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Letter: Separation would be especially hard on Alberta’s disabled
Medicine Hat News
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June 24, 2025
By Letter to the Editor on June 24, 2025. Dear editor, We are a group of advocates with disabilities. We are worried about Alberta separating from Canada. If Alberta separates, we will lose important federal programs such as CPP-Disability, Canada...
Letter: Rethink plans in east Vancouver
The Columbian - Washington State
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A request to Vancouver’s decision-makers: Please reevaluate requests for multiple car dealerships in east Vancouver (“And Land Rover makes five: East Vancouver stretch of Mill Plain awash in car dealership plans,” The Columbian, June 18). Instead...
GVH to establish $50m SMR engineering service centre in Ontario
Yahoo Finance
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GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) has announced an investment of $50m to establish an advanced BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) engineering and service centre in Ontario, Canada. The centre will be constructed in the Durham region near...
Fatal incident at Ottawa County Regional Water Treatment Plant causes boil advisory
ABC 5 Cleveland - Ohio
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June 24, 2025
A fatal incident at the Ottawa County Regional Water Treatment Plant causes a boil advisory for surrounding areas. According to the Ottawa County EMA, an employee died after an incident at the facility. No foul play is suspected. As a precaution,...
Ranking Toronto Maple Leafs' all-time top 5 strongest NHL draft classes
Sportskeeda
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June 24, 2025
The Toronto Maple Leafs are one of the original six teams in the NHL and have drafted several Hall of Famers. As the 2025 NHL Draft is set for June 27-28 in Los Angeles, let's take a look back at the Maple Leafs' best draft classes of all time....
Union warns Ontario health care shifting toward U.S.-style privatization
Newmarket Today
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June 24, 2025
'We are moving to a system where wealth becomes a determining factor,' says official with CUPE’s Ontario Council of Hospital Unions The provincial government’s decision to invest in private, for-profit health-care facilities is leading Ontario...
Allies and Morrison to help design new Toronto island
The Architects’ Journal
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June 24, 2025
Ookwemin Minising has been earmarked for a new neighbourhood with 15,000 residents as part of Waterfront Toronto — a massive, multi-decade regeneration scheme led by local and central government. The former industrial site was is part of Toronto’s...
Canada Day 2025: Everything you need to know about how Ottawa is celebrating
Ottawa Sun
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Local News This is the first celebration since U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to annex Canada and turn it into the “51st state.” Canada Day festivities Photo by Cole Burston /Postmedia Article content Get ready...
Jamaican doing life for 'execution style' Ontario killing wins shot at 'faint hope' release
Edmonton Examiner
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Lenworth Spence was given life in prison with no chance of parole for 25 years for his role in the murder, but appears to have been a model prisoner Sean Lenworth Anthony Spence, a Jamaican man sentenced to life in...
Severe storm threat shifts into parts of southern Ontario, funnel cloud risk
The Weather Network
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June 24, 2025
While the thunderstorm risk will shift south, there is a large amount of uncertainty still. RELATED: Storm downs trees, knocks out power in Mattawa, Ont., area Lake breezes may trigger severe storms along the Lake Erie shores, tracking into the...
Alberta NDP Leader Nenshi wins seat in one of three byelections (Alberta)
Castanet Kamloops
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June 24, 2025
Photo: The Canadian Press Leader of the Alberta NDP Naheed Nenshi speaks to media about the Alberta 2025 budget in Edmonton, on Thursday February 27, 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has held...
Toronto seniors planning picnic
Weirton Daily Times - West Virginia
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TORONTO — Members of the Toronto Sunrise Seniors welcomed their former president, Susan Kulstad to the June 13 meeting held at the Karaffa Recreation Center. President Barbara Pritts introduced Kulstad, who has relocated to Colorado. “Susan was...
Toronto hosts the New York Red Bulls on 4-game home losing streak
Lethbridge Herald
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June 24, 2025
By Canadian Press on June 24, 2025. New York Red Bulls (8-7-3, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Toronto FC (3-10-4, 13th in the Eastern Conference) Toronto; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: New York +127, Toronto FC +211,...
Vancouver Canucks NHL Mock Draft 2025: Projected picks and more
Sportskeeda
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June 23, 2025
The Vancouver Canucks missed the playoffs this past season and enter the offseason looking to revamp and get back into the postseason. The first order of business for the Canucks is the NHL Draft which is set for June 27-28 in Los Angeles. The...
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi heading for legislature after byelection win
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 23, 2025
Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has won a byelection in Edmonton-Strathcona, according to unofficial results posted online by Elections Alberta. With all polls reporting, Nenshi's party colleague Gurtej Singh Brar was also leading in the...
Manitoba injury claims up in 2024: WCB
Winnipeg Free Press
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June 24, 2025
The Workers Compensation Board of Manitoba spent more than $266 million on injury claims in 2024 — nearly $56 million, or 26.6 per cent, over budget. That was $68.1 million, or 34.5 per cent, higher than that of 2023 due, in part, to a jump in...
I'm a proud Québécois. Moving to Alberta helped me feel even more Canadian
CBC/Radio-Canada
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June 24, 2025
This First Person column is written by Thomas Aguinaga, a musician, writer and international exchange co-ordinator at the University of Ottawa. He was proudly born and raised in Aylmer, Que. This column is part of a Canada Day series exploring...
Premier Smith to announce details surrounding promised Alberta Next panel
Brandon Sun
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June 24, 2025
By: The Canadian Press Posted: 3:00 AM CDT Tuesday, Jun. 24, 2025 CALGARY, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to announce today next steps in her plan to challenge what she and her government have called unfair intrusions from...
Canada's first beach cleaning robot is coming to Ontario's parks this summer
BayToday
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June 24, 2025
SUTTON WEST — Don’t be alarmed if you see a Zamboni-like rover roaming Ontario's shores this summer – it’s a beach cleaning robot being tested in some provincial parks. The robot, called a BeBot, is a remotely operated and fully electric machine...
Parades, concerts and heat warnings to mark Fête nationale in Quebec
CityNews Halifax
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June 24, 2025
MONTREAL — Quebecers will be decked out in blue and white today as the Fête nationale holiday is marked by parades, celebrations, and heat warnings. The festivities are coinciding with some extreme weather conditions this year. Quebec City...