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Health Canada funds training program for service dogs for veterans with PTSD

OTTAWA — Health Canada is funding special schooling for service-dog trainers to teach the animals to help veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder.

Nov 10, 2021 2:35 PM Read more >

Wide-ranging analysis finds negative overall impacts from coal mining in Rockies

CALGARY — Coal mining on environmentally sensitive slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains wouldn't be an overall benefit to the province, a wide-ranging analysis from the University of Calgary has concluded.

Nov 10, 2021 2:31 PM Read more >

Freeland says government can help solve mismatch between skills and available jobs

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is well positioned to help resolve mismatches between the skills of jobseekers and what employers are looking for in hiring plans.

Nov 10, 2021 2:08 PM Read more >

Government will hire more staff to address veterans' backlog, caseloads: minister

OTTAWA — The federal Liberal government is promising to hire more staff to tackle a backlog of requests for assistance and shortage of case managers that is leaving many disabled veterans without the help they need.

Nov 10, 2021 1:53 PM Read more >

COVID-19 cases surge in Yukon, double vaccinated cases rising, says health officer

WHITEHORSE — Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says leading Canada in COVID-19 vaccination rates didn't protect the territory from an "inevitable" recent surge in cases, prompting the return to tighter restrictions.

Nov 10, 2021 1:17 PM Read more >

Quebec zoo owner pleads guilty to animal welfare violations, criminal charges dropped

MONTREAL — The former owner of a zoo in central Quebec has pleaded guilty to animal welfare offences, but will avoid criminal charges.

Nov 10, 2021 12:59 PM Read more >

Data breaches in N.L. cyberattack spread, three of four health regions affected

ST. JOHN'S, N.L.

Nov 10, 2021 12:46 PM Read more >

Zero emission cars, shipping routes latest Canadian promises at COP26 climate talks

OTTAWA — Canada is among 19 countries promising to eliminate greenhouse-gas emissions from some international shipping routes at the COP26 climate talks in Scotland today.

Nov 10, 2021 12:40 PM Read more >

Canadian Coast Guard adds second-hand icebreaker to fleet at a cost of $45 million

OTTAWA — The Canadian Coast Guard is adding another ship to its fleet. The federal government announced today that it is purchasing a second-hand icebreaker for $45 million to make sure the coast guard has enough ships.

Nov 10, 2021 11:40 AM Read more >

Annamie Paul hands in resignation as Green leader, and quits the party

OTTAWA — Annamie Paul, the Green Party leader, has formally resigned and has also handed in her party membership.

Nov 10, 2021 11:06 AM Read more >