Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Sound decision: Montreal to protect music venues from noise complaints
MONTREAL - Montreal's administration announced on Wednesday it is going to immediately modify a borough's noise bylaw to protect entertainment venues and bars from noise complaints, after a court this...
Sep 25, 2024
'A few processes to go through': LaGrange says more work to do on doctor pay deal
Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange says there's more work to be done before a new compensation contract for the province's doctors is finalized. Speaking to media Wednesday, LaGrange said she's ...
Sep 25, 2024
Manitoba, First Nations group start recruiting workers to search landfill for remains
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government and an advocacy group representing First Nations have started the process of hiring workers to help search a landfill for the remains of two victims of a serial kill...
Sep 25, 2024
Small English soccer team has huge year, thanks in part to Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - An unusual advertising deal paid off for Newfoundland and Labrador as a small northern England soccer club wearing the province's name on their jerseys faced off Tuesday against one...
Sep 25, 2024
Quebec opposition parties denounce $6.5M subsidy to Presidents Cup golf tournament
QUBEC - Franois Legault's Coalition Avenir Qubec government was forced on Wednesday to defend its $6.5-million subsidy to the Presidents Cup golf tournament amid criticism from opposition parties that...
Sep 25, 2024
More Indigenous participation in labour market would boost Alberta economy: report
EDMONTON - Increased Indigenous participation in Alberta's labour market could boost the province's GDP by between two and three percentage points, the equivalent of $8 billion to $11 billion annually...
Sep 25, 2024
Two Canadians dead in Lebanon, MP urges more de-escalation action
OTTAWA - At least two Canadians have died in the escalating violence in Lebanon, as Israeli strikes kill Hezbollah militants along with civilians and children. Global Affairs Canada says it is aware o...
Sep 25, 2024 Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury was born in Lebanon and says Canada needs to push its peer countries more to stop a cycle in violence in the Middle East, or it could lead to a world war. (The Canadian Press)
Manitoba government extending gas tax holiday until end of the year
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is extending the provincial fuel-tax holiday until the end of the year. It's the second time the government has extended the temporary tax break since introducing it...
Sep 25, 2024
Nova Scotia wine growers walk away from government aid negotiations for industry
HALIFAX - The working group examining support for Nova Scotia's wine industry has lost its co-chair, who resigned this week calling talks with the provincial government an "enormous disappointment." P...
Sep 25, 2024
B.C. NDP pledges to help middle-income homebuyers with 40% of financing
SURREY, B.C. - New Democrat Leader David Eby says he will help more middle-class, first-time buyers into the housing market in British Columbia with a plan to finance 40 per cent of the price. Eby sai...
Sep 25, 2024
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