Murray Wood: Sask. farmers pay the price for Ottawa's gopher ban
Gophers are chewing through crops and profits, and farmers blame Ottawa's strychnine ban. They say the damage is out of ...
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Three cases of coronavirus ruled out in Canada as precautions taken nationally
Three possible cases of a new type of viral pneumonia have been investigated in Canada and ruled out as coronavirus, the country's chief public health officer said Monday. The World Hea...
Jan 20, 2020
A brief look at carbon taxing by province
OTTAWA - As of Jan. 1, every Canadian and all Canadian businesses are paying a price on carbon. The federal Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act means provinces that do not have their own price o...
Jan 20, 2020
Winnipeg mayor talks meth crisis, safety during meeting with prime minister
WINNIPEG - The mayor of Winnipeg came out of a sit-down meeting with the prime minister on Monday saying that all levels of government need to work together to tackle a methamphetamine crisis plaguing...
Jan 20, 2020
Tax revolt? Unpaid taxes from energy companies to Alberta towns more than double
Alberta's rural municipalities say the amount of unpaid property taxes they're owed by oil and gas companies has more than doubled over the past year. The association says they are owed a total of $17...
Jan 20, 2020
Former Montreal mayor can keep $268K severance despite fraud conviction: judge
MONTREAL - A court has ruled that disgraced former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum can keep the $268,000 he received from the city after resigning from office, despite a conv...
Jan 20, 2020
Rejected residential school claim 'appalling,' highlights pattern, says NDP MP
OTTAWA - A woman who alleges she was raped at age 15 while being transported to a residential school has had her settlement claim rejected a fourth time - a case New Democrat MP Charlie Angu...
Jan 20, 2020
Duceppe family sues seniors' home for $1.25 million over mother's death
MONTREAL - The family of former Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe is suing the luxury seniors' residence where their 93-year-old mother perished after being trapped in a courtyard du...
Jan 20, 2020
Poll suggests some don't think Canada should send troops to stop genocide
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests there are some in this country who believe Canada shouldn't intervene militarily if there was a genocide taking place somewhere in the world. The poll commissioned by...
Jan 20, 2020
Crowd of thousands clogs downtown Richmond to defend right to bear arms
RICHMOND, Va. - Tens of thousands of protesters, many decked out in tactical gear and toting assault-style rifles, are amassing in the streets of Virginia's capital city in a show ...
Jan 20, 2020
Demonstrators block key B.C. Ferry terminal in support of pipeline protest
VICTORIA - Ongoing tension over the construction of a liquefied natural gas pipeline across northwestern British Columbia has prompted a demonstration near a ferry terminal north of Victoria,&nbs...
Jan 20, 2020
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