💉🍫Government-funded drug site offers chocolate for dirty needles
▪️On Monday, the South Riverdale Community Health Clinic (SRCHC), quietly took down a poster from their front door offering chocolate in exchange for needles and issued an apology.
“Got Sharps? Want Chocolate?” read the poster. “For every full sharps container you return to COUNTERfit, we’ll give you a chocolate bar.”
COUNTERfit is a harm reduction program for women run by the SRCHC. The centre also runs a safe-injection site and a so-called safe-supply program which hands out opioids along with a host of other programs.
Jason Altenberg, CEO of SRCHC, said the poster never should have gone up. He said that the harm-reduction team has long encouraged clients to bring back used needles, but that this went too far.
▪️The poster was up over the weekend and only came down after a local mother tweeted a photo in disbelief after walking past the centre. The photo was viewed more than 325,000 times over the course of the next 24 hours, even garnering the attention of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
“This is an actual sign from a drug-consumption site in Toronto. What is happening in Canada?” Poilievre posted in response to the photo.
#Ontario #Poilievre
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▪️On Monday, the South Riverdale Community Health Clinic (SRCHC), quietly took down a poster from their front door offering chocolate in exchange for needles and issued an apology.
“Got Sharps? Want Chocolate?” read the poster. “For every full sharps container you return to COUNTERfit, we’ll give you a chocolate bar.”
COUNTERfit is a harm reduction program for women run by the SRCHC. The centre also runs a safe-injection site and a so-called safe-supply program which hands out opioids along with a host of other programs.
Jason Altenberg, CEO of SRCHC, said the poster never should have gone up. He said that the harm-reduction team has long encouraged clients to bring back used needles, but that this went too far.
▪️The poster was up over the weekend and only came down after a local mother tweeted a photo in disbelief after walking past the centre. The photo was viewed more than 325,000 times over the course of the next 24 hours, even garnering the attention of Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre.
“This is an actual sign from a drug-consumption site in Toronto. What is happening in Canada?” Poilievre posted in response to the photo.
#Ontario #Poilievre
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🏠 Average rent for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver tops $3,000 a month
The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is now more than $3,000 a month, according to the latest report from Rentals website.
That’s a 16 per cent jump from the same time last year and a grim new record for the city.
The average two-bedroom apartment is renting for $3,918 or $47,016 a year. That means two people with an average before-tax household income of $96,423 would be spending almost half their earnings on rent.
Some Vancouver businesses have been forced to close, saying “runaway housing costs” make it impossible to pay staff appropriately.
#BritishColumbia #housing
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The average rental price for a one-bedroom apartment in Vancouver is now more than $3,000 a month, according to the latest report from Rentals website.
That’s a 16 per cent jump from the same time last year and a grim new record for the city.
The average two-bedroom apartment is renting for $3,918 or $47,016 a year. That means two people with an average before-tax household income of $96,423 would be spending almost half their earnings on rent.
Some Vancouver businesses have been forced to close, saying “runaway housing costs” make it impossible to pay staff appropriately.
#BritishColumbia #housing
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Elementary school teachers in Ontario to hold strike votes
The union representing elementary school teachers in Ontario is preparing to ask its members for a mandate to strike after a “lack of sufficient progress” in negotiations with the Ford government.
On Monday, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced it would hold in-person meetings to conduct strike votes and “address bargaining issues.”
The meetings, the union said, will be held across Ontario from mid-September to mid-October.
The union said the government had “refused to engage in any meaningful discussions” about ETFO’s school priorities, including compensation, hiring practises, working conditions and smaller class sizes.
#Ontario
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The union representing elementary school teachers in Ontario is preparing to ask its members for a mandate to strike after a “lack of sufficient progress” in negotiations with the Ford government.
On Monday, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) announced it would hold in-person meetings to conduct strike votes and “address bargaining issues.”
The meetings, the union said, will be held across Ontario from mid-September to mid-October.
The union said the government had “refused to engage in any meaningful discussions” about ETFO’s school priorities, including compensation, hiring practises, working conditions and smaller class sizes.
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💉Frequency of medical aid in dying continues to rise in Quebec
The head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are no longer being seen as a last resort.
Quebecers have stopped seeing MAID as an exceptional procedure for people with incurable illnesses whose suffering is unbearable, Dr. Michel Bureau said in a recent interview.
“We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatment, but a treatment that is very frequent,” said Bureau, head of Commission sur les soins de fin de vie, which reports to the legislature.
🔹Quebec is on track to finish the year with seven per cent of all deaths recorded as doctor-assisted, Bureau said. “That’s more than anywhere else in the world: 4.5 times more than Switzerland, three times more than Belgium, more than the Netherlands. It’s two times more than Ontario.”
Earlier this month, Bureau’s commission sent a memo to doctors reminding them that only patients who have a serious and incurable disease, who are suffering and who have experienced irreversible decline in their condition can receive MAID.
The memo reminded doctors that the procedure must be independently approved by two physicians, and that doctors shouldn’t “shop” for a favourable second opinion.
With each passing year, the boundaries of what is allowed and what is humane are blurring more and more. Surprisingly, Quebec has decided to lead the growing trend of medical assistance in dying.
#Quebec #MAID
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The head of the independent body that monitors the practice in the province says he worries doctor-assisted deaths are no longer being seen as a last resort.
Quebecers have stopped seeing MAID as an exceptional procedure for people with incurable illnesses whose suffering is unbearable, Dr. Michel Bureau said in a recent interview.
“We’re now no longer dealing with an exceptional treatment, but a treatment that is very frequent,” said Bureau, head of Commission sur les soins de fin de vie, which reports to the legislature.
🔹Quebec is on track to finish the year with seven per cent of all deaths recorded as doctor-assisted, Bureau said. “That’s more than anywhere else in the world: 4.5 times more than Switzerland, three times more than Belgium, more than the Netherlands. It’s two times more than Ontario.”
Earlier this month, Bureau’s commission sent a memo to doctors reminding them that only patients who have a serious and incurable disease, who are suffering and who have experienced irreversible decline in their condition can receive MAID.
The memo reminded doctors that the procedure must be independently approved by two physicians, and that doctors shouldn’t “shop” for a favourable second opinion.
With each passing year, the boundaries of what is allowed and what is humane are blurring more and more. Surprisingly, Quebec has decided to lead the growing trend of medical assistance in dying.
#Quebec #MAID
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💥Fireworks mishap results in $1M in damages at going-away party in Ontario
Police say damage is estimated at roughly $1 million after a firework tipped over and launched into a haybarn during a going away party in Central Elgin, Ont.
Roughly 50 family and friends of the property owner gathered on Sunday for a going-away party for a family member, Const. Brett Phair explained.
No injuries were reported but roughly $1 million in damage was done to “buildings, farm implements, and other equipment” impacted by the fire.
#Ontario
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Police say damage is estimated at roughly $1 million after a firework tipped over and launched into a haybarn during a going away party in Central Elgin, Ont.
Roughly 50 family and friends of the property owner gathered on Sunday for a going-away party for a family member, Const. Brett Phair explained.
No injuries were reported but roughly $1 million in damage was done to “buildings, farm implements, and other equipment” impacted by the fire.
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2015: “prioritize investment in affordable housing”
2021: “first home out of reach, it’s time to change that”
2023: “housing isn't a primary federal responsibility”
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2021: “first home out of reach, it’s time to change that”
2023: “housing isn't a primary federal responsibility”
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🩺 Half of Canadians do not have a doctor, or battle for appointments: survey
In the midst of a family doctor shortage across the country, half of Canadians do not have a primary care physician or have difficulty securing a timely appointment with their current one, according to a recent survey.
The survey, released Thursday by Angus Reid Institute and the Canadian Medical Association, found that one in five Canadians said they don’t have a family doctor.
For those fortunate enough to have one, the struggle persists, as 29 per cent of respondents said it was difficult to get an appointment. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents said it usually takes a few days to get an appointment with their family doctor, while 15 per cent said they get in right away.
Among Canadians who do not have a family physician, 26 per cent have abandoned their search, while another 38 per cent have been looking for more than a year, the survey found.
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In the midst of a family doctor shortage across the country, half of Canadians do not have a primary care physician or have difficulty securing a timely appointment with their current one, according to a recent survey.
The survey, released Thursday by Angus Reid Institute and the Canadian Medical Association, found that one in five Canadians said they don’t have a family doctor.
For those fortunate enough to have one, the struggle persists, as 29 per cent of respondents said it was difficult to get an appointment. Thirty-seven per cent of respondents said it usually takes a few days to get an appointment with their family doctor, while 15 per cent said they get in right away.
Among Canadians who do not have a family physician, 26 per cent have abandoned their search, while another 38 per cent have been looking for more than a year, the survey found.
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🇨🇳🇨🇦 China snubs Canada as it lifts travel bans
China – a major source of outbound tourists – has left Canada off a list of countries now approved for travel by tour groups, its embassy in Ottawa said.
Last week Beijing lifted a Covid-era ban on group tours to dozens of countries including the United States, Germany, Japan and Australia, but not Canada.
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa said in a statement that the reason behind the snub was “the Canadian side has repeatedly hyped up the so-called ‘Chinese interference’.” China-Canada relations hit a new low this year amid accusations of Chinese meddling in Canadian elections and the attempted intimidation of MPs that led to the expulsion of a Chinese diplomat in May.
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China – a major source of outbound tourists – has left Canada off a list of countries now approved for travel by tour groups, its embassy in Ottawa said.
Last week Beijing lifted a Covid-era ban on group tours to dozens of countries including the United States, Germany, Japan and Australia, but not Canada.
The Chinese embassy in Ottawa said in a statement that the reason behind the snub was “the Canadian side has repeatedly hyped up the so-called ‘Chinese interference’.” China-Canada relations hit a new low this year amid accusations of Chinese meddling in Canadian elections and the attempted intimidation of MPs that led to the expulsion of a Chinese diplomat in May.
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🇨🇳🇨🇦 China says “never interfered” in Canadian elections
China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada’s federal elections. The Chinese Consulate-General in a statement said the accusations “will damage the friendship and interests of the peoples…
China has rejected allegations it interfered in Canada’s federal elections. The Chinese Consulate-General in a statement said the accusations “will damage the friendship and interests of the peoples…
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🇺🇸Quebec woman sentenced to 22 years for sending poison-laced letter to Trump
A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump.
Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn’t sign off until Thursday.
The French-born Ferrier pleaded guilty to a total of nine biological weapons charges, each of which carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.
She was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in September 2020 and charged with sending Trump a threatening letter laced with the homemade poison ricin.
The letter, intercepted two months before the 2020 presidential election, described Trump as an “ugly tyrant clown” and urged him to give up the race.
#Quebec #US
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A Quebec woman has been sentenced to nearly 22 years in prison after sending a poison-laced letter to former president Donald Trump.
Pascale Ferrier, 56, agreed to the sentence as part of a plea agreement back in January, but D.C. district court Judge Dabney Friedrich didn’t sign off until Thursday.
The French-born Ferrier pleaded guilty to a total of nine biological weapons charges, each of which carries a potential maximum sentence of life in prison.
She was arrested at the Canada-U.S. border in September 2020 and charged with sending Trump a threatening letter laced with the homemade poison ricin.
The letter, intercepted two months before the 2020 presidential election, described Trump as an “ugly tyrant clown” and urged him to give up the race.
#Quebec #US
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🏥 Study found 49% increase in patients who are dying while on surgery wait list
Data analyzed by a think tank found the number of Canadian patients who died while awaiting surgery has increased by 49% year-over year.
▪️Analysts found that in the fiscal year from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, 2,096 patients died while awaiting surgery – in the previous fiscal year that number was 1,417 patients.
Data from the same year-over-year comparison also revealed that deaths of those waiting for a diagnostic scan (MRI/CT) have also risen by 27% and cardiac surgical wait list deaths are up by 17%.
▪️Government data shows that despite spending more and more money, there has been a steady increase in waiting list deaths in Ontario over the past seven years.
For example, Ontario spent an average of $4,057 per patient on healthcare in 2015/2016 and by 2022-23 the province spent $5,400 per patient, according to data from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). That is an increase of about 8% higher than the rate of inflation.
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Data analyzed by a think tank found the number of Canadian patients who died while awaiting surgery has increased by 49% year-over year.
▪️Analysts found that in the fiscal year from April 1, 2022 to March 31, 2023, 2,096 patients died while awaiting surgery – in the previous fiscal year that number was 1,417 patients.
Data from the same year-over-year comparison also revealed that deaths of those waiting for a diagnostic scan (MRI/CT) have also risen by 27% and cardiac surgical wait list deaths are up by 17%.
▪️Government data shows that despite spending more and more money, there has been a steady increase in waiting list deaths in Ontario over the past seven years.
For example, Ontario spent an average of $4,057 per patient on healthcare in 2015/2016 and by 2022-23 the province spent $5,400 per patient, according to data from Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI). That is an increase of about 8% higher than the rate of inflation.
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🇨🇦🇨🇳 Canadian minister urged to quit Chinese government advisory body chaired by senior member of Politburo
The federal Conservatives are calling on Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to resign his position on an advisory group to the Chinese government – a body chaired by a former chief of staff to President Xi Jinping – and to end Canadian funding to this organization that instructs Beijing on green development.
Mr. Guilbeault is headed to China in late August on a diplomatic mission to participate in the annual general meeting of this council. He currently serves as an executive vice-chairperson, according to its website. He will be the first Canadian minister to visit the Asian country since 2019.
“Not only has China wrongfully detained our citizens and meddled in our democracy but it’s now using our good name to burnish its reputation on the environment,” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said Thursday.
“We need to engage with China. We need to indicate our point of view to them,” he said. “But a Canadian minister of the Crown should not be sitting as executive vice-chairperson and giving it the prestige of Canada’s good name on environmental issues while at the same time China is massively increasing construction of coal-fired plants.”
Canada has donated or pledged more than $16-million to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development since 2017, according to information provided by the federal government.
#China
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The federal Conservatives are calling on Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault to resign his position on an advisory group to the Chinese government – a body chaired by a former chief of staff to President Xi Jinping – and to end Canadian funding to this organization that instructs Beijing on green development.
Mr. Guilbeault is headed to China in late August on a diplomatic mission to participate in the annual general meeting of this council. He currently serves as an executive vice-chairperson, according to its website. He will be the first Canadian minister to visit the Asian country since 2019.
“Not only has China wrongfully detained our citizens and meddled in our democracy but it’s now using our good name to burnish its reputation on the environment,” Conservative foreign affairs critic Michael Chong said Thursday.
“We need to engage with China. We need to indicate our point of view to them,” he said. “But a Canadian minister of the Crown should not be sitting as executive vice-chairperson and giving it the prestige of Canada’s good name on environmental issues while at the same time China is massively increasing construction of coal-fired plants.”
Canada has donated or pledged more than $16-million to the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development since 2017, according to information provided by the federal government.
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Thousands ordered to evacuate in B.C.'s Okanagan
A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C. More than 2,400 properties are under an evacuation order and more than 4,800 properties under an evacuation alert due to the encroaching McDougall Creek wildfire.
The City of Kelowna and Westbank First Nation have also declared a state of emergency, as fire crews responded to spot fires coming across Okanagan Lake from the McDougall Creek wildfire.
#BritishColumbia #wildfires
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A fast-burning wildfire threatening West Kelowna, B.C. More than 2,400 properties are under an evacuation order and more than 4,800 properties under an evacuation alert due to the encroaching McDougall Creek wildfire.
The City of Kelowna and Westbank First Nation have also declared a state of emergency, as fire crews responded to spot fires coming across Okanagan Lake from the McDougall Creek wildfire.
#BritishColumbia #wildfires
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🇨🇦🇺🇸 Canada mulling 'game plan' if U.S. takes far-right, authoritarian shift: Joly
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's presidential election.
"We are certainly working on scenarios," Joly said in French during an interview with a Montreal radio station Wednesday.
Joly added that Ottawa's close political and economic ties to the U.S. mean that "we must certainly prepare several scenarios." She suggested Canada has a game plan in mind but wouldn't get into details.
Joly drew an analogy to her government's experience working with the administration of former U.S. president Donald Trump.
#US
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada has been considering a "game plan" for how it would respond if the United States takes a far-right, authoritarian shift after next year's presidential election.
"We are certainly working on scenarios," Joly said in French during an interview with a Montreal radio station Wednesday.
Joly added that Ottawa's close political and economic ties to the U.S. mean that "we must certainly prepare several scenarios." She suggested Canada has a game plan in mind but wouldn't get into details.
Joly drew an analogy to her government's experience working with the administration of former U.S. president Donald Trump.
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💰Toronto to explore municipal sales tax
Toronto is proposing a municipal sales tax as part of a slew of new measures aimed at easing a projected $46.5 billion in budget pressures over the next decade, an "unprecedented financial crisis" that if left unaddressed threatens the fiscal foundations of the city.
The recommendation to pursue a one per cent sales tax applied to existing HST/GST was one of the key items included in a staff report released Thursday.
"There will be devastating consequences for the City of Toronto and the greater region and country without serious attention given to address the city's financial challenges," the report says, noting the region accounts for 20 per cent of Canada's gross domestic product (GDP) and 53 per cent of Ontario's GDP.
Speaking at a news conference later Thursday, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow noted that even if the city adopts all of the various possible revenue tools outlined by staff in the report, they still would not generate enough money to make up for projected budget shortfalls in the long-term. Chow said Toronto taxpayers are covering the costs of programs and initiatives that should fall to the province or federal government.
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Toronto is proposing a municipal sales tax as part of a slew of new measures aimed at easing a projected $46.5 billion in budget pressures over the next decade, an "unprecedented financial crisis" that if left unaddressed threatens the fiscal foundations of the city.
The recommendation to pursue a one per cent sales tax applied to existing HST/GST was one of the key items included in a staff report released Thursday.
"There will be devastating consequences for the City of Toronto and the greater region and country without serious attention given to address the city's financial challenges," the report says, noting the region accounts for 20 per cent of Canada's gross domestic product (GDP) and 53 per cent of Ontario's GDP.
Speaking at a news conference later Thursday, Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow noted that even if the city adopts all of the various possible revenue tools outlined by staff in the report, they still would not generate enough money to make up for projected budget shortfalls in the long-term. Chow said Toronto taxpayers are covering the costs of programs and initiatives that should fall to the province or federal government.
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Police recover nearly $3 million worth of stolen vehicles in GTA theft ring investigation
Police have recovered nearly $3 million worth of stolen vehicles and laid more than 80 charges after dismantling a theft ring in York Region.
The investigation began in May, officials said in a news release issued Wednesday. Three suspects were identified and eight search warrants were executed.
During the course of the investigation, 31 stolen vehicles, valued at about $2.8 million, were recovered. Officers also seized about $30,000 in cash, as well as police scanner devices, key re-programmers, and more than 100 master keys.
The alleged offences include theft of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime and trafficking in property obtained by crime.
#Ontario
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Police have recovered nearly $3 million worth of stolen vehicles and laid more than 80 charges after dismantling a theft ring in York Region.
The investigation began in May, officials said in a news release issued Wednesday. Three suspects were identified and eight search warrants were executed.
During the course of the investigation, 31 stolen vehicles, valued at about $2.8 million, were recovered. Officers also seized about $30,000 in cash, as well as police scanner devices, key re-programmers, and more than 100 master keys.
The alleged offences include theft of a motor vehicle, possession of property obtained by crime and trafficking in property obtained by crime.
#Ontario
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🌱🔌Ford, partners pick Canada for $900 mln battery materials plant
A consortium of Ford Motor Co and South Korean companies on Thursday said they would build a C$1.2 billion ($887 million) plant to produce electric vehicle (EVs) battery materials in Becancour, Quebec, a town seeking to become an EV-supply-chain hub, Canada's industry ministry said.
The factory will eventually produce 45,000 tonnes of cathode active materials per year for Ford EVs. Ford in a separate statement described the materials as high-quality Nickel Cobalt Manganese for rechargeable batteries that are targeting greater performance and improved EV range.
It is Ford's first investment in Quebec, although it has operated in neighboring Ontario for more than a century.
Canada's federal government will provide the consortium with a conditional loan of C$322 million and Quebec will offer the same amount as a partially forgivable loan, the statement said. The factory is expected to be operational in the first half of 2026, creating more than 345 jobs.
#Quebec
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A consortium of Ford Motor Co and South Korean companies on Thursday said they would build a C$1.2 billion ($887 million) plant to produce electric vehicle (EVs) battery materials in Becancour, Quebec, a town seeking to become an EV-supply-chain hub, Canada's industry ministry said.
The factory will eventually produce 45,000 tonnes of cathode active materials per year for Ford EVs. Ford in a separate statement described the materials as high-quality Nickel Cobalt Manganese for rechargeable batteries that are targeting greater performance and improved EV range.
It is Ford's first investment in Quebec, although it has operated in neighboring Ontario for more than a century.
Canada's federal government will provide the consortium with a conditional loan of C$322 million and Quebec will offer the same amount as a partially forgivable loan, the statement said. The factory is expected to be operational in the first half of 2026, creating more than 345 jobs.
#Quebec
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Lack of local media, Meta’s news block impact Northwest Territories residents’ access to information
Up to 50 per cent of Canadians use Facebook to find out what’s happening in cities and towns across the country.
Yellowknife’s 20,000 residents and two nearby First Nations have been ordered to evacuate by noon on Friday, as crews battle more than 200 blazes in the Northwest Territories. The wildfires have burned an area about four times the size of Prince Edward Island, but no deaths have been reported.
Meanwhile, news outlets have been unable to post on Meta’s social media sites since earlier this month after the digital giant, in response to federal legislation, began rolling out its restrictions on Canadian news. The federal government’s Online News Act requires some tech giants to pay for news content shared or repurposed on their platforms. In response, Meta decided it would simply block news to evade the law’s reach.
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Up to 50 per cent of Canadians use Facebook to find out what’s happening in cities and towns across the country.
Yellowknife’s 20,000 residents and two nearby First Nations have been ordered to evacuate by noon on Friday, as crews battle more than 200 blazes in the Northwest Territories. The wildfires have burned an area about four times the size of Prince Edward Island, but no deaths have been reported.
Meanwhile, news outlets have been unable to post on Meta’s social media sites since earlier this month after the digital giant, in response to federal legislation, began rolling out its restrictions on Canadian news. The federal government’s Online News Act requires some tech giants to pay for news content shared or repurposed on their platforms. In response, Meta decided it would simply block news to evade the law’s reach.
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