Category Archives: Canadian Press
Budget 2019: Liberals offer "modest" help homebuyers' purchase, cover mortage
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to pick up part of the cost of a mortgage for a new home and increase the amount of retirement savings Canadians can tap as part of budget measures unveile...
Mar 19, 2019
Highlights from the 2019 federal budget tabled Tuesday
OTTAWA - Highlights from the federal Liberal budget tabled Tuesday by Finance Minister Bill Morneau: - $1.7 billion over five years, and $586 million a year after that, for a Canada Training Benefit t...
Mar 19, 2019
Deficits in big-spending pre-election budget tee up ballot-box choice
OTTAWA - The final budget of the Trudeau government’s mandate will scatter billions in fresh spending - on everything from pharmacare to retraining workers to first-time home buyers - as the Lib...
Mar 19, 2019
Michigan House backs highway designation for Aretha Franklin
LANSING, Mich. - In a sign of R-E-S-P-E-C-T, the Michigan Legislature is expected to honour the late Queen of Soul with a highway designation. The Michigan House voted 101-6 on Tuesday to designate a ...
Mar 19, 2019
Canadian shockers: Andreescu becomes latest underdog to stun sporting world
Bianca Andreescu’s run to the BNP Paribas Open title on in Indian Wells, Calif., certainly goes down as a major surprise. As Martina Navratilova told BT Sport in England after Andreescu’s ...
Mar 19, 2019
Tunisian billionaire who fled Canada ahead of 2016 deportation arrested in France
MONTREAL - An elusive Tunisian billionaire who disappeared from Canada as he was set to be deported to his homeland in 2016 resurfaced last week and is under arrest in France. Belhassen Trabelsi fell ...
Mar 19, 2019
Raptors Uprising to face old foe in 2019 season opener of NBA 2K League
TORONTO - Raptors Uprising GC will renew acquaintances with Cavs Legion GC, the team that knocked it out of the 2018 playoffs, in its 2019 NBA 2K League season opener April 11. Raptors Uprising opened...
Mar 19, 2019
Former Als player Lapointe says time is of the essence to purchase club
Time is of the essence for Eric Lapointe. The former CFL running back remains interested in putting together a group to purchase the Montreal Alouettes. However, Lapointe needs to know very soon exact...
Mar 19, 2019
October dates set for preliminary hearing in shipbuilding secrets case
OTTAWA - A preliminary hearing is set for October in the case of a public servant accused of leaking cabinet secrets about a $700-million naval contract. Matthew Matchett, a suspended Public Service a...
Mar 19, 2019
Saskatchewan city to take another look at rejected group home proposal
WEYBURN, Canada - A Saskatchewan city council that voted against building a group home for disabled adults in an upscale neighbourhood is reconsidering the application. A statement from Weyburn’...
Mar 19, 2019