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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'Condensed timeline' puts pressure on Calgary council to approve Green Line project
CALGARY - With timelines tightening, Calgary city council wants to return to the bargaining table with the Alberta government to discuss a reworked plan to build a multibillion-dollar light-rail-trans...
Dec 17, 2024
B.C.'s projected deficit grows again to $9.4 billion in latest fiscal update
British Columbia's new finance minister said she is "realistic" about the economic challenges facing the province after announcing this year's record deficit is projected to reach $9.4 billion. Brenda...
Dec 17, 2024
Saskatchewan health minister breached conflict-of-interest rules, penalty recommended
REGINA - Saskatchewan's conflict of interest commissioner has found Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill breached rules when a window company with family ties did business with the government three years a...
Dec 17, 2024
Canadians won't be taxed on disability benefit under proposed rule change
OTTAWA - The Liberals are planning to introduce legislation to exempt the Canada Disability Benefit from being treated as income under the Income Tax Act. The fall economic statement, which was releas...
Dec 17, 2024
Edmonton Police Commission chair resigns after earlier saying he'd work from Portugal
EDMONTON - The head of the Edmonton Police Commission says he's stepping down, days after announcing he'd finish out his term while living abroad in Portugal. John McDougall said in a statement Tuesda...
Dec 17, 2024
Border plan promises round-the-clock aerial surveillance, drug detection support
OTTAWA - The RCMP plans to create a new aerial intelligence task force to provide round-the-clock surveillance of Canada's border using helicopters, drones and surveillance towers. The move is part of...
Dec 17, 2024
Ontario building new base, buying 2 planes for Ornge air ambulance
TORONTO - Ontario is investing $93 million to build a new base and buy new planes for Ornge, the province's air ambulance organization. Health Minister Sylvia Jones says the new hangar will be built a...
Dec 17, 2024
Canada pushes net-zero electricity target to 2050 as Alberta vows legal challenge
OTTAWA - The federal government has pushed its target to achieve a net-zero electricity grid back 15 years to 2050 as part of new clean electricity regulations announced Tuesday - though officials mai...
Dec 17, 2024
Tories call for House hearings on U.S. tariff threat amid Liberal tumult
OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling for Parliament to hold hearings in January on Canada-U.S. trade ahead of president-elect Donald Trump's entry to the White House, as Canadian businesses and expe...
Dec 17, 2024
Poilievre hails B.C. byelection win for Conservatives as Liberal vote collapses
LANGLEY, B.C. - Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is hailing a decisive British Columbia byelection victory in Cloverdale-Langley City, where Tamara Jansen has won with about two-thirds of ...
Dec 17, 2024
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