Brad Jacobs and his Calgary-based team dropped a 7-4 semifinal decision to Scotland's Bruce Mouat on Saturday at the Temple Gardens Centre.

For more than 40 years science enthusiasts from grade 1 through 12 have gathered for the science olympics. Hundreds of curious and creative students have been working on their projects for months, hoping to take home the top prize.

Two Canadian researchers were among the winners named at this year’s Breakthrough Prize ceremony on Saturday. The annual event, held in Los Angeles, celebrates the world’s largest science awards with a dose of Hollywood glam.

Daniel Drucker, a physician and senior investigator at Toronto’s Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, was one of five researchers jointly awarded a US$3-million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences for discoveries leading to the development of a class of drugs that are now widely used in the treatment of Type 2 diabetes and obesity.

Abbie McDonough remembers knocking on doors with her late grandmother, former NDP leader Alexa McDonough, when she was little. Volunteering in this spring's campaign has been a chance to connect with her grandma's legacy in her former Halifax riding.

The City of Swift Current has advised about a current road closure. 

The intersection of Macoun Dr. And Pelletier Dr. will be closed while city crews work on a sewer main repair.

The city apologizes for any inconvenience. 

There was a lengthy power outage in Yellowknife and Behchokǫ̀ on Saturday afternoon. The Northwest Territories Power Corporation says power was restored in Behchokǫ̀ about one hour after the outage began, but some parts of Yellowknife are still without power.

Nearly 30 of the province's emergency pediatricians are calling on the government to address long wait times for children in hospitals. They say the system is chronically underfunded, and as Ishita Verma reports, doctors are having to do more, with less.

Nunavut’s NDP candidate in the federal election Lori Idlout spoke about food prices and infrastructure during a meet-and-greet in Iqaluit Saturday afternoon.

Ten people stopped by the Elders’ Qammaq to catch up with Idlout as she seeks re-election as Nunavut’s member of Parliament in the April 28 federal election.

“Nutrition North is not working that well in Nunavut,” Idlout said, speaking to Nuantsiaq News after the meeting.

Capping the price of groceries, which the NDP added to its platform over a week ago, could work as an alternative to subsidizing grocery stores in the North, which Nutrition North does.

Idlout also proposed reforming Nutrition North to subsidize hunters and harvesters in Nunavut

“Everyone talks about how important hunters and trappers are, and how hard it is to be a hunter and trapper, especially with the price of big-ticket items like snowmobiles and boats,” Idlout said, adding that these supports are also “a way of keeping Inuit culture alive.”

Premier P.J. Akeeagok and Iqaluit-Manirajak MLA Adam Arreak Lightstone attended the meeting. The two territorial politicians were also at Liberal candidate Kilikvak Kabloona’s event Friday.

Akeeagok asked Idlout about supporting what he describes as “nation-building” projects, such as the Iqaluit Hydro project, the Kivalliq Hydro-Fiber Link, the Qikiqtarjuaq port and the Gray’s Bay road and port.

“I’m definitely in support of all of them,” Idlout said, adding that they will reduce Nunavut’s “reliance” on Ottawa.

Idlout also argued that Canada could spend two per cent of its GDP on defence by supporting housing construction, Canadian Rangers, and improving the territory’s airports and marine infrastructure.

Canada and other countries are under pressure from the United States to increase defence spending to that level — a commitment all NATO members have agreed to. Canada’s defence spending is about 1.37 per cent of its GDP now.

Idlout, who was elected in 2021, looked back on the past three and a half years in office. She said the biggest highlight has been seeing “how much Nunavummiut cared about each other.”

Akeeagok, who became premier shortly after Idlout was elected MP, said she has been “accessible” that whole time. He said he’s thanking all the candidates who are stepping into this race.

“You have to be able to work with anyone,” he said.

Idlout, who the NDP re-nominated as a candidate in October 2023, said she welcomes the new candidates who joined the race over the last week.

“I’m thankful that there is a race because it opens up dialogue about what’s important to Nunavut and it helps illuminate to Nunavummiut how important democracy is.”

Idlout plans to campaign in Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay, Rankin Inlet and Baker Lake this week.

Conservative candidate James T. Arreak has been campaigning in Pangnirtung according to his Facebook page.

Liberal Kilikvak Kabloona has launched her campaign in Iqaluit.

The Green Party is also running a candidate named Brennan Wauters.

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties.

The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has determined a combined preliminary anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duty rate of 34.45 per cent for Canadian lumber following an administrative review — more double the current 14.54 per cent levy.

The U.S. is set to more than double the duty it charges on softwood lumber imports from Canada, with the planned new rate set at 34.45 per cent, up from the previous 14.54 per cent. 

VICTORIA — British Columbia Premier David Eby says he will meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney on Monday to discuss launching a Team Canada approach to support workers in the forestry sector in response to the latest U.S. decision on softwood lumber duties.

The U.S. Department of Commerce said on Friday that it has determined a combined preliminary anti-subsidy and anti-dumping duty rate of 34.45 per cent for Canadian lumber following an administrative review — more double the current 14.54 per cent levy.

Eby says the decision is an attack on forest workers and all B.C. residents, and it will also hurt Americans by driving up housing costs.

He says he will meet with Carney on Monday with plans to raise the issue directly to him since forestry workers and their livelihoods depend on the jobs which are now being targeted by the U.S. tariffs.

Kevin Holland, Ontario’s associate minister of forestry, and Ontario’s Economic Development Minister Vic Fedeli, are blaming the U.S. for its plan to “drastically raise” duty rates on softwood lumber, sounding alarms about such measures could strain housing affordability for Americans.

Holland and Fedeli say that the U.S.’s decision left Ontario “deeply disappointed,” and “these unjustified and punitive measures” will drive up construction costs.

The two members from the Ontario cabinet say the province’s forestry sector generated close to $37 billion in revenue in 2022 and supported more than 137,000 jobs, and they stand firm that these duties should be lifted entirely.

Eby says he is hoping to see the same Team Canada approach be implemented soon to protect forestry workers, just like with the automotive and steel industry jobs in Ontario and Quebec.

Ottawa has slapped a 25 per cent tariff on all vehicles imported from the U.S. that are not compliant with the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement to match U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs on vehicles.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published April, 5, 2025.

The Canadian Press

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