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The Guardianadded this to World News
SNC-Lavalin
Canada's top civil servant resigns over role in growing Trudeau scandal
The Guardian - Leyland Cecco in Toronto
Canada’s top civil servant – a central figure in the political crisis that continues to damage the prime minister, Justin Trudeau – has resigned from his post, following allegations of political bias parliamentarians.
The Evening Standardadded this to News | Evening Standard
Justin Trudeau
Canada's top civil servant to quit over crisis engulfing Justin Trudeau
standard.co.uk - Barney Davis
ES News email The latest headlines in your inbox The latest headlines in your inbox Update newsletter preferences Canada's top civil servant has …
CTV Newsadded this to Atlantic
Atlantic Canada
Duped women go after charming alleged con man: 'Everything he said was a lie'
ctvnews.ca - Brett Bundale
It started with a chance encounter in a coffee shop. He was charming and attractive, and everything he said mirrored her life. The relationship …
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Tech Industry
Canada’s becoming a tech hub thanks to Donald Trump immigration policies
Recode - Rani Molla
US companies are moving tech jobs to Canada rather than deal with Trump’s immigration policies. US companies are going to keep hiring foreign tech workers, even as the Trump administration makes doing
CTV Newsadded this to Toronto
Air Canada
Air Canada grounds its Boeing Max 8s until at least July 1 to provide certainty
ctvnews.ca - The Canadian Press
MONTREAL -- Air Canada says it intends to remove its grounded Boeing 737 Max 8 jets from service until at least July 1 in order to provide more …
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Bill Morneau
The price of alcohol is going up in Canada on April 1
dailyhive.com - Ainsley Smith
Your favourite beer, wine or spirit might come with a heftier price tag on April 1, and no, this isn’t an April Fools’ joke. This is unless Canadian …
Investing.com Canadaadded this to STOCK MARKETS
Toronto Stock Exchange
CANADA STOCKS-TSX opens higher as energy shares rise
investing.com
March 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Tuesday, led by gains in energy shares on the back of rising crude prices. * At 9:30 a.m. ET …
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Business
Tilray Stock Is Down Because Good Marijuana Is Hard to Find
Barron's - Bill Alpert
Text size After Tilray reported $43 million in 2018 marijuana sales, CEO Brendan Kennedy told conference call listeners Monday night it has been hard …
The New York Timesadded this to World
World News
Canada’s Top Public Servant Is Fourth Official to Quit in Scandal Ensnaring Trudeau
The New York Times - By IAN AUSTEN
OTTAWA — Canada’s top public servant, who was accused of improperly pressing the former attorney general to settle a corruption case involving a major corporation, resigned on Monday as Prime Minister
Yukon Territory
Vehicle tires slashed in Whitehorse
ckrw.com - www.ckrw.com
Environment and Climate Change Canada says temperatures are expected to be above normal until next week. A new organization called Community …
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Air Canada
Air Canada Banishes Mother To Lavatory To Breastfeed? Nope.
boardingarea.com - Matthew
There are headlines making their way around the internet which suggest that Air Canada forced a mother to breastfeed in the lavatory. That’s just not …
Maclean's
SNC-Lavalin
Trudeau’s inbox for resignation letters is overflowing
macleans.ca - Maclean's
Politics Insider for March 19: Canada’s top bureaucrat calls it quits, Liberals want SNC-Lavalin investigation to just end already, and inside the …
Aboriginal Canadians
Lots of talent expected to compete in April’s Basketball Invitational
windspeaker.com
Despite some criticism about its location, organizers of this year’s Ontario Native Basketball Invitational (ONBI) are working to make it a …
Alix Michaelsadded this to A Little Bit of Everything
Atlantic Canada
'A true Oak Island legend': Treasure hunter Dan Blankenship dies at 95
ctvnews.ca - CTV Atlantic
A man who dedicated much of his life to searching for buried treasure on Nova Scotia’s infamous Oak Island has died. The Friends of Oak Island Society …
Inuit
Admissions Cheating, Fake Voices, and Inuit Parenting
jstor.org - By: The Editors
The myth of merit-based admissions (The Conversation) by Morgan Polikoff, Jerome A. Lucido, and Julie Renee Posselt Recently revealed outrageous …
CBC Newsadded this to Canada
Aboriginal Canadians
15-year-old West Kelowna softball star has her sights set on Division 1 US college ball
cbc.ca - Brady Strachan
This summer, 15-year-old Renay Willier will compete to win national softball championships in two countries, facing off against players up to four …
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Tennis: Andreescu emerges as Canada's next great hope for Grand Slam glory
Reuters India - By Frank Pingue
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian teenager Bianca Andreescu's Indian Wells triumph was not shown on television in her home country but that did not dampen the excitement across a nation where the future of
TheStreetadded this to Investing
Investing
Air Canada Suspends Boeing 737 MAX Deliveries
TheStreet - Martin Baccardax
Air Canada said Tuesday that it is suspending deliveries of Boeing Co.'s (BA) 737 MAX aircraft following the deadly March 10 crash of Ethiopian …
Global Newsadded this to Global News
Lethbridge, AB
Violent man wanted on Canada-wide warrant arrested in Lethbridge, Alta.
globalnews.ca - By David Giles
A man wanted on a Canada-wide warrant is in custody. Saskatoon police said Sha Biswakarma, 24, was arrested Tuesday morning by police in Lethbridge, …
Reuters Canadaadded this to Top News
Michael Wernick
Canada's top civil servant to retire in wake of political crisis
Reuters Canada - by Julie Gordon in Ottawa
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canada's top civil servant, who faced criticism over his testimony in a political crisis that has embroiled the ruling Liberal government, will retire, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
Transwomen
Canada’s oldest rape crisis centre stripped of city funding for refusing to accept trans women
nationalpost.com - Tristin Hopper
Vancouver Rape Relief and Women’s Shelter, Canada’s oldest rape crisis centre, has been stripped of city funding after refusing to rescind its policy …
Investing.com Canadaadded this to STOCK MARKETS
Federal Budget
TSX gains on energy boost; investors await federal budget
investing.com
March 19 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index rose on Tuesday, helped by gains in energy shares that got a lift from higher crude prices. * Canada's …
NPR
Inuit
How Inuit Parents Teach Kids To Control Their Anger
NPR - Michaeleen Doucleff , Jane Greenhalgh
Back in the 1960s, a Harvard graduate student made a landmark discovery about the nature of human anger. At age 34, Jean Briggs traveled above the Arctic Circle and lived out on the tundra for 17 months.
Leader Postadded this to Regina Leader Post News
SNC-Lavalin
Letters to the Editor, March 19, 2019: Liberals are indeed indifferent to Western Canada
leaderpost.com - Tim Switzer, Regina Leader-Post
The evidence is clearA March 11, 2019 editorial in the Toronto Globe & Mail states it’s “ridiculous” to think the Liberals will move heaven and earth …
Class Action
Sixties Scoop survivors meet in Yellowknife for settlement info session
cbc.ca - Alex Brockman
No amount of money can replace the hours Roy Dahl has spent feeling ostracized and alone after being taken from his home at five years old, growing …
Justin Trudeau
Canada’s Justin Trudeau faces rocky road to re-election | Financial Times
ft.com - Joshua Oliver
Justin Trudeau, Canada’s prime minister, has been embroiled by allegations that his office improperly interfered in a corruption case involving one …
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Tech Industry
Criminal Past Haunts Surviving Founder of Troubled Crypto Exchange
Bloomberg - Doug Alexander, Matt Robinson
His crimes: identity theft related to a bank-and-credit card scam. His sentence: 18 months in U.S. federal prison and, later, deportation to …
SPCA
BC SPCA asks public to support bill against animal fighting, bestiality
vancouverisawesome.com - Burnaby Now
The BC SPCA is trying to rally support for Bill C-84, which broadens the definition of bestiality and expands provisions against animals used for …
The Globe and Mailadded this to National
Politics
Canada re-examining Boeing 737 Max approval after FAA certification probe
The Globe and Mail - David Ljunggren
Transport Canada is re-examining the validation it gave Boeing Co’s 737 Max jets, following reports of a U.S. probe into the aircraft’s certification by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Canada’s
The Arctic
Hearings underway on potential oil and gas work in eastern Nunavut waters
nunatsiaq.com - News 19 March, 2019 – 10:59 am EDT
Much remains unknown about the risks of oil and gas development in Nunavut’s waters in Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, if the first day of this week’s …