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BC Finance Minister Brenda Bailey is diagnosed with 'early-stage, treatable cancer'

British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says she has early-stage, treatable cancer. Bailey said in a post on social ...
National Observer

Ontario’s highest court gives Ford government power to remove Toronto bike lanes

Ontario’s highest court has ruled in favour of the Ford government’s right to remove bike lanes along three major streets in Toronto. A previous court case had ruled in favour of cyclists, who argued ...
National Observer

Monitoring our environment might not be glamorous. But it is what will ultimately save it

Whenever I tell people my work involves monitoring lakes over decades, the response is often a polite yet firm nod, implicitly signalling that routine data collection must be a bit, well, boring. It ...
National Observer

Scant details about reported Quebec-N.L. energy deal leave parties demanding clarity

Opposition parties in Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador were demanding answers Thursday after Montreal media outlet La Presse reported the provinces had struck an energy deal. The governments have ...