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Joan Bryden Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looks on as Governor General designate Julie Payette talks to reporters on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday July 13, 2017. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand February 07, 2021 - 4:00 AM OTTAWA - The federal government has allocated $30 million over the past 15 years to sustain charitable foundations created by governors general once they leave office. But Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's office won't say if the current government would offer the same support should Julie Payette choose to set up a foundation of her own. Pa...

Posted: Feb 06, 2021 6:00 AM CT | Last Updated: February 6 Staff stand inside a COVID-19 testing site on Peguis First Nation in a December 2020 photo.(Peguis First Nation/Facebook) Listening carefully to a client at her clinic, an eagle feather in her hand, Kathy Bird considers whether she should accept the client's tobacco offering, as she tries to determine whether she'll be able to offer the healing help that's being asked of her. The eagle feather fan is to remove negative energy. Bird has plants nearby that she uses in traditional medicine, to make tonics and foot soaks. Bird, 71, i...

The language of school choice supports the idea that education funding should follow students to the schools they believe best fit their learning needs. Education is then managed according to the free-market dynamics of consumer choice. What this means is parents can choose among a variety of models that receive both state funds and financial support from personal and/or corporate sponsors. In the United States, and more recentlyin Canada, when people talk about “school choice” they’re often talking about how parents can or should be able to access funded or semi-funded school models li...

The Governor General's resignation and Kamala in Canada: In The News for Jan. 22 Gov. Gen. Julie Payette inspects the Guard of Honour as she makes her way deliver the Throne Speech, Wednesday, September 23, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand January 22, 2021 - 1:26 AM In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kick-start your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 22 ... What we are watching in Canada ... OTTAWA —Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc concedes Julie Pa...

Posted: Jan 22, 2021 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated: January 22 A decommissioned U.S. Titan II Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) is seen at the Titan Missile Museum in Sahuarita, Ariz. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) that went into effect Jan. 22 requires ratifying nations to never 'develop, test, produce, manufacture, otherwise acquire, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices.'(Nicole Neri/Reuters)