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“We look forward to a deal that ensures access to affordable, high-quality child care for working parents," said Rebecca Polak, spokesperson for the Ministry of Children’s Services.

The charity has been accused of improperly issuing donation receipts totalling more than $307,000 on behalf of organizations administering six projects — a practice known as third-party receipting.

“These recent days have been a very harsh reminder that even as we fight climate change, we must also adapt to its effects,” said Jonathan Wilkinson, the federal minister of environment and climate change, whose portfolio includes Parks Canada.

Many countries remain closed to tourists and many travellers don’t want to risk losing money on a trip that may never take flight or risk getting stranded.

British Columbia also wants the United States to lift legislation that allows ships travelling between Washington state and Alaska to sail past the province's ports without stopping.

Provincial police force and Alberta pension plan not on the ballot.

Farm groups are also calling for emergency relief funding through the AgriRecovery framework, a federal-provincial disaster assistance program. The country's agriculture ministers discussed the issue at a virtual federal-provincial-territorial meeting on Thursday.

Soon-to-be-published research on chronic wasting disease has raised new fears about whether the illness could infect humans. 

"We can actually have a six-day leading indicator prior to an outbreak occurring just because of the way the biology works with regards to the virus. ... We'll pick it up in the wastewater before it shows up in clinical case numbers."

The company is now offering $20 in cash or 0.25 of a Brookfield Infrastructure share for each Inter Pipeline share, with a cap on the number of shares that are available.