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Canada ranked happiest country in the G7

Canada has been ranked the happiest country among the G7 in the 2025 World Happiness Report. Canada has performed well in these rankings year-over-year, consistently ranking among the happiest countries in both the G7 and G20. Join the Angus Reid Forum and get $5 in points! 2025 World Happiness Ranking Canada ranked 18th in the […]

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Federal industrial carbon pricing delivers 38 new innovative and clean technology projects across Canada

Today, the Honourable Terry Duguid, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, announced investments of nearly $150 million from Canada’s Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) Proceeds Fund in 38 Decarbonization Incentive Program (DIP) projects in the four provinces where the federal OBPS applied in 2019 to current.

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IRCC invites 7500 Express Entry candidates in second draw of the week

Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) has issued more invitations to apply (ITAs) through the Express Entry system. The immigration department issued 7,500 ITAs to candidates in a French language proficiency draw. To be considered for this draw, candidates needed a minimum Comprehensive Ranking System (CRS) score of 379, and to have created an Express […]

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Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, Nigig Nibi Ki-win Gamik, Canada, and Ontario reach coordination agreement to support Pikwakanagan-led child and family services

Today, the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation, its child and family well-being agency, Nigig Nibi Ki-win Gamik, and the governments of Canada and Ontario are celebrating the signing of a coordination agreement pursuant to An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.

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Ontario vacationer fined $5,500 for overfishing oysters without a valid licence

On February 21, 2025, in Courtenay Provincial Court, the Honourable Judge B. Hutcheson found Scarborough resident Raul Dumelod guilty of catching and retaining oysters over the daily limit, and of fishing without a valid licence in Buckley Bay, British Columbia (B.C.). Dumelod was charged in August of 2024 and fined a total of $5,500.

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Canada’s industrial carbon pricing system delivers nearly $150 million in new support for dozens of innovative Canadian clean technology projects across provinces, originating from pollution proceeds

On March 21, 2025, Environment and Climate Change Canada announced that nearly $150 million from the Output-Based Pricing System (OBPS) Proceeds Fund is being used to benefit 38 projects from the Decarbonization Incentive Program (DIP).

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Canada and First Nations in the Prairies reach agreements on critical Agricultural Benefit claims

Today, the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs, is pleased to announce a third wave of agricultural benefit-specific claim settlements has been reached with First Nations this fiscal year.