Politics

Canada Post temporarily resumes mail service to Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside

Canada Post is temporarily resuming mail deliveries in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside after residents protested a decision by the Crown corporation to suspend services citing “health and safety” reasons.On Tuesday, residents of the Downtown Eastside neighbourhood in Vancouver, B.C., protest Canada Post’s suspension of mail deliveries in two blocks of East Hastings Street. The crown corporation has now announced…

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Youth ‘uprooted’ too quickly when Ontario closed northwest detention programs, ombudsman says

Ontario’s ombudsman says the government’s conduct was wrong and unreasonable for how it closed custody and detention programs at youth justice facilities in the province’s northwest region in March 2021, forcing 22 young people to move with little notice.Ontario ombudsman Paul Dubé’s report, ‘Lost Opportunities,’ into the closure of detention and custody programs at two…

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P.E.I. to end mask mandate on May 6

P.E.I. is officially dropping its mandatory mask mandate as of Friday, May 6, according to the Chief Public Health Office.Masks will no longer be required in indoor public spaces on P.E.I., though the province’s Chief Public Health Office ‘highly recommends’ people continue to wear them. (CBC/Radio-Canada)P.E.I. is officially dropping its mandatory mask mandate as of Friday, May…

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Federal court judge sets aside Fisheries Department order to phase out B.C. fish farms

A federal court judge has set aside a Department of Fisheries order that would have phased out fish farming in British Columbia’s Discovery Islands.The Okisollo fish farm near Campbell River, B.C. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)A federal court judge has set aside a Department of Fisheries order that would have phased out fish farming in British Columbia’s Discovery Islands. Judge Elizabeth Heneghan says…

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Questions raised about resource company’s proposal for renewable energy project in Alberta Rockies

Australia-based Montem Resources has announced it intends to explore a renewable energy project instead of a coal mine on its Tent Mountain site located in southwestern Alberta, leaving some to question the companies’ intent. An aerial view of Tent Mountain in southwestern Alberta, which was the site of an open-pit coal mine that was active decades ago but…

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NDP is 1st Ontario party to reveal full election platform and universal pharmacare will be in it

Andrea Horwath’s NDP unveiled its platform for the 2022 election campaign on Monday, with health-care and pocketbook-related commitments forming the core of a sweeping set of promises.Ontario residents spend at least $2.5 billion a year out-of-pocket on prescription medications, according to health ministry figures. (Evan Mitsui/CBC)Andrea Horwath’s NDP unveiled its platform for the 2022 election…

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