Feds Unveil More Details About Expanded Oceans Protection Plan
Ottawa unveiled new details on Monday about its renewed and expanded Oceans Protection Plan. Budget 2022 included a pledge of $2 billion over nine years, bringing the total investment to $3.5 billion. It is described by the Liberals as the largest investment Canada has ever seen to protect our oceans. Speaking in Saint...
Jul 25, 2022
Lecce Wants Deal That's Good For Kids, Workers
The provincial government says it wants to put kids first and get them back in class on time. The education minister unveiled the plan to play catch-up following two years of interrupted learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It includes a return to in-person learning, on time, and with all the experiences students nee...
Jul 25, 2022
Country On the Bay A Huge Success
The first big outdoor concert event in over two years. Concert goers got to enjoy up to four days of rich, wholesome country music that featured local acts to some of country's biggest names. Headliner, Lee Brice, was tapped to fill in for Toby Keith's spot after the singer announced earlier this year that he was going...
Jul 25, 2022
Some Canadians changing shopping habits amid high grocery prices
You're not the only one heading to the dollar store to fill up your grocery cart. Food Professor Sylvain Charlebois, senior director of the Agri-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University, tells our newsroom some of us have been heading to discount stores to offset high grocery prices. He calls it "trading down.&...
Jul 25, 2022
Rogers Execs To Testify In House of Commons About Mass Outage
Two hearings will be held to hold Rogers Communications accountable for the outage that affected Canadians coast to coast. For more than 15 hours, Rog...
Jul 25, 2022
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Monarch Butterflies Now On Endangered List
It's their first time being on this list, and it's not a good thing for Monarch Butterflies. The International Union for the Conservation of Nature estimates that the most recognizable species of butterfly is on the brink of extinction as it's believed that 99.9 per cent of the Monarch's population has declined since t...
Jul 25, 2022
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WestJet Workers In Vancouver, Calgary Reach Tentative Deal
A tentative deal has been reached between unionized WestJet workers in Vancouver and Calgary and the company. On Friday, the workers approved strike action if a new bargaining deal was not reached by Wednesday. A release from Unifor said they are asking for improved wages and have not seen an increase in pay scale in o...
Jul 25, 2022
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Pope Francis Arrives In Canada
Pope Francis has arrived in Canada. It's a visit of reconciliation, as the Catholic Church looks to help Indigenous communities heal. The Pope greeted residential school survivors yesterday in Edmonton, alongside Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Today, he is expected to apologize to survivors outside a former residential...
Jul 25, 2022
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Protecting 25% Of Federal Land By 2025 Not On Pace: NCC
A commitment from the federal government has a slow pace. The federal government has set an international commitment of protecting 25 per cent of its lands by 2025, as well as a more ambitious goal of 30 per cent by 2030. Catherine Grenier, president of the Nature Conservancy of Canada (NCC), said Canada is at 13.5 per...
Jul 25, 2022
Fire may finally be out on P.E.I.-N.S. ferry as it's secured in berth at Wood Islands
The fire may finally be out on the Prince Edward Island to Nova Scotia Ferry. Northumberland Ferries has released an update on the MV Holiday Island, which caught fire on Friday and forced the evacuation of 182 passengers and 18 staff. Vice President Don Cormier issued a statement on Sunday morning to say the vessel ha...
Jul 24, 2022