Fatima Syed
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News, Politics
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June 26th 2019
Students worry that the Doug Ford government's cuts to student financial aid will have short-term impacts — increasing student drop-out rates — but also long-term impacts — more part-time students in post-secondary education who will work and study simultaneously. They worry that this will result in a crisis in student mental health.
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Canadians risk growing ignorant about the global climate emergency because the federal government has failed to maintain predictable and long-term research funding, scientists say in a newly released survey.
Carl Meyer
News, Energy, Politics
| June 26th 2019
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Canada's political conversations on Twitter are overrun by bots and other inauthentic activity, according to a leading social-media researcher, who warns that the activity being detected may be "the canary in the coal mine" when it comes to online manipulation.
Caroline Orr
News, Politics
| June 27th 2019
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Many Ontarians received an automated text message over the weekend, asking if they agree that the carbon tax must be scrapped.
Joan Bryden
News, Politics
| June 26th 2019
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Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says he will be seeking a joint response to Quebec's new religious symbols law when western premiers meet on Thursday, June 26, 2019, in Edmonton.
Dean Bennett
News, Politics
| June 27th 2019
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Transport Canada has implemented a speed restriction for vessels in the western part of the Gulf of St. Lawrence following yet another death of the endangered North Atlantic right whale on Wednesday, June 26, 2019.
Hina Alam
News, Politics
| June 27th 2019
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This scene of economic disparity during a natural disaster is highlighted in a new United Nations report that warns “human rights might not survive the coming upheaval” from global climate change.
Chris D'Angelo
News
| June 26th 2019
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A company backed by Toronto Raptors founder John Bitove says it will bring e-scooter rentals to Calgary and Edmonton in early July.
The Canadian Press
News, Politics
| June 27th 2019
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While Canadians may be more familiar with the role of a park ranger or conservation officer, guardians are first and foremost accountable to their governing structures, ones that have mostly effectively managed and preserved lands and waters for thousands of years.
Emilee Gilpin
News, Energy, Politics, Culture
| June 24th 2019
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These types of stage-managed events are common in politics. Still, photojournalist Kamara Morozuk and I didn't know quite what to expect. We wanted to peer behind the curtain, to learn who was welcoming Scheer and the media onto their property.
Carl Meyer
News, Energy, Politics
| June 21st 2019
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On June 12, Barrie city council voted unanimously to reprimand Coun. Keenan Aylwin for calling out two Tory MPs for "playing footsies" with white supremacy. The reprimand was the first the council had delivered to one of its own, and in delivering it Barrie, Ontario, has become a microcosmic study in how difficult it can be for governments to effectively tackle the increasingly troubling issue.
Fatima Syed
News, Politics
| June 21st 2019
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