Canada

Gym-goers, sports fans, smokers face more taxes in Saskatchewan budget

REGINA - Working out or going to a professional football game could cost more this fall with proposed new taxes outlined in Saskatchewan's budget. Starting in October, the province plans to add the si...

Mar 23, 2022

Investigation finds debris killed Nunavut mine worker when helicopter rolled

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada says a worker at a Nunavut gold mine was killed last year when a helicopter rolled outside the mine site. The board's investigation report says a pilot had tr...

Mar 23, 2022

Federal carbon-price rebates to rise more than expected in Ontario and Manitoba

OTTAWA - The value of carbon-price rebate cheques from the federal government will jump more than 66 per cent in Ontario and Manitoba this year, to make up for too-small rebates the last two years. Th...

Mar 23, 2022

Liberal-NDP deal on pharmacare should include some illicit substances, advocates say

OTTAWA - Advocates say they hope the agreement reached by the Liberals and New Democrats for a national pharmacare program will address the opioid overdose crisis and the problem of a toxic drug suppl...

Mar 23, 2022

Canada's military to adopt gender-neutral dress code as it moves to diversify ranks

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces will soon adopt a gender-neutral dress code for service members as military commanders push for more diversity in the ranks. Men and women in uniform are currently s...

Mar 23, 2022

Montreal man, 21, charged with attacking child sent for psychiatric evaluation

MONTREAL - A Montreal man accused of beating a 10-year-old girl who was walking home for lunch has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine his criminal responsibility at the time...

Mar 23, 2022

Fractious April 9 party vote on Alberta premier moves from in-person to mail-in

EDMONTON - The contentious April 9 party vote to determine the fate of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's leadership has been changed from an in-person vote to mail-in ballots. UCP president Cynthia Moore...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 23, 2022

Quebec to hold public inquiry into deaths of young sisters killed by their father

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is announcing a public coroner's inquiry will be held into the death of two young sisters and their father in 2020. Public Security Minister Genevive Guilbault says in a...

Mar 23, 2022

NDP expects phased-in approach to national pharmacare promise in deal with Liberals

OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says he expects the Liberal government to make good its renewed promise to deliver national pharmacare, but perhaps not all at once. The Liberals have promised in...

Mar 23, 2022

Salt marsh option missing in plan to shield N.S.-N.B. land link from floods: experts

HALIFAX - An engineering study calling for higher dikes to safeguard the land link between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick should have also suggested creating natural buffers to absorb rising oceans, so...

Mar 23, 2022