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'Concerning' delta B.1.617 variant most predominant in Peel Region, top doctor says by Lucas Casaletto Last Updated Jun 2, 2021 at 1:00 pm EDT Peel Region’s Medical Officer of Health says the B.1.617 variant first detected in India is growing across the province revealing that Peel has the highest proportion of the delta variant. Dr. Lawrence Loh said Wednesday that while Peel Region’s vaccination rollout has helped limit the spread of the virus, there are growing concerns about the B.1.617 variant and its presence in and across the community. “We have only just started getting back pre...

Canada's renewable energy targets are not backed by predictable and long-term capacity procurement roadmap

Fear of climate change rust belt has governments considering carbon border levy The federal budget shows Canada is backing a European push for a price on carbon across borders. It's prompted, in part, by fear of a Rust Belt repeat. Then, industries hollowed out in rich countries as manufacturing chased cheaper labour; this time, the draw would be from countries with climate regulations to those without. Social Sharing

Article content More than a decade after its publication and at least four years after it was promised, an update is coming this year to the Discover Canada: The Rights and Responsibilities of Citizenship study guide. The current guide, created in 2009 and lightly updated in 2012, is provided to newcomers to learn about the nation’s history, culture and ethics in advance of the citizenship test they must pass to become Canadians. The study guide is, in essence, a distillation of how the government wants the nation to be seen and of the foundational touchpoints it wants immigrants to underst...

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