Lack of Quebec data clouds assessment of child protection system disparities – Montreal

Lack of Quebec data clouds assessment of child protection system disparities – Montreal

Quebec researchers and civil rights advocates are slamming provincial child welfare and government authorities for failing to collect data needed to properly assess discrepancies in the child protection sphere. A recent study suggesting that more Black children in Canada are placed in foster care than white ones does not include Quebec because of hard-to-obtain data….

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Louvre raises ticket prices for non-Europeans, hitting Canadian visitors

Louvre raises ticket prices for non-Europeans, hitting Canadian visitors

A trip to the world’s most-visited museum is about to cost Canadians significantly more. France has hiked ticket prices at the Louvre by 45 per cent for visitors from outside the European Union, a move that is fuelling debate over so-called dual pricing and the growing backlash against overtourism. Starting this week, adult visitors from…

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Alberta doctors hope new E.R. triage physician role is properly resourced

Alberta doctors hope new E.R. triage physician role is properly resourced

Thursday, the province announced a new triage physician liaison to help alleviate “extreme pressures” faced by hospitals. The Alberta government said the pilot will start Feb. 1, in Edmonton and Calgary hospitals. To launch the new role quickly, the position will be filled by existing doctors in the system. Chief medical officer of Acute Care…

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Syrian troops poised to attack Kurdish towns as SDF withdraws east of Aleppo

Syrian troops poised to attack Kurdish towns as SDF withdraws east of Aleppo

Syrian troops are poised to attack towns in the north and east held by Kurdish fighters, sources familiar with the matter said, ​to pressure autonomy-minded Kurds into making concessions in deadlocked talks with the Damascus government. The threat of renewed military action highlights the deepening fault lines ‌between the government of President Ahmed al-Sharaa, who…

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Nobel medal has been sold before

Nobel medal has been sold before

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website In 2022, Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov auctioned his Nobel Peace Prize for a record-breaking $103.5 million to raise money for Ukrainian child refugees. In 2014, James Watson sold his for over $4 million, having been awarded the medal decades earlier for co-discovering the structure of DNA. It can, however,…

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Jana Partners push to break up Cooper Cos. could change the stock’s outlook

Jana Partners push to break up Cooper Cos. could change the stock’s outlook

Company: Cooper Companies (COO) Business: The Cooper Companies is a global medical device company. It operates in two business units: CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment is involved in the contact lens industry, while the CooperSurgical segment is involved in the fertility and women’s health care market through its diversified portfolio of products and services,…

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ASML hits record high on AI boost and analysts see further room to run

ASML hits record high on AI boost and analysts see further room to run

A logo on the exterior of the ASML Holding NV headquarters in Veldhoven, Netherlands, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. Peter Boer | Bloomberg | Getty Images Dutch semiconductor equipment company ASML has held gains to hit record highs, following Taiwanese chipmaker TSMC’s strong earnings report on Thursday. ASML — Europe’s most valuable company and the…

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Asia markets trade mixed after Wall Street rallies

Asia markets trade mixed after Wall Street rallies

The city skyline is seen with the landmark Taipei 101 building from a lookout point on Elephant Mountain in Taipei on April 14, 2025. (Photo by I-Hwa Cheng / AFP) (Photo by I-HWA CHENG/AFP via Getty Images) I-hwa Cheng | Afp | Getty Images Asian chip stocks climbed Friday after the U.S. reached a trade…

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OpenAI chip deal with Cerebras adds to roster of Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom

OpenAI chip deal with Cerebras adds to roster of Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom

Open AI CEO Sam Altman speaks during a talk session with SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son at an event titled “Transforming Business through AI” in Tokyo, on Feb. 3, 2025. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images In November, following Nvidia’s latest earnings beat, CEO Jensen Huang boasted to investors about his company’s position in artificial intelligence…

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Stock market today: Live updates

Stock market today: Live updates

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE The S&P 500 rose slightly on Friday but was still on pace for a losing week as traders weighed the latest comments made by President Donald Trump related to the Federal Reserve and geopolitics. The broad market index traded up 0.2%, as did…

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