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Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - President Joe Biden's requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was uhpheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circ...
Apr 07, 2022
Province announces new wildlife overpass to improve highway safety
Alberta's government says it is building a wildlife overpass crossing the Trans-Canada Highway in the Bow Valley area to reduce the risk of wildlife-vehicle collisions.The wildlife crossing will be lo...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Quotes from the finance minister and others on the Liberal fiscal plan
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the 2022 budget in the House of Commons. Here are key quotes about the fiscal plan. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: "The money that rescued C...
Apr 07, 2022
Blue Jays announce opening day 28-man roster, put Borucki and Pearson on injured list
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays announced their 28-man active roster ahead of Opening Day on Thursday afternoon. Left-handed reliever Ryan Borucki was been placed on the 10-day injured list with a rig...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Housing supply gets $10B boost; Feds add measures to curb speculation
TORONTO - The Liberal government will try to ease Canada's housing crisis with more than $10 billion in funding meant to speed up home construction and repairs along with measures to cool the market a...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022 devotes $4.3 billion to Indigenous housing needs
Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools. Investin...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022 makes good on dental care, but little in new health spending
OTTAWA - The Liberals have made good on promises to the NDP when it comes to health spending in their newly released budget, but offered little else in new spending to reinvigorate Canada's struggling...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: $500M in military aid to Ukraine, projects economic upheaval from war
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland referenced horrific allegations of Russian war crimes on Thursday as the federal Liberal government promised another $500 million in military aid as well as...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Canada won't meet NATO target with more than $8B in new military funding
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government responded Thursday to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion in new military spending over the next fiv...
Apr 07, 2022
Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot jury ends 4th day of deliberations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan jury ended its fourth day of deliberations on Thursday without having reached verdicts in the trial of four men accused of scheming to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitme...
Apr 07, 2022