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Bruce Lourie
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Opinion
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August 26th 2020
Erin O'Toole's six priorities are hit-and-miss, and revert back to traditional technological solutions in the energy sector while missing many of the important economy-wide measures to help the regions of Canada without oil.
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More in today's news
Agencies and advocates battling B.C.'s illicit drug overdose emergency reiterate calls for senior levels of government to decriminalize illicit drug use which increases the stigma and shame of substance users.
Rochelle Baker
News, Island Insider
| August 26th 2020
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School bus drivers from Toronto and surrounding cities added to criticism of the provincial government’s back-to-school plan on Tuesday, saying they have not been adequately prepared.
Morgan Sharp
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
| August 25th 2020
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Ontario’s Labour Ministry is judging the health and safety conditions of the province’s schools on a case-by-case basis and aims to be a neutral arbitrator between the Education Ministry and teacher unions worried about the province’s back-to-school plans.
Morgan Sharp
News, Politics, Next Gen Insider
| August 25th 2020
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Silvio Lettrari has several billion pets. Pets he cannot see. That’s because they’re bacteria — and they have a crucial job to do in the baker and pasta-maker’s sourdough pasta factory. “It’s kind of like a relationship with a dog or something,” he said. “I’ve always treated them with respect because they’re alive — even if you can’t see the little buggers.”
Marc Fawcett-Atkinson
News, Food Insider
| August 26th 2020
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Gerry Oldman said he used to be a body bag of hurtful and hateful memories before he learned two important lessons: forgiveness is to cast out and let go, and though his spirit could lose the will to live, it would never die.
Emilee Gilpin
News
| August 26th 2020
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Newly elected Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole said on Tuesday, August 25, 2020, that as leader, and as a prime minister, he will stand up for the rights of women and the LGBTQ community, and he intends to apply that fighting spirit to all his files.
Stephanie Levitz
News, Politics
| August 26th 2020
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Newly minted Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole's ability to manage social conservatives in his caucus and party will be put to an early test this fall when the Liberal government reintroduces legislation on medical assistance in dying.
Joan Bryden
News, Politics
| August 26th 2020
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Canada's chief public health officer is warning against the spread of online untruths about vaccines, as a new survey suggests some Canadians are worried about getting inoculated against COVID-19.
Lee Berthiaume
News, Politics
| August 26th 2020
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St. John's is making changes to city infrastructure in preparation for a wetter, warmer future with more intense storms.
Holly McKenzie-Sutter
News, Politics
| August 26th 2020
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From the archives
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Elise Burgert
Opinion, Culture
| July 3rd 2018
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