The Canadian Press TORONTO–The Ontario Energy Board says hydro rates for households and small businesses will be going up starting next week. The agency says rates are scheduled to increased by about $1.99–or 1.8 percent–for a typical residential customer who uses 700 kilowatt hours per month. The provincial government said […]
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The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–The Liberal government expects to get $500 million a year out of the expanded Trans Mountain pipeline and is promising to spend it all on cleaner sources of energy and projects that pull carbon out of the atmosphere. Finance Minister Bill Morneau told The Canadian Press […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–Ontario will move more government services online, redesign the way it makes bulk purchases, and sell off office space and land as part of its efforts to rein in a multibillion-dollar deficit, the province’s treasury board president said yesterday. Peter Bethlenfalvy unveiled the “Smart Initiative” strategy […]
The Canadian PressMia Rabson OTTAWA–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau expressed regret yesterday for the nastiness of the federal election campaign and vowed to find a way to work co-operatively with other parties in the next Parliament. Trudeau was sent back to Ottawa with a diminished government in Monday’s vote, winning the […]
The Canadian PressShawn Jeffords TORONTO–The Ontario government is looking for public feedback on a proposal that would give registered nurses the power to prescribe certain medications including contraceptives, immunizations and smoking cessation drugs. Under the plan proposed by the College of Nurses of Ontario, which regulates the profession, nurses would […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO–Premier Doug Ford has changed the responsibilities of three of his cabinet ministers ahead of the resumption of the legislature next week. Ford has announced in a statement that he is re-organizing three portfolios to focus on job creation and small business supports. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton […]
The Canadian Press OTTAWA–The Liberals have once more won the most seats in the House of Commons, but this time they do not have an outright majority. So what happens next? With fewer than the 170 seats needed to command the House on their own, Justin Trudeau will need the […]
The Canadian Press MONTREAL–Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed up at a Metro station in his Montreal riding of Papineau today to thank his constituents after the Liberals secured a minority-government victory. Only a few hours after he left the stage at Liberal party election headquarters in Montreal, Trudeau stood at […]
The Canadian PressJoan Bryden OTTAWA–Justin Trudeau has emerged from a bruising 40-day election campaign with his image tarnished and his grip on power weakened, needing the support of at least one party to maintain a minority Liberal government in a country bitterly divided. With results still trickling in early today, […]
The Canadian Press EDMONTON–An Edmonton man says he defaced a mural of teenage Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg because he wanted to take a stand peacefully. James Bagnall says he wrote “stop the lies” and “this is oil country” on the portrait of the 16-year-old girl against a bright-blue background. […]
By Jessica Wallace and Michael Potestio, Kamloops This Week THE CANADIAN PRESS KAMLOOPS, B.C.–Human remains discovered during the reconstruction of a street in Kamloops, B.C., were those of a mother in her 50s and date back more than 500 years. The remains, including rib bones, a femur and shoulder blade, […]
The Canadian PressDean Bennett EDMONTON–Alberta and Saskatchewan were painted a solid Conservative blue yesterday, but leaders must now wrap their heads around getting resources to market with a Liberal minority government in Ottawa that will need the help of other parties to remain in power. Alberta Premier Jason Kenney campaigned […]
