and LG Energy Solution. Both Stellantis and the federal government say foreign workers account for just 72 jobs, and specialized equipment is being installed that Canadians will
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TikTok parent company ByteDance has no plans to sell app after Biden signed bill that includes potential ban. Here's the latest.
The company made the announcement on Thursday.
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City of Vancouver loses legal fight over firefighters' sick days
The City of Vancouver has lost a legal battle over paying firefighters sick days, the latest development in a years-long dispute that found the city broke provincial law.The city had asked the B.C. Labour Relations Board (LRB) to review an arbitrator's January 2023 decision that found Vancouver had denied firefighters required sick leave.In a decision made last week, the LRB sided with the arbitrator and dismissed the city's application. No estimate of the total amount the city must pay was give
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Toronto police investigating fatal Etobicoke shooting
A male is dead after an overnight shooting in Etobicoke, Toronto police say.The incident happened around 2:25 a.m. in the area of Lake Shore Boulevard W. and Long Branch Avenue, according to a post from police on X, formerly Twitter.Officers were called about someone shot inside an apartment unit and found a male victim with injuries, upon arrival.He was taken to hospital where he was pronounced dead, police said.The only suspect description investigators have provided so far is that the suspect
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