Murray Wood: With just a bit more attention to detail, Kinsmen Park could be pretty perfect
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‘Greatest existential threat of our time:’ Ottawa makes carbon tax case in court
EDMONTON - The climate crisis is a national and global issue that can't be fought entirely by the provinces, a lawyer for the federal government argued Tuesday. "The context of this case is the greate...
Dec 17, 2019
Green economy think tank gives thumbs up to tree-planting promise
OTTAWA - A green economy think tank at the University of Ottawa says the federal government's promise to plant two billion trees over the next 10 years is a cheap way to pull greenhouse gases out of t...
Dec 17, 2019
Provincial finance ministers divided on top priority for meeting with Morneau
OTTAWA - Provincial finance ministers appeared divided into two camps going into a Tuesday meeting in Ottawa with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau, who indicated that few concrete decisions would...
Dec 17, 2019
Morneau set to hear from provinces pushing for more financial help
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals opened the door Monday to changing the way the federal government decides how much financial help it gives cash-strapped provinces, ahead of talks among the country's fin...
Dec 16, 2019
WWII allies, Germany mark 75 years since Battle of the Bulge
BASTOGNE, Belgium - Side by side, the Allies and former enemy Germany together marked the 75th anniversary of one of the most important battles in World War II - the Battle of the Bulge, which stopped...
Dec 16, 2019
Court to hear First Nations’ challenge of Trans Mountain pipeline expansion
VANCOUVER - Four British Columbia Indigenous groups are set to argue in the Federal Court of Appeal that the Canadian government failed to consult adequately with them before its latest approval of th...
Dec 16, 2019
Alberta, Ottawa head to province’s Appeal Court over carbon tax dispute
EDMONTON - About a year ago, Alberta's United Conservative Party leader stood in front of 1,500 raucous supporters and called the federal carbon tax an act of "economic masochism" that he would fight ...
Dec 16, 2019
Morneau to provide update on federal books as provinces push for more help
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau will provide his first update for Canadians today on the state of the economy - and the government's books - since the October election. The update comes...
Dec 16, 2019
Jury finds former SNC-Lavalin executive Sami Bebawi guilty on all charges
MONTREAL - A former SNC-Lavalin executive was found guilty on Sunday of paying off foreign officials and pocketing millions as he worked to secure contracts for the Canadian engineering company in Lib...
Dec 15, 2019
Poll suggests travellers know little about air-passenger rights
OTTAWA - New polling results suggest many people boarding flights this holiday season don't know about the Liberal government's new regime outlining air passengers' rights. A Canadian Automobile Assoc...
Dec 13, 2019
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