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Scale and speed of change needed to achieve 2030 climate goal a challenge, says PBO
OTTAWA - A new report released from Canada's parliamentary budget officer Wednesday says the speed at which change needs to happen for how people drive and heat buildings will make it tough for the Li...
Jun 23, 2021
Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs manager says family violence training was needed
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier in Nova Scotia killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard Wednesday from Lionel Desmond's case manager at Veterans Aff...
Jun 23, 2021
Class action alleging RCMP abuse of Indigenous people in Northern Canada certified
TORONTO - A lawsuit alleging RCMP systematically brutalized Indigenous people in Northern Canada can proceed as a class action despite objections from the government, Federal Court ruled on Wednesday....
Jun 23, 2021
Boost to seniors benefit this summer and beyond could cost $10.7 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer is estimating the Liberals' plan to send one-time payments this summer to seniors over 75 and then boost their old-age benefits thereafter will cost slightly ...
Jun 23, 2021
O'Toole against cancelling Canada Day; ministers, NDP say it's time for reflection
OTTAWA - Federal politicians are faced with the country's legacy of residential schools as July 1 approaches, with the Conservative leader railing against calls to cancel Canada Day, while Liberal min...
Jun 23, 2021
Russia says warning shots deter UK warship; London denies it
MOSCOW (AP) - Russia said one of its warships in the Black Sea fired warning shots and a warplane dropped bombs Wednesday to force a British destroyer out of an area near Crimea that Moscow claims as ...
Jun 23, 2021
Witnesses: Airstrike in Ethiopia's Tigray kills more than 50
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - An airstrike hit a busy market in Ethiopia's northern Tigray village of Togoga on Tuesday and killed at least 51 people, according to health workers who said soldiers blocked med...
Jun 23, 2021
MPs scramble to pass priority bills before summer but they could stall in Senate
OTTAWA - The House of Commons rose Wednesday for the summer - and possibly for an election - after giving eleventh-hour approval to what the minority Liberal government considers its priority legislat...
Jun 23, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, June 23, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, June 23, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 482,991 new vaccinations administered for a total of 33,049...
Jun 23, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, June 22, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 482,991 new vaccinations administered for a total of 33,049,...
Jun 22, 2021
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8:30 - Avi Lewis, the newly elected federal NDP leader, is touring Saskatchewan this week with 11 stops over five days, ...
