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Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault leaves caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Canada is seeking to get a better handle on how much plastic is being produced in this country by forcing the companies that make it to report annually on what they produce. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Plastic registry coming to help Canada track production and pollution

Country gathering information in anticipation of new global accord to address plastic waste issues

Minister of Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault leaves caucus on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Canada is seeking to get a better handle on how much plastic is being produced in this country by forcing the companies that make it to report annually on what they produce. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. Treatment rooms in the emergency department at Peter Lougheed hospital are pictured in, Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

First Nations ER patients more likely to leave without care: study

Alberta study shows 6.8% left emergency departments before being seen, or against medical advice

Researchers say First Nations patients are more likely to leave Alberta emergency departments before receiving care than non-Indigenous patients. Treatment rooms in the emergency department at Peter Lougheed hospital are pictured in, Calgary, Alta., Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
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Strangulation strong hidden predictor of fatal domestic violence: expert

Advocates lobbying for increased attention to the signs in domestic violence cases

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FILE - Terry Anderson, who was the longest held American hostage in Lebanon, grins with his 6-year-old daughter Sulome, Dec. 4, 1991, as they leave the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Damascus, Syria, following Anderson’s release. Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, died Sunday, April 21, 2024. He was 76. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon, File)

Terry Anderson, AP reporter abducted and held captive for years, has died

Anderson was held in Lebanon for 7 years

FILE - Terry Anderson, who was the longest held American hostage in Lebanon, grins with his 6-year-old daughter Sulome, Dec. 4, 1991, as they leave the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Damascus, Syria, following Anderson’s release. Anderson, the globe-trotting Associated Press correspondent who became one of America’s longest-held hostages after he was snatched from a street in war-torn Lebanon in 1985 and held for nearly seven years, died Sunday, April 21, 2024. He was 76. (AP Photo/Santiago Lyon, File)
The Barnacle is a bright yellow device placed on a vehicle’s windshield and commercial-grade suction cups latch onto the glass with 1,000 pounds of force as shown in this this handout image. Barnacles have popped up in Saskatchewan and could soon be making their way across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Barnacle Parking

What’s a Barnacle? It’s yellow, sticks and screams if you try to pry it off your car

Parking ticket device likely to start making its way across Canada

The Barnacle is a bright yellow device placed on a vehicle’s windshield and commercial-grade suction cups latch onto the glass with 1,000 pounds of force as shown in this this handout image. Barnacles have popped up in Saskatchewan and could soon be making their way across the country. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Barnacle Parking
Bear skins, drums and other traditional items are placed in the centre of the room where residents gather for healing circles at Waseskun Healing Centre, an Indigenous-run facility that is is the equivalent of a minimum-security penitentiary, in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Que., on March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ally Lemieux Fanset

Indigenous healing lodges face chronic underfunding in Canada, critics say

Lodges provide alternative to conventional prisons and potential solution to overincarceration

Bear skins, drums and other traditional items are placed in the centre of the room where residents gather for healing circles at Waseskun Healing Centre, an Indigenous-run facility that is is the equivalent of a minimum-security penitentiary, in Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez, Que., on March 20, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ally Lemieux Fanset
The Liberal government invited seven content creators and influencers to attend the latest federal budget lockup in an effort to connect with younger Canadians, a demographic increasingly consuming information through social media. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland takes part in a TV interview after tabling the budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

Liberal government turning to influencers to get message to young Canadians

Social media stars were invited to budget lockup last week in bid to reach voters online

The Liberal government invited seven content creators and influencers to attend the latest federal budget lockup in an effort to connect with younger Canadians, a demographic increasingly consuming information through social media. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland takes part in a TV interview after tabling the budget on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
A lab technician works in a mobile lab at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg on Nov. 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pool, Reuters - Lyle Stafford

MPs grill health agency on fired National Microbiology Lab scientists

Scientists accused of playing down their collaborations with Chinese government agencies

A lab technician works in a mobile lab at the National Microbiology Lab in Winnipeg on Nov. 3, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pool, Reuters - Lyle Stafford
Walter Gillespie poses for a photo in his apartment in Saint John, N.B. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Innocence Canada says Walter Gillespie, 80, died Friday morning in his home in Saint John, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam

Wrongfully convicted New Brunswick man dies months after exoneration

Walter Gillespie spent 21 years in prison for a 1983 murder he was only exonerated of this year

Walter Gillespie poses for a photo in his apartment in Saint John, N.B. on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. Innocence Canada says Walter Gillespie, 80, died Friday morning in his home in Saint John, N.B. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Hina Alam
Worried artificial intelligence is coming for your job? So is the federal government — enough, at least, to set aside $50 million for skills retraining for workers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement on innovation for economic growth in advance of the 2024 federal budget in Montreal, Sunday, April 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Ottawa puts up $50M in federal budget to hedge against job-stealing AI

Money will go to training workers impacted by AI with new skills

Worried artificial intelligence is coming for your job? So is the federal government — enough, at least, to set aside $50 million for skills retraining for workers. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during an announcement on innovation for economic growth in advance of the 2024 federal budget in Montreal, Sunday, April 7, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
Plastic trash is compacted into bales for further processing at the waste processing dump on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus on March 12, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Sergei Grits

Cap on plastic production remains contentious as feds set to host treaty talks

176 countries working to eliminate plastic waste by 2040

Plastic trash is compacted into bales for further processing at the waste processing dump on the outskirts of Minsk, Belarus on March 12, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Sergei Grits
A gavel sits on a desk in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld A gavel sits on a desk in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. An Ontario judge was wrong to order a legal fight involving victims of one of the country’s most notorious residential schools and the federal government be heard in British Columbia, a higher court has ruled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Suspect in mass killing of Ottawa family not interested in seeking bail

Febrio De-Zoysa is facing 6 counts of first-degree murder and 1 count of attempted murder

A gavel sits on a desk in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld A gavel sits on a desk in Ottawa, Wednesday February 13, 2019. An Ontario judge was wrong to order a legal fight involving victims of one of the country’s most notorious residential schools and the federal government be heard in British Columbia, a higher court has ruled. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
The provincial government has started to sent out the first quarterly payment of the newly expanded climate action tax credit designed to offset the carbon tax.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

Banks must label carbon tax rebate as such when it hits Canadian accounts

Ottawa to force banks to call carbon rebate a carbon rebate in direct deposits

The provincial government has started to sent out the first quarterly payment of the newly expanded climate action tax credit designed to offset the carbon tax.(THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)
An official holds a mock ballot paper as he prepares bags of election material to be distributed along with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Jorhat, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Anupam Nath

As India approaches biggest election in history, few Indians in Canada involved

India requires overseas citizens to travel back to vote in person on polling day

An official holds a mock ballot paper as he prepares bags of election material to be distributed along with the Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) ahead of the national parliamentary elections in Jorhat, India, Wednesday, April 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP/Anupam Nath
The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company’s Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond, B.C. on Thursday June 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Canada wants to turn post office properties into housing, here’s how

Military defence properties are another asset the feds are looking to leverage

The Canada Post logo is seen on the outside the company’s Pacific Processing Centre in Richmond, B.C. on Thursday June 1, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Changes to Canada’s national dental plan pitched to get dentists on side

Dentist and hygienist associations say their members have been slow to sign up

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Alex Van Herk arrives at the courthouse in Lethbridge, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Van Herk is one of three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts , Alta., in 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh

‘Not their highway to close’ trio guilty of mischief in Alberta blockade

Men express lack of surprise in the verdict, pride in actions taken in Coutts

Alex Van Herk arrives at the courthouse in Lethbridge, Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Van Herk is one of three men accused of orchestrating the border shutdown at Coutts , Alta., in 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
A cervix self-screening kit is a part of the first self-screening cervical cancer plan in Canada, in Vancouver, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns

Doctors say Canadians are dying because of outdated cancer screenings

Guidelines for some common cancers conflict with the opinions of specialists in those areas

A cervix self-screening kit is a part of the first self-screening cervical cancer plan in Canada, in Vancouver, Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland receives applause as she shakes hands with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, after she presented the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

‘Generational fairness’ the theme as Liberals unveil $535B budget

‘We are acting today to ensure fairness for every generation’

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland receives applause as she shakes hands with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, right, after she presented the federal budget in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
New building is a focus of the 2024 federal budget, which announced plans to tap unused federal land to provide sites for new homes. (Photo by Morf Morford)

Budget 2024: Unused defence and Canada Post land tapped for housing

Stated goal is to create a supply of 3.87 million new homes by 2031

New building is a focus of the 2024 federal budget, which announced plans to tap unused federal land to provide sites for new homes. (Photo by Morf Morford)