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The minister defended his handling of the Skills Development Fund, despite opposition claims that the government has turned the program into a 'slush fund.'
October 20, 2025 - 14:31 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
A man in his 20s is dead following a head-on collision near North Gower on Monday morning, according to Ottawa police. Read More
October 20, 2025 - 14:04 | Natasha Baldin | Ottawa Citizen
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October 20, 2025 - 13:56 | Aaron Hutchins | Ottawa Citizen
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— A federal New Democrat is calling for a parliamentary committee to probe what led a parliamentary secretary to announce that an Irish hip-hop group had been banned from entering Canada.
Jenny Kwan, the NDP MP for Vancouver East, has penned an open letter addressed to the Liberal chair of the parliamentary committee on citizenship and immigration, urging it to look into what she calls “serious procedural and accountability...
October 20, 2025 - 13:50 | Stephanie Taylor | National Post
British Columbia plans to prioritize natural resource development over the emerging industries of artificial intelligence and data centres through a new law that would scrap an obligation to provide electricity equally to all industrial customers. Cryptocurrency mining – another sector with large electricity demands – would be banned.
October 20, 2025 - 13:43 | Justine Hunter | The Globe and Mail
Majority of Canadians (nearly 60 per cent) say they support communities declaring states of emergency in order to clear homeless encampments in parks and public spaces, according to a new poll.
Thirty two per cent of Canadians said they supported the tactic and 25 per cent said they somewhat supported it. “Men are more likely to support or somewhat support these initiatives than women,” according to the Nanos poll, published on Oct. 18. Three out of 10 Canadians opposed or somewhat opposed using a state of emergency to clear homeless encampments. Six per cent said they were unsure....
October 20, 2025 - 13:34 | Courtney Greenberg | National Post
