Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Feds to give $1.5 billion to help Canadians in hard-hit sectors train for new jobs
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will send $1.5 billion in job-training support to the provinces and territories to help Canadians in industries hit hard by the COVID...
Nov 13, 2020
Change of power in the U.S. an opportunity for Canada's immigration goals: minister
OTTAWA - A pledge by U.S. president-elect Joe Biden to rip up some of the Trump administration's most controversial immigration policies is an opportunity for Canada, says federal Immigration Minister...
Nov 13, 2020
Supreme Court of Canada sides with Hydro-Québec over transmission line project
OTTAWA - Hydro-Qubec has the right to construct an electric-power transmission line along an existing corridor despite the objections of land owners, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. In 2015, th...
Nov 13, 2020
COVID-19 testing down as positive case numbers soar in most provinces
OTTAWA - Two months after the City of Ottawa scrambled to expand its COVID-19 testing options to deal with a massive spike in demand, it is now set to cut back on hours at testing sites this weekend b...
Nov 13, 2020
PM warns premiers that feds don't have 'infinite' resources to assist COVID-19 fight
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is warning premiers that provinces need to take stronger action to stem the rapid spread of COVID-19 or the federal government could face "impossible decisions" ...
Nov 12, 2020
Repudiating Trump, officials say election 'most secure'
WASHINGTON - It's hard to put it any more bluntly: "There is no evidence that any voting system deleted or lost votes, changed votes or was in any way compromised." Rejecting President Donald Trump's ...
Nov 12, 2020
B.C. Lottery Corp., too slow on dirty money at casinos, says former regulator
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Lottery Corporation should have moved faster to protect the integrity of gaming more than a decade ago when it was under attack from organized crime, the public inquiry ...
Nov 12, 2020
Ethics watchdog sends 'letter of concern' to MP who employed sister
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog is expressing concern about a Toronto MP who hired her sister to work in her constituency office. Mario Dion says in a tweet that he sent Yasmin Ratansi a "letter ...
Nov 12, 2020
Coronavirus deaths surpass 10,000 in hard-hit Massachusetts
BOSTON - Once a coronavirus hot spot, Massachusetts was seen as a model for infection control this summer as coronavirus cases and deaths dwindled. Now, experts are warning the state could be headed f...
Nov 12, 2020
Inquiry hears money laundering concerns at B.C. casinos rose as 2010 Olympics neared
VANCOUVER - Larger amounts of suspicious cash with suspected links to money laundering and organized crime began showing up at British Columbia's casinos while the province prepared to host the 2010 W...
Nov 12, 2020
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