Unpublished Newswire
Fire has destroyed a barn and 17,000 plants at a family-owned business in Lower Coverdale, N.B.
September 23, 2024 - 07:20 | Derek Haggett | CTV News - Canada
Saskatchewan’s Appeal Court is set to hear arguments over the next two days about a provincial law that requires parental consent when children under 16 want to change their names or pronouns at school.A judge ruled earlier this year a challenge of the law could continue, even though the government invoked the notwithstanding clause to override certain Charter rights.
September 23, 2024 - 07:18 | Jeremy Simes | The Globe and Mail
A new charter challenge set to get under way on Monday will test the constitutionality of a controversial Ontario law that allows hospitals to place discharged patients into long-term care homes not of their choosing or face a $400-per-day charge if they refuse.The Advocacy Centre for the Elderly and the Ontario Health Coalition argues the law, known as the More Bed Better Care Act or Bill 7, violates the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
September 23, 2024 - 07:08 | Liam Casey | The Globe and Mail
Ottawa’s new Curbside Waste Diversion Policy will soon bin the old rules, bringing a three-item limit to household garbage collection. As of Sept. 30, each household will be restricted to three bags (or containers) per biweekly pickup, down from the previous maximum of six containers. Read More
September 23, 2024 - 07:00 | Ken Warren | Ottawa Citizen
Ontario Premier Doug Ford is still leaving open the option of an early election, sources say, after refusing for months to rule out calling a vote that would get ahead of the potential disruption of a new federal Conservative government or any criminal charges that result from the RCMP probe of the province’s Greenbelt land swap.But both observers and insiders advising the Ontario government say it would need to provide the electorate with a compelling reason for an early vote that goes beyond political tactics, in the form of a new policy or spending plan for which Mr. Ford’s...
September 23, 2024 - 07:00 | Jeff Gray, Laura Stone | The Globe and Mail
A microscopic parasite causing an incurable disease that is fatal to fish has made its way to B.C. with the potential to wipe out entire populations of fish.
September 23, 2024 - 07:00 | | CBC News - Canada
