First flu death of the season in Alberta amid warnings about potentially tough months ahead

Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. Alberta has marked the province’s first influenza death of this year’s flu season, after last year’s season proved the deadliest in more than a decade. The province’s respiratory virus dashboard shows a…

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Toronto’s $92M ferry builder faces forgery charges, allegations of violating Russian sanctions

Listen to this article Estimated 4 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. The shipbuilder contracted to deliver Toronto’s long-awaited, $92-million electric ferries is facing forgery charges and allegations of violating Russian sanctions in the Netherlands that the city only learned of this week, according…

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‘Ottawa is creating an emergency’: Quebec minister on temporary immigration cuts

After years of urging Ottawa to reduce the number of non-permanent residents in the province, Quebec is now saying the federal government has gone too far. On Thursday, Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge said Ottawa’s latest measures to curb temporary immigration, particularly cuts to the temporary foreign worker program, have pushed many Quebec businesses into “deplorable”…

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