TORONTO — Ontario Premier Doug Ford has removed a Cambridge, Ont., legislator from the Progressive Conservative caucus for voting against a controversial government bill. Ford issued a statement today saying Belinda Karahalios will no longer sit as a member of the Progressive Conservative caucus. Karahalios voted against a government bill that grants it powers to …

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No matter how wonderful returns your investment portfolio had been yielding for years, it’s very likely that it took a hit due to the COVID-19 outbreak. After touching its lowest level since October 2011 on March 23, the S&P/TSX Composite Index has seen a sharp recovery lately. The Canadian stock market benchmark has risen by …

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A new bill on Indigenous language education is sparking concern for St. Thomas University professor emeritus Andrea Bear-Nicholas.  Bear-Nicholas, who was the chair of the Native Studies department at St. Thomas University for 20 years, says the new bill undermines the critical need for Wolastoqey immersion classes for Indigenous students. “I’m concerned, because it will require …

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Durham is reporting just two new cases of COVID-19 on Tuesday and no new deaths. Tuesday’s update from the Durham Health Department shows the number of active case is five lower than the day before– down to 40. None of those cases are currently in hospital. All are isolating at home. The death toll remains …

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A wedding videographer is coming under fire on social media after a Facebook post suggested she denies service based on sexual orientation. Shortly after 1 p.m. Monday, Kelly Roberts posted on Facebook a screenshot of an email she says she received from Cara Hamstra of Caramount Pictures. According to the screenshot, the email explicitly stated, …

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President Donald Trump signed a memo Tuesday that would exclude millions of undocumented immigrants from being counted when congressional districts are revised following the 2020 Census. The move marks the latest attempt by the Trump administration to use the census to target undocumented immigrants, and is expected to face legal challenges. Excluding undocumented immigrants from …

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The Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) has taken prudent steps and announced several emergency plans to add an extra bit of cash in citizens’ wallets amid this difficult time. Among the other benefits, the CRA’s Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) came as a big boon, enabling Canadians who were left unemployed due to the pandemic to …

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George Ginnish, chief of Natoaganeg First Nation near Miramichi, says the push for an inquiry into systemic racism in the justice system and policing in New Brunswick will continue until Premier Blaine Higgs agrees to one. Calls for an independent provincial inquiry have increased since police officers shot and killed Chantel Moore and Rodney Levi in separate …

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An online fundraiser is helping support a Whitby father who urgently needs a new liver because of a rare disease. According to family, Dan White was diagnosed with primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC) a couple of years ago. PSC is a progressive liver disease that isn’t linked to alcoholism or drug abuse. At the time, White …

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