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Former Conservative MP Rob Anders facing multiple charges of evading taxes
OTTAWA - Former Conservative MP Rob Anders has been charged with tax evasion, as well as other Income Tax Act offences dating back to his years as a parliamentarian. The five charges were first report...
Sep 29, 2020
Montreal restaurateurs 'in shock' after provincial government orders 28-day closure
Montreal restaurateurs say they don't understand why the provincial government is ordering their businesses to close even though there have been no COVID-19 outbreaks tied to the city's famed restaura...
Sep 29, 2020
Complaints from Access to Information users more than doubled last year: info czar
OTTAWA - Dissatisfied users of the Access to Information Act lodged over 6,000 new complaints last year - more than double the number in the previous year, a federal watchdog says. In her annual repor...
Sep 29, 2020
Manitoba reports budget surplus for last year, but predicts COVID deficit this year
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government registered its first budget surplus in more than a decade in the fiscal year that ended in March, although it is expected to drop back in the red this year due to th...
Sep 29, 2020
Ottawa unveils guidelines, deal for rapid COVID-19 tests as calls for approval mount
OTTAWA - The Liberal government pushed back against criticism over a lack of rapid tests for COVID-19 on Tuesday as it unveiled a deal to buy millions of such devices from a U.S. company - whenever He...
Sep 29, 2020
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 7:07 p.m. The B.C. government is once again extending the province's state of emergency until Oct. 13, allowing public healt...
Sep 29, 2020
Economic rebound slows as Statistics Canada says economy grew 3.0 per cent in July
OTTAWA - The pace of Canada's economic rebound from the COVID-19 pandemic slowed in July, and maybe even more in August, Statistics Canada says, suggesting the country is in what experts described as ...
Sep 29, 2020
Liberals throw down challenge, make COVID-19 aid bill a confidence matter
OTTAWA - New Democrats have joined forces with the governing Liberals to ensure speedy approval of legislation authorizing new benefits for workers left jobless or underemployed by the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 29, 2020
N.S. premier apologizes to Black, Indigenous people for systemic racism in province
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Stephen McNeil apologized Tuesday to Black and Indigenous Nova Scotians for systemic racism in the province's justice system, and said the government is committed to refo...
Sep 29, 2020
Canada and Britain impose sanctions on Belarus, president over 'fraudulent' election
OTTAWA - Canada and Britain have levelled sanctions on the president of Belarus, his son and various government officials over what they say was a fraudulent election and abuse of those who have taken...
Sep 29, 2020
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