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Quebec backtracks on changes to immigration program aimed at students
The Quebec government is backtracking on proposed changes to a popular immigration program aimed at university students that would've seen many of them sent home.
Almost half of all First Nations families are 'food insecure': 10-year study
A new national study of nutrition among First Nations has found rates of obesity and diabetes that are significantly higher than the general Canadian population.
Green coalition calls on feds to disclose true costs of climate change
Almost two dozen Canadian environment groups are urging the federal Liberal government to make sure its next budget acknowledges that climate change is costing the country hundreds of millions of dollars every year.
Witness in ex-SNC-exec's fraud trial offered $10 million to cooperate, he says
The fraud and corruption trial of a former SNC-Lavalin executive has heard of an attempt by a lawyer representing the accused to pay off a key Crown witness currently on the stand.
First Nation, environmental groups seek leave to appeal pipeline ruling
A British Columbia First Nation and three environmental groups hope to appeal a Federal Court of Appeal decision that limited their ability to challenge the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion in court.
Senate group forms to guard regional interests in fractured Parliament
Eleven Canadian senators are forming a new caucus that aims to make sure regional issues get their due in the upper chamber.
Freeland calls for unity in post-election speech
Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland is touting the country's Ukrainian community that spans provinces such as Alberta and Saskatchewan, as well as the rest of Canada, as a great unifier in post-election Canada.
Trudeau, Chile's Pinera speak before APEC and climate summits cancelled
Chile's cancellation of two upcoming summits is a sign of a weakening world order that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his fellow world leaders need to confront, says the head of a Canadian foreign policy think-tank.
MacKay says Scheer's social conservatism to blame for election loss
One-time and possible future leadership contender Peter MacKay says the "stinking albatross" of Andrew Scheer's social conservative values cost the Conservatives the election.
Canada denies entry to Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont
Fugitive Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont has been officially refused entry into Canada because he is wanted in Spain on possible charges of sedition and misuse of public funds, his Montreal-based lawyer said on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.