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Canada
The federal government says Budget 2026 proposes nearly $30 billion for rental assistance, supportive housing, homelessness services and integrated health facilities.
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Supplementary Estimates B ask Parliament to authorize $22.1 billion in additional spending, including defence, child care and dental-plan funding.
Historical illustration: landlocked Atlantic salmon. New York Public Library / Unsplash (Unsplash License). Cropped and resized.
Canada
The federal government is seeking public input through January 29, 2027, on possible Species at Risk Act listings for 12 Atlantic salmon populations.
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Canada
Canada’s new Immigration Levels Plan targets 380,000 permanent-resident admissions in each of 2027, 2028 and 2029, with economic programs making up more than 64 per cent.
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Canada’s nuclear regulator has authorized Bruce B generating station units 7 and 8 to operate up to 310,000 effective full-power hours.
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The federal government has designated Canadarm’s first deployment in space in 1981 as a national historic event.
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Canada
The federal government has appointed Alexander MacDonald as president of the Canadian Space Agency, succeeding Lisa Campbell.
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Canada
A new stamp honours the roughly 150 Chinese Canadians who served with the clandestine Second World War unit Force 136 and Australia’s SRD.
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Business
The proposed federal bill would tighten money-services registration, restrict large cash transactions and allow lawful mail searches under existing criminal statutes.
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Express Entry now awards a new Labour Market Integration factor for Canadian work experience or a qualifying high-wage offer, while LMIA requirements change.
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Canada
New federal regulations create one online application process for inland and port-of-entry asylum claims and add rules for paused or reinstated cases.
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Health Canada says nearly 6,000 people contributed to a consultation that will inform a federal strategy due in early 2027.
