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US poised to approve Patriot missile battery for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. is poised to approve sending a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine, finally agreeing to an urgent request from Ukrainian leaders desperate for more robust weapons to shoot do...
Dec 13, 2022
Innisfail council approves operating and capital budgets with 4 per cent tax rate increase
After holding tax rates steady for several years, with only two increases over the last eight years, residents in the town of Innisfail will see a 4 per cent tax rate increase next year.This after Inn...
Dec 13, 2022
8 in France convicted of roles in Bastille Day truck attack
PARIS (AP) - A French court on Tuesday convicted eight people charged in connection with a truck attack more than six years ago by an Islamic State sympathizer that killed 86 people celebrating Bastil...
Dec 13, 2022
CRA should warn benefits applicants about risk of clawbacks: Taxpayers' watchdog
OTTAWA - Taxpayers' Ombudsperson Franois Boileau says the Canada Revenue Agency should warn Canadians applying for benefits about the risk of potential clawbacks to other income supports. Boileau reco...
Dec 13, 2022
Trade Minister Mary Ng broke ethics rules over contract to friend, commissioner rules
OTTAWA - The federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner says Trade Minister Mary Ng broke the rules when her office awarded a contract to one of her friends. Commissioner Mario Dion released...
Dec 13, 2022
Parliamentary study says government should explain new extreme intoxication law
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is recommending the federal government launch a public awareness campaign to plainly explain an extreme intoxication policy that caused confusion when it was rushed ...
Dec 13, 2022
Focus turns to financing in final days of global biodiversity conference
MONTREAL - Negotiators at a global conference on saving the world's biodiversity are sharpening their focus on how to pay for it, as environment ministers from around the globe converge in Montreal fo...
Dec 13, 2022
'Extreme shifts:' New report details effects of changing Arctic climate
YELLOWKNIFE - A new report details how widespread changes in the Arctic, from warming air temperatures to sea-ice loss, have affected animals, plants and people living there. The National Oceanic and ...
Dec 13, 2022
Freeland sends Ukraine $115 million in tariff revenue from Russia, Belarus imports
OTTAWA - The federal government is channelling $115 million collected in tariffs on Russian and Belarusian products to help rebuild the power grid in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland a...
Dec 13, 2022
Spanish court acquits soccer star Neymar in fraud trial
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - A Spanish court has acquitted soccer star Neymar and his fellow defendants in a fraud and corruption trial related to the Brazilian's 2013 transfer from Santos to Barcelona. Th...
Dec 13, 2022