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Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage has released the names of the five people appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2024. The new recipients of the highest honour in the province come from ...
Dec 23, 2024
Manitoba government to reinstate fuel tax, but at a reduced rate
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending its yearlong fuel tax holiday but bringing back the levy at a lower rate. The government temporarily suspended the 14-cents-a-litre tax on gasoline and die...
Dec 23, 2024
Biden gives life in prison to 37 of 40 federal death row inmates
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced on Monday that he is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row, converting their punishments to life imprisonment just weeks b...
Dec 23, 2024
Premier Scott Moe reflects on 2024 and looks ahead to 2025
With the calendar about to turn over to 2025, it's only natural to take stock of the year that was and the hopes for the year that will be. Senior reporter Lisa Schick sat down with Premier Scott Moe ...
Dec 23, 2024
Commitment broken when family of Sask. NDP candidate targeted: Beck
REGINA - Saskatchewan's two main political leaders had agreed before October's provincial election not to target the families of candidates during the campaign, says Opposition NDP Leader Carla Beck. ...
Dec 23, 2024
Manitoba's promised plastic health cards pushed to January: premier
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's plan to replace paper health cards with more durable and modern plastic ones is running a bit behind schedule. Premier Wab Kinew has said on a few occasions, inclu...
Dec 23, 2024
Green Party's Elizabeth May reflects on unprecedented week in Canadian politics
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May says in all her years on Parliament Hill she has never seen anything like the last week in Canadian politics. In a year-end interview with The Canadian Press, May - now in her 1...
Dec 23, 2024
Percentage of early childhood educators in Ontario child care declining, despite goal
TORONTO - The percentage of staff in Ontario child-care centres who are registered early childhood educators has been declining over the past few years, moving the province further away from one of it...
Dec 23, 2024
Canada's efforts to combat abuse in sports saw slow progress in 2024
CALGARY - Steps to make Canadian sports safer were made in 2024, but to what end? A national commission began cross-country public consultations, an online registry of people sanctioned or under inves...
Dec 22, 2024
Drug superlabs leave a toxic mess. Some say B.C.'s cleanup rules are a mess, too
When Dean May's team of cleaners entered the home, dressed head to toe in protective suits, thick green dust covered every surface. "We literally left footprints when we were walking in the house," he...
Dec 22, 2024
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