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    • Liberals want pregnancy counselling charities to disclose if they offer abortion help

    Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during Question Period in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld) Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland rises during Question Period in Ottawa, Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
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    The Liberal government is introducing legislation to require charities that offer pregnancy counselling to disclose whether they also offer abortion and birth control or referral to those services.

    Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the announcement Tuesday during her weekly news conference with other cabinet ministers, including Health Minister Mark Holland.

    The government says it wants to crack down on anti-choice groups masquerading as organizations that offer full-service pregnancy supports, when in reality they push women away from accessing some services such as abortion.

    If the legislation passes, organizations that don't clearly disclose their services could lose their charitable status.

    "We're introducing this legislation to ensure that women who are seeking information about their health care options are not misled, and we're doing this to ensure that those who mislead Canadian women are not rewarded with subsidies from Canadian taxpayers," Freeland said.

    The Liberals have been increasingly vocal on abortion issues as they try to wedge the Conservatives 鈥 who have several anti-choice members of Parliament in their caucus 鈥 on an issue that's at the centre of the U.S. election campaign.

    To pass the legislation, the Liberals will need another opposition party to vote in favour of it.

    NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh intends to introduce a motion on his party's next opposition day in the House of Commons asking other parties to back a pledge to expand access to abortion in Canada.

    Singh said Conservative MPs have moved several "anti-choice" motions, while the Liberals have not done enough to improve abortion access.

    This report by The Canadian Press was first published Oct. 29, 2024.

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    When the Liberal government chopped a planned beer excise tax hike to two per cent from 4.5 per cent and froze future increases until after the next election, says political columnist Don Martin, it almost guaranteed a similar carbon tax move in the offing.

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    • Henrickson was a 17-year-old girl from Squamish who went missing after a house party on Bowen Island, during the then unusually warm summer of 2009.

    • Nova Scotians 鈥 including the province鈥檚 top politicians 鈥 are continuing to express outrage after four people showed up at a Halloween dance dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes.

    • Four teenagers, including a 12-year-old girl, are facing charges after police say they set an Oshawa, Ont. home on fire while the residents were inside.

    • Federal investigators have arrested six people and seized tens of thousands of illicit cannabis edibles disguised as popular brand-name candies after raiding a pair of unlicensed dispensaries in British Columbia.

    • Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two suspects in connection with what they鈥檙e calling an 'extensive' fraud investigation linked to a COVID-19 vaccine database.

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    • A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan's Auston Matthews Halloween costume is going viral and, if he plays his cards right, he could meet the newly-minted captain face-to-face.

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    • A young Toronto Maple Leafs fan's Auston Matthews Halloween costume is going viral and, if he plays his cards right, he could meet the newly-minted captain face-to-face.

    • Walking from his apartment to classes and then to the University of Florida鈥檚 basketball facility, Olivier Rioux poses for dozens 鈥 sometimes hundreds 鈥 of pictures a day.

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    Epcor says it has removed more than 20,000 goldfish from an Edmonton stormwater pond.

    Witches and warlocks have been flocking to New Brunswick waterways this month, as a new Halloween tradition ripples across the province.

    New Brunswicker Jillea Godin鈥檚 elaborate cosplay pieces attract thousands to her online accounts, as well as requests from celebrities for their own pieces.

    A new resident at a Manitoba animal rescue has waddled her way into people's hearts.

    Hundreds of people ran to the music of German composer and pianist Beethoven Wednesday night in a unique race in Halifax.

    He is a familiar face to residents of a neighbourhood just west of Roncesvalles Avenue.

    A meteor lit up our region's sky last night 鈥 with a large fireball shooting across the horizon over Lake Erie at around 7:00 p.m.

    Residents of Ottawa's Rideauview neighbourhood say an aggressive wild turkey has become a problem.

    A man who lost his life while trying to rescue people from floodwaters, and a 13-year-old boy who saved his family from a dog attack, are among the Nova Scotians who received a medal for bravery Tuesday.

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      Citing declining revenue, rising costs and "increasing external risks," the BC Cancer Foundation announced Tuesday that it is ending its annual cycling fundraiser, the Tour de Cure.

    • Richmond RCMP are looking for dash cam video and further information that can help locate a driver that allegedly hit a cyclist and fled the scene.

    • A recent case of measles detected in the Maritimes has a B.C. connection, provincial health officials say.

    • The Ontario government will give each taxpayer a $200 rebate. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Tuesday and said the rebate will also extend to families with children, with an additional $200 per eligible child.

    • Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) have charged two suspects in connection with what they鈥檙e calling an 'extensive' fraud investigation linked to a COVID-19 vaccine database.

    • A pest control company ranked the 'rattiest' cities and boroughs across Canada, and Toronto continues to reign supreme.

    • A new report says when the province deregulated electricity generation in 2001, it forced Albertans to pay billions more for their power.

    • Premier Danielle Smith says she is taking steps to keep Albertans warm this winter while keeping their utility bills low.

    • Many Canadian restaurants owners say the government needs to come up with specific rules for tipping that are 'clear and transparent' for employees and customers alike, a new survey suggests.

    • Police say the homicide unit is investigating after a man was stabbed and later died Monday night. A 58-year-old woman has been arrested.

    • Advocates are calling on the province for more transparency and oversight as the investigation continues into an eastern Ontario cat rescue accused of abuse, neglect and falsifying medical records.

    • A community vigil will be held Tuesday night in honour of a mother of four murdered at a park broad daylight in front of her children.

    • Walking from his apartment to classes and then to the University of Florida鈥檚 basketball facility, Olivier Rioux poses for dozens 鈥 sometimes hundreds 鈥 of pictures a day.

    • Quebec wants to cut its share of international students to ease housing pressure and protect the French language, but a recent uptick in study permits has mostly gone to people from francophone countries where the province has explicitly sought to attract more students.

    • The Coalition Avenir Qu茅bec鈥檚 Sylvie D鈥橝mours said she shut her office down Tuesday after its windows were shot at.

    • Premier Danielle Smith says she is taking steps to keep Albertans warm this winter while keeping their utility bills low.

    • Edmonton Police Service (EPS) has dismantled one of the 鈥榤ost elaborate encampments鈥 officers have ever seen.

    • Kyle Edward Ball, the writer and director of horror flick Skinamarink, will make his next movie with A24, the company behind Everything Everywhere All At Once and Hereditary.

    • Nova Scotians 鈥 including the province鈥檚 top politicians 鈥 are continuing to express outrage after four people showed up at a Halloween dance dressed in Ku Klux Klan costumes.

    • The leaders of Nova Scotia鈥檚 three main political parties were on the campaign trail Tuesday after Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston called a snap election over the weekend.

    • A 43-year-old Nova Scotia man is facing child pornography charges after border agents seized a child sex doll from Japan earlier this month.

    • For the second time in as many days, a woman was carjacked in Winnipeg.

    • An inmate who escaped from a Manitoba jail Monday night is back in custody after a brief manhunt.

    • The Saskatchewan Party has maintained its hold onto power, battling its way to a fifth consecutive majority government.

    • RCMP are looking for two people after a robbery in Whitewood, Sask. that saw a man run over with his own vehicle that had been stolen.

    • The Saskatchewan Party secured its fifth straight majority government Monday, with only two constituencies too close for 麻豆影视 to call as night turned to morning.

    • The Guelph Police Service Drug Enforcement Unit began investigations earlier this month following complaints about drug trafficking and illegal drug use downtown.

    • The Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) announced, and then abruptly reversed, a plan to remove garbage bins from classrooms.

    • A Guelph, Ont. man is celebrating a major milestone while playing the game he loves.

    • A collaborative investigation of police services across the province has resulted in over a dozen charges being laid in a case that saw a woman be trafficked from Toronto all the way to Saskatchewan.

    • The Saskatchewan Party has maintained its hold onto power, battling its way to a fifth consecutive majority government.

    • The Saskatchewan Party secured its fifth straight majority government Monday, with only two constituencies too close for 麻豆影视 to call as night turned to morning.

    • Three suspects arrested in West Nipissing earlier this year were part of a group of five who robbed banks across the province, Ontario Provincial Police said Tuesday.

    • The Ontario government will give each taxpayer a $200 rebate. Premier Doug Ford made the announcement Tuesday and said the rebate will also extend to families with children, with an additional $200 per eligible child.

    • A Midland senior has resorted to living in her shed out of desperation

    • The results were tighter than almost everyone thought they鈥檇 be in a vote on if South Bruce would be a willing host to the Canada鈥檚 first permanent nuclear waste storage.

    • At just after 1:00 a.m. on Tuesday, the three young people were spotted breaking a window at a business in the 300-block of Wellington Road.

    • On Oct. 22 around 1:20 a.m. police responded to a home in the area of Talbot Street and Huron Street where the homeowner said they received a notification from the doorbell camera.

    • Five people face a total of 53 charges for their alleged involvement in eight bank robberies across Ontario where more than $2 million was stolen.

    • The headliners for the region鈥檚 biggest outdoor country music festival are locked in, and once again, the multi-day event has garnered big names.

    • Provincial police want residents to keep their doors and windows locked after reports of a man trying to gain entry to homes in the Township of Georgian Bluffs.

    • A Devonshire Mall spokesperson has confirmed that staff are aware of social media posts showing cockroaches crawling near guests' food at the mall.

    • Windsor Police are renewing their call for help from the public to solve a city homicide.

    • The Windsor police is searching for an outstanding suspect in connection to a $64,000 bank fraud investigation. One person has been arrested and charged.

    • Federal investigators have arrested six people and seized tens of thousands of illicit cannabis edibles disguised as popular brand-name candies after raiding a pair of unlicensed dispensaries in British Columbia.

    • Rescuers with the Vancouver Aquarium freed a sea lion last week from what they say was one of the worst entanglements they鈥檝e ever encountered.

    • The final count has been completed in B.C.'s nail-biting 2024 election, with incumbent Premier David Eby managing to clinch another victory for the NDP.

    • More than two years after Alannah Brown and Douglas Barker were found dead north of Penticton, police are asking for help identifying a vehicle they believe was associated with the crime.

    • Dave Lindsey began growing giant pumpkins to bring a bit of magic to his grandkids' Halloween.

    • A U.S. District Court judge in Montana has sentenced a 27-year-old man from Kelowna, B.C., to 18 months in prison for using fake names to buy guns with the aim of selling them in Canada.

    • Food Banks Canada's annual Hunger Count report shows more Canadians than ever are resorting to food banks.

    • RCMP say a Medicine Hat man was killed in a collision between an SUV and a motorcycle in southeast Alberta on Sunday evening.

    • A tentative agreement has been reached between the City of Lethbridge and more than 900 employees belonging to CUPE Local 70.

    • Just two days ahead of Halloween, the City of Sault Ste. Marie has awarded several local homes and one business for having the best decorations for the season.

    • The Sault Ste. Marie Region Conservation Authority is issuing a flood outlook statement to residents regarding current watershed conditions.

    • An early morning complaint of a man slumped over the steering wheel of a minivan with its engine running in Elliot Lake last week led to impaired driving charges and drug seizures.

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