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Tax court rules Guy Laliberte's 2009 space trip was a taxable benefit
MONTREAL - The Tax Court of Canada has ruled that a trip to outer space by billionaire Quebec businessman Guy Laliberte in 2009 was a taxable benefit. At issue was a $41.8-million price tag for a trip...
Sep 14, 2018
Children mistakenly taken from their mother because of drug-test mix-up: Tories
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia’s community services minister has been asked to apologize to a young woman who was apparently left traumatized after two of her children were allegedly taken away mistakenl...
Sep 14, 2018
Eskimos sophomore Kwaku Boateng looking to prove his CFL doubters wrong
Kwaku Boateng is playing with a huge chip on his shoulder this season. The Edmonton Eskimos defensive lineman has registered a team-best five sacks in his first full campaign as a CFL starter. That...
Sep 14, 2018
Ponoka Mounties recover stolen vehicles, snowmobile from rural property
A young man from Ponoka faces charges after Mounties recovered stolen property from a local rural property. Between Sept. 10-11, Ponoka RCMP had responded to several reports of suspicious activity in ...
Sep 14, 2018
Anchor who called Trump a white supremacist leaving ESPN
BRISTOL, Conn. - Outspoken ESPN personality Jemele Hill has announced she is leaving the company. Hill attracted attention last year and was briefly suspended for opinionated messages on social media,...
Sep 14, 2018
Lawyer for Canadian detained in Sudan balks at proposed delay in court action
OTTAWA - Advocates for a Montreal man who is suing the federal government over his detention and treatment in Sudan are crying foul over what they are calling a new, unjustified delay in the case. Law...
Sep 14, 2018
Ontario outlines arguments in lawsuit against federal carbon tax plan
TORONTO - Days after denouncing a Toronto judge who deemed a provincial law violated charter rights, the Ontario government said it would invoke the Constitution in its legal challenge against the fed...
Sep 14, 2018
OECD calls on Canada to spend more on aid to increase its global "weight"
OTTAWA - A major international report has concluded that the Trudeau government’s lofty rhetoric about being “back” on the world stage needs the added heft of more foreign aid spendi...
Sep 14, 2018
Ottawa putting up $117M to restore land link to Hudson Bay town of Churchill
WINNIPEG - The agreement to restore rail service to the town of Churchill in northern Manitoba will include at least $117 million from the federal government. The federal funding consists of $74 milli...
Sep 14, 2018
Cannabis consumption unlikely to be allowed at Red Deer College
Students at Red Deer College will likely have zero or limited options for consuming cannabis on campus when it becomes legal October 17. Last week, The City of Red Deer implemented a city-wide ban on ...
Sep 14, 2018