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The City of Winnipeg and the province of Manitoba will introduce a plan to clear out encampments and move people into housing in 2025, Mayor Scott Gillingham and Premier Wab Kinew tell Global News. “We’ll be going out and providing a 30-day period to work with people in camps,” Kinew said. “The bottom line is that a tent is not a permanent solution anymore.”Kinew said service providers will move “camp by camp” and move people into housing with “wraparound” addictions and mental health supports within 30 days. Once all the people in the area are housed, they will not be…
By Nicole Thompson The Canadian Press Posted December 24, 2024 2:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canada’s premiers are calling on the federal government to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. Ontario Premier Doug Ford made the request in a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, sent in his capacity as chair of the Council of the Federation.Ford says the premiers are echoing calls from charities to help account for a decline in mail-in donations due to the Canada Post strike,…
Hong Kong police on Tuesday announced a fresh round of arrest warrants for six activists based overseas, with bounties set at $1 million Hong Kong dollars for information leading to their arrests. According to the warrants, the six are wanted for national security offences such as secession, subversion and collusion with foreign forces. They include Tony Chung, the former leader of now-defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism.U.K.-based Carmen Lau, a former district councilor and current activist with the Hong Kong Democracy Council, as well as Chloe Cheung, an activist with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, also had warrants issued against…
With the holidays in full swing, Canadians are heading out to ponds, trails and hills to take in some snowy activities with family and friends. But there are still risks that come with activities on the snow and ice.From gauging whether ice is thick enough to skate on to snowmobile safety and tobogganing tips, here are some safety tips you can take to ensure your winter fun is a safe one.If you’re planning to skate, the Canadian Red Cross says it’s important to remember there’s “no such thing as 100 per cent safe ice.” Story continues below advertisement The organization…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 24, 2024 12:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A First Nation in northern Ontario is challenging the selection of a nearby region as the site of a deep geological repository that will hold Canada’s nuclear waste, arguing in a court filing that it should have had a say in the matter as the site falls “squarely” within its territory. Eagle Lake First Nation has filed an application in Federal Court seeking a judicial review of the Nuclear Waste Management Organization’s decision to select the Township of…
The presents have all been opened, leaving behind a mountain of crumpled wrapping paper, ribbons, tape and cardboard boxes. But what’s the most eco-friendly way to dispose of or recycle all this post-Christmas packaging? Every year, 540,000 tonnes of wrapping paper — the equivalent of the weight of 100,000 elephants or 4.5 CN Towers — end up in Canadian landfills following the holidays, according to environmental group Zero Waste Canada.And much of that holiday waste that ends up in the trash could have been recycled, composted or reused, explained Charlotte Ueta, the director of policy, planning and outreach of the…
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Experts say the next few months are going to be rough for the Canadian dollar as it appears set to continue its downward trend. “We do have more room to fall,” said Karl Schamotta, chief market strategist at Corpay.The Canadian dollar has been trading below 70 cents US in recent weeks and is nearly four per cent below where it was in September.Schamotta predicts the coming months will be “a very turbulent period for Canada” as uncertainty stemming from incoming U.S. president Donald Trump’s policy proposals weigh on business investment and consumer confidence — which means a weaker loonie in…
Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn’t true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers to the rest of the country. Out of all the immigrants admitted into Quebec in 2021, almost 94 per cent of them were still in the province one year later — a jump of 8.8 percentage points compared with the 2018 cohort of newcomers. The largest increases of newcomers choosing to stay in Quebec were in the economic category, the StatCan report said.Catherine Xhardez, assistant professor of political science at…
It might put a smile on the face of the Grinch, but Maritimers are not smiling about the rash of missing parcels this Christmas season. Nova Scotians are taking to social media in frustration over the persistent number of packages stolen or not delivered at all.Paul Boudreau of Halifax says two Christmas gifts were swiped off his porch in just 15 minutes after they were delivered last week.“More than likely this person is walking around neighbourhoods, probably just waiting for somebody to drop off a package, and just waits a few minutes,” he said.“If nobody comes to pick it up…