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Federal government finances $574M for rental home construction in Vancouver
14Nov By Aditi PawarNo Comments
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Federal government finances $574M for rental home construction in Vancouver

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 14, 2024 4:26 pm Updated November 14, 2024 4:30 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The federal government is providing more than $574 million in financing to help build about 950 rental homes in Vancouver. The government says in a news release that a project on 42nd Avenue is one of four locations receiving funds through the Apartment Loan Construction Program, which offers repayable low-interest loans to encourage more rentals builds...
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The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets
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The Onion has won the bid for Infowars’ assets

Alex Jones claimed that the Sandy Hook school killings were staged with actors as part of a government plot to seize Americans' guns. Photo: AP/ David J Phillip By Hadas Gold, CNN Satirical news site The Onion wins the auction to acquire conspiracy theorist Alex Jones' Infowars, which was sold off as part of a defamation settlement after he falsely called the Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre a hoax. The Onion's bid was backed by the families of eight victims of school shooting and one first responder. It also will have an exclusive advertising deal with the gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety. CNN was first to report the humor web site had entered the bidding. Jones was previously ordered to pay $1.5 billion to families of the Sandy Hook shooting victims. But he had dragged ...
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Ford government inks $100M deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink system
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Ford government inks $100M deal with Elon Musk’s Starlink system

The Ford government has signed a deal worth roughly $100 million with Elon Musk’s Starlink company to provide high-speed internet to parts of northern and rural Ontario. On Thursday, the province announced Starlink had won a competitive bidding process to run a satellite-based internet program for roughly 15,000 households and businesses beginning in June 2025.“Our government is pleased to work with Starlink to offer a highly advanced satellite internet service that will help people living and working in the hardest to reach areas of the province access high-speed internet,” Kinga Surma, Minister of Infrastructure, said in a statement.“Our government knows how essential it is to have access to online services and supports, which is why we are using all viable options and technologies, incl...
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New York to launch $9 Manhattan congestion charge
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New York to launch $9 Manhattan congestion charge

By David Shepardson, Reuters New York City's congestion pricing program is the first of its kind in the US. Photo: Edi Chen New York plans to revive a $9 congestion mitigation charge for driving in Manhattan starting in January that the state indefinitely put on hold earlier this year, governor Kathy Hochul said Thursday. New York City's congestion pricing program, the first of its kind in the United States, was initially to have charged a toll of $15 during daytime hours for passenger vehicles driving in Manhattan south of 60th Street starting June 30 before Hochul put it on hold indefinitely. Hochul said the new base charge for passenger vehicles would be $9 -- 40% less than initially announced -- and was crucial to make new investment in subways and buses in New York. She said the...
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Officials with diplomatic immunity accused of sexual assault and indecent exposure | Politics News
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Officials with diplomatic immunity accused of sexual assault and indecent exposure | Politics News

Sexual assault and indecent exposure are among the crimes alleged to have been committed by people with diplomatic immunity last year.The Foreign Office has revealed that, in 2023, nine serious and significant offences were allegedly carried out by overseas officials who are exempt from being prosecuted. Politics live: PM 'may have heeded warning' from Trump win with impromptu statementA "serious offence" has been defined as something that could carry a penalty of 12 months' imprisonment or more, according to government minister Catherine West, who confirmed the data in a Written Ministerial Statement.Under diplomatic conventions enshrined in international law, officials with a diplomatic service based in a foreign country are granted various immunities. The extent to which they, or their ...
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How the world reacted the to Treaty Principles Bill debate
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How the world reacted the to Treaty Principles Bill debate

The suspension of Parliament following a haka during debate on the Treaty Principles Bill on Thursday has garnered international attention. Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke was suspended from Parliament and "named" after leading the haka. Labour MP Willie Jackson was also ejected from Parliament during the debate. BBC said the Treaty values had been "woven" into New Zealand laws "in an effort to redress the wrong done to Māori during colonisation". "The country is often considered a leader in indigenous rights, but opponents of the bill fear those same rights are being put at risk by this bill." Te Pāti Māori MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipa-Clarke in Parliament during debate on the Treaty Principles Bill. Photo: RNZ/ Samuel Rillstone The Guardian said there had been "significant publ...
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Hamas ready for Gaza ceasefire ‘immediately’ – but claims Israel has put forward no ‘serious proposals’ in months | World News
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Hamas ready for Gaza ceasefire ‘immediately’ – but claims Israel has put forward no ‘serious proposals’ in months | World News

Hamas says it is ready to secure a Gaza ceasefire deal "immediately" but claims it has not had any "serious proposals" from Israel in months, an official for the group has told Sky News.Dr Basem Naim also suggested Hamas has no regrets about the 7 October attacks which killed 1,200 Israelis last year, despite the ensuing war in Gaza that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians.He accused Israel of "big massacres" in Gaza and said Hamas has not received any "serious proposals" for a ceasefire since the assassination of its leader Ismail Haniyeh.Appearing on The World With Yalda Hakim, he said the last "well-defined, brokered deal" was on 2 July."It was discussed in all details and I think we were near to a ceasefire... which can end this war, offer a permanent ceasefire and total withd...
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Republican Senator Cornyn ‘absolutely’ wants to see Matt Gaetz ethics report
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Republican Senator Cornyn ‘absolutely’ wants to see Matt Gaetz ethics report

By Sarah N Lynch for Reuters Matt Gaetz was investigated by the Justice Department for nearly three years over sex trafficking allegations involving a 17-year-old girl. Photo: DREW ANGERER / AFP Republican US Senator John Cornyn says he "absolutely" wants to review an unreleased congressional ethics report on Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general. Gaetz resigned his seat in the US House of Representatives on Wednesday, which would end an ethics committee probe examining allegations of sexual misconduct and illicit drug use. He has denied wrongdoing. Gaetz also was investigated by the Justice Department for nearly three years over sex trafficking allegations involving a 17-year-old girl. His office said in 2023 that he had been told by prosecutors tha...
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Canada Post: No agreement so far as work stoppage deadline nears – National
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Canada Post: No agreement so far as work stoppage deadline nears – National

The clock is ticking for Canada Post and its workers’ union to reach an agreement to avoid a potential work stoppage. Canada Post has said it intends to continue operating despite having issued a lockout notice to the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW), which has served its own strike notices for both the urban operations unit and the rural and suburban mail carriers (RSMC) unit.“Canada Post has notified the union that unless new agreements are reached, the current collective agreements will no longer apply as of Friday,” Lisa Liu, a Canada Post spokesperson told Global News on Tuesday.Liu said the notice was required to be filed with the union and the labour minister to “make the changes to our operations starting Friday, if needed.”The union will also be in a legal position to begin...
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Body pulled from mine after police cut off supplies to ‘smoke out’ thousands of illegal miners | World News
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Body pulled from mine after police cut off supplies to ‘smoke out’ thousands of illegal miners | World News

A body has been recovered from a South African mine after police cut off basic supplies in an effort to force around 4,000 illegal miners to resurface.The body has emerged from the closed gold mine in the northwest town of Stilfontein a day after South Africa's government said it would not help the illegal miners. Around 20 people have surfaced from the mineshaft this week as police wait nearby to arrest all those appearing from underground.It comes a day after a cabinet minister said the government was trying to "smoke them [the miners] out".The move is part of the police's "Close the Hole" operation, whereby officers cut off supplies of food, water and other basic necessities to get those who have entered illegally to come out. Local reports suggest the supply routes were cut off at the ...
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