Unpublished Newswire
The government is relying on a series of changes, like reducing studies developers have to undertake and standardizing development charges, in a bid to speed up homebuilding.
May 8, 2025 - 06:01 | Colin D’Mello | Global News - Ottawa
As Alberta lurches towards a potential referendum on seceding from Canada, a majority of Canadians think the threat of separation should be taken seriously.
A new Leger poll for the Association for Canadian Studies shows that 52 per cent of Canadians believe the threats should be taken seriously — a view that’s held most strongly in Alberta itself.
“A lot more Canadians than I might have expected are taking the threat of Alberta separation — think we should take it — very seriously,” said Jack Jedwab, president and CEO of the Association for Canadian Studies. “And what is interesting...
May 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Tyler Dawson | National Post
Look up. A Soviet space probe that has been trying to get to Venus for the past 53 years is about to give up and plummet back to Earth any day now. There’s no telling where it could land.
Kosmos 482, to give the careening craft its official name, was launched from the Soviet Union on March 31, 1972, bound for Venus. Despite the current craze for missions to Mars, Venus was once a popular destination for space probes, although Earth’s track record was not stellar.
Between 1961 and 1989, 37 attempts were made but only 22 were successful (less than 60 per cent). Failures included the...
May 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Chris Knight | National Post
Despite all charges being dropped, an Ontario man remains stuck in the Dominican Republic, caught in a web of slow systems and limited Canadian intervention.
May 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Canada
Despite all charges being dropped, an Ontario man remains stuck in the Dominican Republic, caught in a web of slow systems and limited Canadian intervention.
May 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Prisha Dev | Global News - Ottawa
As part of a bill set to be tabled next week, the government will allow the Ministry of Infrastructure to issue Minister’s Zoning Orders for some developments.
May 8, 2025 - 06:00 | Isaac Callan | Global News - Ottawa
