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byDan Gray

June 1, 2025

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Ottawa launching softwood lumber task force aimed at industry competitiveness
OTTAWA — Natural Resource Minister Tim Hodgson says he’ll launch a task force early in the new year to look at ways to ensure the long-term health of the softwood lumber industry. Speaking in Toronto, Hodgson says the group will bring recommendations forward within 90 days of its launch on how to increase productivity, reach…
CBSA highlights 2025 Saskatchewan achievements
The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) is reporting a busy and successful year in Saskatchewan, with significant efforts to protect communities, facilitate trade and enforce Canada’s border laws between Jan. 1 and Oct. 31. Read more: Bin Blitz Border City sees strong turnout, charitable impact The CBSA, which operates from 20 sites across the province,…
In the news: Rain to continue in B.C., Hudson’s Bay window display, youth happiness
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … ‘High impact’ warning as heavy rains forecast to cause more flooding in B.C. The B.C. government says heavy rains in the forecast may cause more flooding in low-lying areas in parts of the province. Environment Canada has…
There’s a happiness gap between young people in Quebec and in the rest of Canada
MONTREAL — Joshua Bujold, an upbeat psychology student in his first semester at Montreal’s Dawson College, was taken aback to find out that happiness among young Canadians has plunged. Outside Quebec, that is. Bujold’s home province is an outlier among data showing the happiness of Canadians under 30 has dropped so fast that they’ve gone…
Canadian Blood Services reducing reliance on U.S. for life-changing plasma drugs
TORONTO — For years, Stéphane Cliche was a healthy avid athlete, but he kept getting sinus and respiratory infections and doctors couldn’t figure out why. It wasn’t until he was diagnosed with non-Hodgkin lymphoma in 2016 that it became clear his immune system didn’t work properly. Cliche got immunoglobulin — a cocktail of antibodies from…