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Pass it On program expands to Victoria
Gulf Islands Driftwood
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July 16, 2025
SUBMITTED BY THE CIRCLE EDUCATION With the help of a three-year grant from the federal government’s Department of Women and Gender Equality Canada, The Circle Education is expanding its Pass it On Boys program to Victoria in the fall. Students of...
Czech Republic Declines Joining NATO Weapons Plan
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN) The Czech Republic has decided not to take part in a recent proposal introduced by US President Donald Trump to provide American arms to Ukraine, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced on Tuesday. Trump revealed the scheme during a...
Hindustan Zinc receives govt approval for potash block in Rajasthan
ETEnergyworld.com
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July 16, 2025
Hindustan Zinc Limited has received a Letter of Intent (LOI) from the Ministry of Mines, Government of India, for the allocation of a potash and halite block in Hanumangarh district, Rajasthan. The company secured this block under Tranche V of the...
Sask subsurface mineral offering fetches $1 million
SaskToday.ca
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July 16, 2025
The highest bid was $984,452.07 from Millennium Land Ltd. for a 2,852.327-hectare block north of Estevan. REGINA — The Government of Saskatchewan's first subsurface mineral public offering of the fiscal year, held July 7, generated $1,023,670 in...
Kazakhstan Calls On Investors To Develop Luxury Hotel By Scenic Balkhash
MENAFN
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July 16, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 16. The Akimat (regional government) of Kazakhstan's Karaganda region has posted a message seeking investors to build hotels on Lake Balkhash, Trend reports via the Akimat of Karaganda region....
Russian bombardment targets Zelenskyy's hometown, injuring at least 15 people
ABC (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
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July 16, 2025
Russia pounded four Ukrainian cities with hundreds of drones, including Volodymyr Zelenskyy's hometown, injuring at least 15 people in an attack that mostly targeted energy infrastructure. The latest bombardment on Tuesday night, local time, came...
Ukraine visit leaves mark on Canada’s military ordinariate
Catholic News Agency
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July 13, 2025
Ottawa, Canada, Jul 13, 2025 / 07:00 am Bishop Scott McCaig of the Roman Catholic Military Ordinariate of Canada returned home recently after leading a spiritual retreat for military chaplains in Ukraine, saying that the weight of what he...
Cory Morgan: Shunning of ‘Warrior Culture’ in Canada’s Military Must End
The Epoch Times
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July 13, 2025
Soldiers of the 41 Canadian Brigade Group live fire a 105-mm howitzer during train at CFB Suffield, Alta., on Oct. 19, 2024. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh Commentary Canada’s reinvestment into its Armed Forces was long overdue, and Prime...
Canada pauses new tariff threats as Trump escalates
E&E News
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July 11, 2025
OTTAWA — Canada is delaying its plans to slap retaliatory tariffs on U.S. steel and aluminum after President Donald Trump sent a letter extending the deadline for trade negotiations between the two North American neighbors — though he also...
TAIT: Alberta government deals AISH recipients twin blows through the mail
Edmonton Sun
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July 13, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links Columnists Published Jul 13, 2025 • Last updated 2 days ago • 3 minute read Zachary Weeks, who lives with cerebral palsy, is a tireless advocate for Albertans who live with disability. He says the province seems to be...
Examining New Brunswick's secrecy problem
Telegraph-Journal
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July 16, 2025
Breadcrumb Trail Links New Brunswick News Politics The Issues ‘We don't need to tell you, just trust us’ New Brunswick's secrecy problem is getting worse, according to University of New Brunswick associate law professor Nicole O'Byrne. UNSPLASH...
Canada's PM Carney responds to Trump's 35 pc tariff, fentanyl claim
The Federal
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July 11, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has responded cautiously to the imposition of a 35 per cent tariff by America and US President Trump’s “flow of fentanyl from Canada” claim by saying that “Canada has made vital progress to stop the scourge of...
Canadians are cool to Carney government forcing through 'national interest' projects unilaterally: poll
Chatham This Week
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Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canadian Politics A large number of respondents said that such projects should require the support of federal and provincial governments as well as impacted First Nations Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks to...
‘Who Killed My Family?’: An inquest into the violence of liberal chic
Prism
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July 16, 2025
In the established discourse, it is not your cruelty that counts. It is your tone. This is a disturbing reality that we have all been inundated with, especially since the Israeli genocide in Gaza began. The twisting of language and the omission of...
Canadian Court Orders Release of Records on Frozen Bank Accounts Tied to Trucker’s Protest
[your]NEWS
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July 11, 2025
A Canadian court has directed that documents related to the freezing of a protestor’s bank accounts during the Freedom Convoy protests be released. The bank account belongs to Evan Blackman, who participated in the legendary Trucker’s Convoy...
'Quite an honour': Canadians take a turn as the King's Life Guard in London
CBC/Radio-Canada
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July 13, 2025
Hello, royal watchers. This is your regular dose of royal news and analysis. Reading this online? Sign up here to get this delivered to your inbox. A mounted ceremonial guard at Horse Guards, the official entrance to the royal palaces or riding...
Could Trump's tariffs bring back the Pacific Northwest lumberjack?
KUOW 94.9 - Washington State
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July 16, 2025
Could President Donald Trump's strategies help revive Washington's diminished timber industry? For nearly a century, Washington’s timber industry produced everything from paper and two-by-fours to the massive wood beams that hold up the Tacoma...
Soldiers arrested in Canada for plotting ‘anti-government militia’
Ghana News Agency
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July 9, 2025
New York, July 9, (dpa/GNA) – Four men, including members of the Canadian Armed Forces, have been arrested for allegedly founding an “anti-government militia” and making plans to seize land in the province of Quebec. Three suspects aged between 24...
The Creeping Reach of International Law
Quadrant
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July 16, 2025
If national democracy is to be maintained in any recognisable form within self-sustaining states, the power and claims of international rule-making will have to decline. —Harry Gelber, Quadrant, October 2015 … since the end of the Cold War the...
Government investment to help improve energy use efficiency of Ontario farms
Top Crop Manager
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July 11, 2025
The governments of Canada and Ontario are investing up to $3 million and launching the third intake of the Agricultural Stewardship Initiative (ASI) to help farmers implement projects to improve the energy efficiency of their farming operations....