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Supreme Court will not hear appeal from churches who fought Manitoba COVID rules

Supreme Court will not hear appeal from churches who fought Manitoba COVID rules

WINNIPEG — The Supreme Court of Canada has decided not to hear an appeal by several churches that fought Manitoba's COVID-19 restrictions.
Longtime Conservative MP Ed Fast says he won't run in the next federal election

Longtime Conservative MP Ed Fast says he won't run in the next federal election

OTTAWA — Longtime Conservative member of Parliament Ed Fast says he will retire from politics as of the next federal election. Fast, who represents a riding in Abbotsford, B.C., has been an MP for more than 18 years.
'My job is not to be popular,' Trudeau says after pressed to ditch carbon price hike

'My job is not to be popular,' Trudeau says after pressed to ditch carbon price hike

CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pushed back Wednesday on growing demands from premiers to dump the planned April 1 hike to the consumer carbon levy, saying leaders must tackle both affordability and climate change.
Top court won't hear appeal of Calgary man found not responsible for killing five

Top court won't hear appeal of Calgary man found not responsible for killing five

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal of a Calgary man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party nearly a decade ago.
In the news today: Haiti leadership transition plan facing rejection by parties

In the news today: Haiti leadership transition plan facing rejection by parties

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today...
Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin

Alberta First Nations want Ottawa to class oilsands tailings component as toxin

Two Alberta First Nations have asked the federal government to examine whether a component of oilsands tailings pond water known to harm fish and other animals should be classed as toxic.
Unique program that reviews sex assault cases with no charges to run out of funding

Unique program that reviews sex assault cases with no charges to run out of funding

TORONTO — A unique Canadian program meant to ensure sexual-assault cases aren’t closed inappropriately by police is set to run out of federal funding at the end of the month, its national co-ordinator said.
Kim Rudd, former Ontario Liberal MP and entrepreneur, dies at 66

Kim Rudd, former Ontario Liberal MP and entrepreneur, dies at 66

COBOURG, Ont. — Kim Rudd, a former Liberal MP who represented a southern Ontario riding, has died. An online obituary says Rudd died of ovarian cancer on Tuesday at a hospice in Cobourg, Ont.
Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment

Alberta commission finds renewables pose little threat to agriculture, environment

EDMONTON — Alberta's utilities regulator has released a report saying the province's booming renewables industry poses little threat to its agriculture or the environment.
Nightfall once brought firefighting reprieve, but no longer, Canadian study shows

Nightfall once brought firefighting reprieve, but no longer, Canadian study shows

Jason Brolund, the fire chief in West Kelowna, B.C., says he's seen thick smoke turn day to night in his years as a firefighter, but the opposite happened when a fast-moving blaze tore through his community one night last August.
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