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N.B. fiscal update projects bigger deficit due to 'significant' travel nurse costs
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's new Liberal finance minister is projecting a deficit of $92.1 million for the current fiscal year, a reversal from the $40.9-million surplus budgeted last spring by the p...
Nov 15, 2024
Joly, Blinken push to get B.C. river treaty through Congress before Trump government
Top officials in both Canada and the United States are pushing for the need to finalize the updated Columbia River Treaty to manage water flowing between the two countries before the administration ch...
Nov 15, 2024
Three more cases of fraudulent overbilling, Ottawa says
OTTAWA - The federal government has referred three more cases of fraudulent overbilling in its procurement system to the RCMP. In July, a former federal consultant was charged with fraud for overbilli...
Nov 15, 2024
Québec solidaire member faces rebuke for saying fellow politicians target minorities
MONTREAL - Amid heavy criticism across party lines, an opposition member of the provincial legislature did not back down Friday from comments that his fellow lawmakers say painted them as racist. Haro...
Nov 15, 2024
Minister Randy Boissonnault apologizes over Indigenous identity claims
EDMONTON - Canada's Employment Minister Randy Boissonnault is apologizing after shifting claims of his Indigenous identity came under scrutiny. The Edmonton Liberal member of Parliament says he's sorr...
Nov 15, 2024
Feds overestimating immigration impact on housing gap: PBO
OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget officer says the federal government is overestimating the impact its new immigration plan will have on the country's housing shortage. In October the Liberal gov...
Nov 15, 2024
Saskatoon sees major changes with six new councillors elected
More than half of Saskatoon's city council will be new following Wednesday's municipal election, with six wards electing brand new councillors, marking a shift the city hasn't seen in decades. Robert ...
Nov 15, 2024 Jasmine Parker, the new city councillor for Ward 6 in Saskatoon, on election night. (Mia Holowaychuk/650 CKOM)
Nova Scotia Liberals highlight housing plan, NDP talks support for small business
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Liberal and NDP leaders highlighted platform pledges related to housing and support for small businesses Friday, as Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston campaigned outsi...
Nov 15, 2024
Ontario to ban name changes for sex offenders, solicitor general says
Ontario plans to ban registered sex offenders from changing their names. Solicitor General Michael Kerzner says those who are on the provincial sex offender registry will no longer be allowed to legal...
Nov 15, 2024
N.S. court rules in favour of creating francophone riding of Chéticamp in Cape Breton
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court ruling issued this week could lead to residents of Chticamp, N.S., casting their votes in a smaller riding with a higher percentage of francophone constituents in...
Nov 15, 2024
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