Category Archives: Canada
International development groups say budget cut will end Canadian programs abroad
OTTAWA - Humanitarian groups are giving Tuesday's federal budget a thumbs down, saying it will create a backslide in progress on fighting disease and hunger abroad. The Liberal budget projects that it...
Mar 29, 2023
In The News for March 29: Will the Nova Scotia shooting inquiry find the answers?
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 29 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Mar 29, 2023
N.S. mass shooting inquiry report must deliver 'clear commentary': family lawyer
HALIFAX - On July 22, 2020, about three months after a gunman murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia, a procession of grieving relatives marched to the local RCMP detachment, demanding an independent and o...
Mar 29, 2023
Construction company fined $20K after worker injured in N.W.T.
YELLOWKNIFE - A construction company has been fined $20,000 almost two years after a worker was injured in the Northwest Territories. Arctic Canada Construction Ltd. pleaded guilty Friday to a single ...
Mar 28, 2023
Vancouver archdiocese and private school deny wrongdoing, sue alleged abusers
VANCOUVER - The Archdiocese of Vancouver and a private Catholic school have denied wrongdoing over claims of sexual abuse from former students and have filed their own lawsuits against the alleged abu...
Mar 28, 2023
Quick quotes from the release of Canada's 2023 federal budget
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals released their 2023-24 budget on Tuesday. Here are some quotes about the spending plan from the finance minister, opposition leaders and the head of the Assembly of First...
Mar 28, 2023
N.S. woman sought in firearms case released after RCMP find no evidence of gun
The RCMP say officers have interviewed and released a woman who was being sought in relation to a firearms complaint on Sipekne'katik First Nation in central Nova Scotia on Sunday night. Spokesman Cpl...
Mar 28, 2023
Budget 2023: Ottawa threatens to freeze U.S. firms from green tax credits, contracts
Ottawa is threatening a tit-for-tat with Washington over green tax credits and government procurement policies that risk freezing out Canadian businesses. This year's federal budget announces two cons...
Mar 28, 2023
Feds outline $83B in clean economy tax credits in bid to compete with U.S. incentive
OTTAWA - Serious money is heading for Canadian industries looking to reduce emissions after the federal government unveiled its answer to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. The spending commitments ann...
Mar 28, 2023
Budget 2023: Key highlights from the federal Liberals' spending plan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government has released a 2023-24 spending plan that prioritizes spending on health care, transitioning Canadian businesses to a clean economy and offering affordability m...
Mar 28, 2023