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Poilievre proposes plan for First Nations to collect taxes from industry
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre proposed a new plan Thursday for First Nations to collect taxes from industry that he says would speed up negotiations and project approvals. Poilievre pr...
Feb 08, 2024
Local news cuts at Bell come after it was granted $40M in regulatory relief: St-Onge
OTTAWA - As Bell Media blamed regulators and policymakers for its decision to announce a fresh round of layoffs Thursday, federal and provincial politicians accused the company of unnecessarily killin...
Feb 08, 2024
Non-profit buys two B.C. co-ops, using $71 M grant from affordable housing fund
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Premier David Eby says the first purchase using the government's Rental Protection Fund will save 290 affordable rental units in two housing co-ops that have expired leases and were ...
Feb 08, 2024
Wisconsin elections official claims he's done more for Black community than any white Republican
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Republican member of the Wisconsin Elections Commission who has faced calls to resign after falsely declaring that former President Donald Trump won the state claimed Thursday t...
Feb 08, 2024
B.C. snowpack about 40% below normal, as Eby worries of 'dramatic drought conditions'
Aaron Hill, executive director of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society in B.C., can't recall when he was so concerned about the snowpack levels in the province. "We could get lucky and have a nice wet, ...
Feb 08, 2024
Tennessee House advances bill addressing fire alarms in response to Nashville school shooting
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Legislation requiring that schools determine the cause of a fire alarm being triggered before instructing children leave a classroom was advanced unanimously by the Tennessee H...
Feb 08, 2024
Veteran Sask. Party MLAs explain decisions to leave provincial politics
Two well-known faces in the Saskatchewan Party are revealing their reasons for leaving provincial politics. Donna Harpauer and Gord Wyant are among the four veteran MLAs who announced they will not se...
Feb 08, 2024 Deputy Premier Donna Harpauer is among the Sask. Party veterans who won't be running again this fall. (980 CJME file photo)
Court of Appeal for Ontario set to release Bill 124 ruling on Monday
TORONTO - Ontario's Appeal Court is set to release its ruling on a provincial wage restraint law known as Bill 124 on Monday. The 2019 law capped salary increases for public sector workers to one per ...
Feb 08, 2024
Takeaways from the Supreme Court arguments over whether Trump is ineligible to be president again
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court on Thursday heard two hours of historic arguments in a Colorado case to remove former President Donald Trump from the ballot. The justices sounded highly skeptical ...
Feb 08, 2024
Homebuilders group pushing for 30-year mortgages to boost construction in Canada
OTTAWA - The group that represents residential builders in Canada wants Ottawa to offer a 30-year amortization period for insured mortgages on new homes. The Canadian Home Builders' Association says e...
Feb 08, 2024
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