School food programs hope $1B from Ottawa will fill need as they wait for governments to sign on

By 8 a.m. — as most people begin weekday morning routines or sit down for breakfast — Debbie Marshall’s already got pots heating on the stove and meat thawing, and is prepping fruit and veggies. Every morning, from an apartment-sized school kitchen in St. John’s, she whips up healthy, hot lunches daily for anywhere from 140 to…

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Ontario looking at closing ‘loophole’ after brothers convicted of Iran sanctions violations change names

The Ontario government is looking into reforming its name change system after brothers convicted in the U.S. of helping Iran evade sanctions were able to legally adopt new identities in the province. “The ability to change one’s name should not be a loophole for evading justice,” said Matthew D’Amico, spokesperson for Todd McCarthy, the minister…

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A powerful geomagnetic storm is underway that could trigger intense northern lights tonight

Get ready to pull out your cameras: There’s a geomagnetic storm underway, and it could produce the northern lights across the country. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Space Weather Prediction Center (SWPC) has called for a major geomagnetic storm that was anticipated to hit Earth Thursday and into Friday, and it’s already begun. A…

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