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Alberta to ban cellphones in K-12 classrooms starting in fall

CALGARY — Alberta is moving to ban cellphones in kindergarten to Grade 12 classrooms starting in the fall.

Jun 17, 2024 4:32 PM Read more >

Program offering 'revolutionary education' begins at McGill pro-Palestine encampment

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists who have been encamped on McGill University's downtown campus since April launched what they call their own summer school on Monday, despite controversy over photos of armed fighters used to promote the program.

Jun 17, 2024 3:23 PM Read more >

Sask. Party MLAs deflect committee attempt to call witnesses about gun allegations

REGINA — Saskatchewan Party legislature members have deflected an attempt to get senior government officials, including Premier Scott Moe, to answer public questions on weapons and harassment allegations against a cabinet minister.

Jun 17, 2024 3:06 PM Read more >

Halifax MP Fillmore to leave federal politics ahead of expected mayoral run

OTTAWA — Liberal MP Andy Fillmore says he won’t return to the House of Commons in the fall. Fillmore was first elected as MP for Halifax in the 2015 election that brought Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to power.

Jun 17, 2024 2:46 PM Read more >

AI chatbots use Canadian news, but Ottawa won't say if they should be paying for it

OTTAWA — The federal government is dodging questions about whether artificial intelligence companies should be paying Canadian news publishers for content their chatbots are openly using.

Jun 17, 2024 2:25 PM Read more >

Navalny's widow to meet with Trudeau, Joly in Ottawa on Tuesday

OTTAWA — The widow of former Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is expected to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly on Tuesday in Ottawa.

Jun 17, 2024 2:21 PM Read more >

Blair defends navy's Cuba visit, says critics may be 'confused' about its purpose

OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says he was acting on advice from the military when he approved a plan to send a Canadian ship to Cuba, but he can't disclose the classified advice he was given about why the navy wanted to take part in the missio

Jun 17, 2024 1:59 PM Read more >

Canadian safety board says unregistered submersibles still diving after Titan deaths

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Since the doomed Titan made its descent to view the Titanic wreck one year ago, other unregistered submersibles have been operating within Canadian waters, says the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

Jun 17, 2024 10:39 AM Read more >

Sending Canadian vessel to Cuba alongside Russia's was carefully planned: Minister

OTTAWA — National Defence Minister Bill Blair's office is defending the decision to send a Canadian ship to Cuba where it docked alongside some of Russia's fleet, calling it a "carefully" planned move to increase its presence in the region.

Jun 16, 2024 7:27 PM Read more >

Trudeau says Russia needs to be accountable for 'genocide' of taking Ukrainian kids

BURGENSTOCK — Russia must be held accountable for "an element of genocide" it's perpetrating by taking thousands of Ukrainian children from their homes and trying to erase their Ukrainian identity, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Sunday at the end

Jun 16, 2024 11:28 AM Read more >