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Members of Parliament all receive the same base salary — $203,100 — but some spend much less time on their feet in the House of Commons than others. Using data provided by the House of Commons, Radio-Canada ranked all 338 MPs on the number of times they’ve spoken in the Commons or exercised their right to vote in the current session of Parliament. The amount of…
The documentary Russians at War will play at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Lightbox on Tuesday, after the festival suspended showings earlier this week due to security concerns. The first-person documentary by Russian Canadian filmmaker Anastasia Trofimova spurred protests from Ukrainian officials and community groups who say the film amounts to propaganda. In a…
Ontario’s Ministry of Education will launch an investigation into the financial operations of London’s largest school board, after officials revealed on Thursday that senior administration spent nearly $40,000 on a three-day planning retreat in Toronto last month. Thames Valley District School Board Chair Beth Mai said in a news release on Saturday that the board is pleased to have the province conduct…
Two months after moving day in Quebec, the number of households still without a lease or receiving assistance has not budged. Typically, July 1 marks the peak of the year’s housing crisis, followed by a decline. However, this year, a new report shows the numbers aren’t going down. On July 4, 1,667 Quebec households were…
At a construction cost of $16 billion, the Site C hydroelectric dam and reservoir on the Peace River in northeastern British Columbia is the most expensive public infrastructure project in the province’s history. Last month, B.C. Hydro started filling the dam’s 83-kilometre long reservoir. The dam is expected to start producing power by December and…
Premier Andrew Furey said Boston made the most sense for Newfoundland and Labrador to open a trade office. (Patrick Butler/Radio-Canada) Newfoundland and Labrador is dropping anchor and opening shop in Boston. On a trade mission to the Massachusetts state capital this week, Premier Andrew Furey announced the province would be opening its first international trade…
The curtain will come down on the Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs-Élysées on Saturday as the country throws one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parade of Champions will include 182 French Olympic representatives, including 78 medallists, and 137 Paralympic participants with 50…
The Yukon government says the long-awaited new fibre optic line along the Dempster Highway is “substantially” complete, and should be operational by the end of the year. “The line is in the ground, the connections have been made,” said Yukon project manager Fred Jay at a news conference on Friday. “We’ll turn it over to Northwestel to…
Victoria’s police chief is calling for change after officers recently had to wait seven hours at Royal Jubilee Hospital for a patient apprehended under the Mental Health Act to be transferred to health-care workers. At a news conference Friday, Chief Del Manak said wait times have been an ongoing issue that’s “trending in the wrong…
The Canadian government on Friday announced a loan of $2.14 billion to satellite operator Telesat to help the company build its broadband satellite constellation, in what Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described as Canada’s largest ever space program. Quebec’s government, meanwhile, announced a loan of $400 million to the company, which has contracted aerospace technology firm…
