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The ministry added that once a host is deemed to be non-compliant through the new registry, they will no longer be able to list their property on platforms like VRBO and Airbnb.
January 16, 2025 - 20:30 | Klaudia Van Emmerik | Global News - Canada
Quebec’s opposition parties are calling for answers about whether Lion Electric Co. misled investors while receiving government financial aid.The Quebec Liberals want a committee at the provincial legislature to investigate allegations the struggling electric-vehicle maker deceived investors with unrealistic forecasts and fabricated orders, pointing to $177-million in public funds the company has received from the Quebec government.“If the company used government support to enrich its executives while misleading small investors, it is urgent to uncover the truth,” Liberal MNA Monsef...
January 16, 2025 - 20:17 | Maura Forrest | The Globe and Mail
A former co-ordinator at the organization that oversaw Florence Girard’s home care before she starved to death in October 2018 says “hindsight is 20/20″ looking back at a missed opportunity to avert the tragedy.Krista Maniezzo, who was the shared-living co-ordinator at Kinsight Community Society, told a coroner’s inquest that she did not go to see Girard in her room during her last visit to the home that August.Maniezzo has told the inquest that the trip was to acquaint caretaker Astrid Dahl with Kinsight staff taking over the file, and at the time “there were not alarm bells that were...
January 16, 2025 - 20:12 | Chuck Chiang | The Globe and Mail
The federal government is providing $117-million to help solve what it describes as the “heightening water crisis” due to drought on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast, where the Sechelt area has been hit especially hard.A statement from the Department of Housing, Infrastructure and Communities says the project will involve upgrading the existing water treatment plant and constructing two large-scale storage reservoirs for the Chapman Creek watershed.It’s the source of municipal water for about 76 per cent of Sunshine Coast residents.
January 16, 2025 - 20:05 | | The Globe and Mail
A school division in western Manitoba has decided to once again include God Save the King in its schools’ morning announcements, a move that has some questioning whether it promotes reconciliation efforts with Indigenous staff and students.The Mountain View School Division, which oversees 16 schools near Dauphin, Man., recently put forward a directive that the royal anthem must be included in announcements, along with O Canada and land acknowledgments.Board chair Jason Gryba, in an e-mail, said the inclusion of God Save the King aligns with existing provincial legislation.
January 16, 2025 - 19:58 | Brittany Hobson | The Globe and Mail
Ben Kamba missed the majority of last season for the University of Regina Cougars Men's Basketball team, due to a knee injury.
January 16, 2025 - 19:31 | Jacob Carr | Global News - Canada
