The Canadian PressSteve Lambert WINNIPEG — Manitoba’s Progressive Conservative government has changed course and is introducing a carbon tax. Premier Brian Pallister says his government will enact a $25-per- tonne tax, starting July 1, and will lower the provincial sales tax by one point to six per cent. Pallister originally […]
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The Canadian PressTeresa Wright OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says knee-jerk reactions to the novel coronavirus will not keep people safe, as he defended Canada’s decision not to close its borders to foreign nationals coming from regions where the outbreak is spreading. Misinformation being spread about the virus, which can cause […]
The Canadian Press KLEINBURG, Ont. — Ontario’s next budget will be delivered March 25 and will provide the government an opportunity to reset its spending narrative. It will be the Progressive Conservative government’s second budget, but Finance Minister Rod Phillips’ first. This government’s first budget was widely panned by critics […]
The Canadian Press WHISTLER, B.C. – The RCMP say nine snowmobilers who were stuck in the Brandywine Mountain area south of Whistler, British Columbia, have been found and are safe. The Mounties say in a news release Monday that the snowmobilers have returned to their vehicles cold and hungry, but […]
The Canadian Press WHISTLER, B.C. – The RCMP say nine snowmobilers who were stuck in the Brandywine Mountain area south of Whistler, British Columbia, have been found and are safe. The Mounties say in a news release Monday that the snowmobilers have returned to their vehicles cold and hungry, but […]
By Joan Bryden THE CANADIAN PRESS OTTAWA — Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on their own. The current federal law, passed in 2016, allows medical assistance […]
Press Release TORONTO — As the scope of the COVID-19 outbreak continues to increase internationally, Ontario is taking action to ensure the province’s readiness to contain and respond to a range of outbreak scenarios. Today, Christine Elliott, Deputy Premier and Minister of Health, announced Ontario is implementing an enhanced response […]
The Canadian PressBrenna Owen VANCOUVER — The potential for a worldwide pandemic has kept scientists in Canada at the ready and placed them at the forefront of the global response to the outbreak of the new coronavirus, several prominent researchers say. Dr. Srinivas Murthy was among those experts who gathered […]
The Canadian PressHelen Moka A Quebec couple who contracted the novel coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Japan will soon be on their way home after testing negative for the virus, their daughter said yesterday. Chantal Menard said she learned early in the morning that her mother was […]
By Allison Jones The Canadian Press Ontario’s high school teachers have announced more rotating strikes for next week, including at the province’s largest school board. The Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation said members in select boards will walk off the job on Thursday. President Harvey Bischof maintains that he will […]
The Canadian PressSalmaan Farooqui TORONTO–More than 100 people protested outside a mining convention yesterday in downtown Toronto, where they blocked traffic on multiple roads and stood in front of entrances to the event. Organizers said they were demonstrating against the harmful effects of resource extraction to the environment and to […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL — A Quebec court has given the federal government more time to amend its controversial assisted-dying legislation. Ottawa was facing a March 11 deadline imposed last September by Quebec Superior Court Justice Christine Baudouin when she ruled it is unconstitutional to limit medically assisted death to […]
