Juno Jump Start | Trudeau receives lifetime achievement award for taxpayer waste

Trudeau received a lifetime achievement award for a “decade of federal waste," Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra announced the province is “taking over” four school boards, and more.

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Trudeau receives lifetime achievement award for taxpayer waste

The Canadian Taxpayers Federation held its award ceremony for the worst use of public funds in 2024, with former prime minister Justin Trudeau receiving the lifetime achievement for a “decade of federal waste.”

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Premier Smith: “Ottawa created this problem”

Just days after the by-elections — and hours after launching the Alberta Next panel — Premier Danielle Smith gave Juno News a full sit-down.

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Ontario Ministry of Education “takes over” four school boards

Ontario Education Minister Paul Calandra announced the province is “taking over” four school boards due to consistent deficit spending in a bid to “go back to basics.”

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The Alberta Roundup | Ottawa braces for Alberta’s separation referendum

Almost entirely redacted documents show Ottawa preparing for a legal battle over Alberta’s independence.

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University of Toronto agrees to keep Harvard’s international students

The University of Toronto and Harvard University have announced a joint contingency plan to support international students from Harvard’s John F. Kennedy School of Government who may be unable to re-enter the United States due to visa restrictions.

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Smith gives Carney until fall to scrap anti-Alberta bills

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says Ottawa has until the end of fall to repeal anti-Alberta laws, warning that rising separatist sentiment in a recent byelection shows Albertans’ patience is “time-limited.”

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Conservative MP introduces bill to ban MAID for mental illness

Last week, Tamara Jansen, the Conservative Member of Parliament for Cloverdale–Langley City, tabled Bill C-218, a private member’s bill that seeks to amend the Criminal Code to explicitly exclude mental disorders from being considered a “grievous and irremediable medical condition” for the purposes of MAID eligibility.

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Feds gave BC Ferries $1B loan for Chinese-built vessels

The Canada Infrastructure Bank provided BC Ferries with a $1 billion low-interest loan to procure four new ships from a Chinese state-owned shipyard, further distancing itself from the Liberals’ “Elbows Up” promise.

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Man freed after hammer killing now charged in $66K nonprofit fraud

Police have charged two men with embezzling funds from a Calgary non-profit. One of the accused is a British Columbia man who was previously charged with manslaughter and released early after killing someone with a hammer.

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Care worker charged with sexually assaulting long-term care resident north of Toronto

A care support assistant at a long-term care home in the Town of Georgina, north of Toronto, is facing a sexual assault charge in connection with an alleged incident involving a female resident.

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Off the Record | Attempted Rapist Acquitted for Being Too High During His Crime

A B.C. judge acquitted a man who attempted to rape a woman, ruling he was too high to be criminally responsible.

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Montreal rent up 71 per cent since 2019: Statistics Canada

The average cost of rent in Montreal has increased by nearly 71 per cent since 2019, according to a rent report released by Statistics Canada. However, Vancouver remains the most expensive place to live in Canada.

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Alleged labour trafficking operation uncovered at Manitoba hotel

A five-month RCMP investigation has led to human trafficking charges against two hotel owners—Jai Inder Sandhu and Satbir Sandhu—in rural Manitoba following allegations that foreign workers were exploited and threatened after being recruited under the promise of legal employment.

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