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Turning Rideau Cottage into prime minister's permanent home comes with cost: docs

Turning Rideau Cottage into prime minister's permanent home comes with cost: docs

OTTAWA — Turning Rideau Cottage into the permanent residence of the prime minister would have to include creating staff offices and other "residential infrastructure," an internal government document says.
Treatment plant fixed, Edmonton lifts ban on non-essential water use

Treatment plant fixed, Edmonton lifts ban on non-essential water use

EDMONTON — The mandatory ban on non-essential water use in Edmonton and surrounding communities has been lifted. Water-operator Epcor says repairs have been completed at the affected treatment plant and the system has stabilized.
Two dead, one in critical condition after fire at Montreal social housing building

Two dead, one in critical condition after fire at Montreal social housing building

MONTREAL — Two people have died and one remains in critical condition after a fire early today in an apartment building in east-end Montreal. Montreal police Const. Sabrina Gauthier says the victims are a 58-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman.
Toronto getting $143 million in federal funding for asylum seeker shelter support

Toronto getting $143 million in federal funding for asylum seeker shelter support

Toronto is getting $143 million from the federal government to help shelter asylum seekers in the city.
Police called to industrial accident at Regina business find one dead, one injured

Police called to industrial accident at Regina business find one dead, one injured

REGINA — Police say they are investigating a sudden death after responding to an industrial accident at a Regina business. Police say officers were called to the business in the city’s northeast, where they found one adult dead and another injured.
Raccoon 'perished' after knocking out power to thousands in Toronto, Hydro One says

Raccoon 'perished' after knocking out power to thousands in Toronto, Hydro One says

TORONTO — A Hydro One spokesperson says after a raccoon knocked out power to thousands of people in downtown Toronto, the utility is looking at ways to make sure the city's unofficial mascot stays out of transmission stations.
Imperial Oil breaking production records as industry awaits Trans Mountain completion

Imperial Oil breaking production records as industry awaits Trans Mountain completion

CALGARY — As Canada's energy sector ramps up for the anticipated start-up of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, Imperial Oil Ltd. reported its highest production levels in over 30 years in the fourth quarter of 2023.
Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

Feds unveil web tool to track representation, pay disparity for women, minorities

Ottawa launched a new pay transparency website Friday to better illustrate how women, visible minorities, people with disabilities and Indigenous Peoples are represented and paid at federally regulated private sector employers.
COVID-19 reinfection rates high among people who are homeless, Toronto study says

COVID-19 reinfection rates high among people who are homeless, Toronto study says

TORONTO — People who are homeless have high rates of COVID-19 reinfection, putting the health of an already vulnerable population at further risk, a study published Friday in the BMC Infectious Diseases journal says.
Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties

Vancouver home sales rise in January as demand outpaces newly listed properties

VANCOUVER — The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouversays home sales got off to a strong start in the first month of 2024 but the pace of newly listed properties did not keep up with demand. The board says January home sales totalled 1,427, a 38.
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