Murray Wood: Regina's dandelion neglect is no small weed
Murray Wood says Regina's dandelion problem isn't about bees. It's about double standards, as residents face fines for m...
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Small businesses feeling the pinch of credit-card fees as e-commerce ramps up
OTTAWA - Industry groups say small businesses are being hammered by high credit-card fees on online purchases as the shift toward e-commerce continues. Visa and MasterCard reduced the fees they collec...
Jan 06, 2021
Quebec imposes Canada's first curfew as country's COVID-19 caseload soars
TORONTO - Touting the need for drastic action, Quebec became the first province to impose a curfew Wednesday as soaring COVID-19 infections across Canada intensified the strain on hospitals and prompt...
Jan 06, 2021
Biden to name Judge Merrick Garland as attorney general
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden has selected Merrick Garland, a federal appeals court judge who in 2016 was snubbed by Republicans for a seat on the Supreme Court, as his attorney general, two ...
Jan 06, 2021
Ontario First Nation hopes new funding will end some water advisories
OTTAWA - The Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation is expanding its water system to deliver clean drinking water to hundreds of residents who have been grappling for more than a decade with seven ...
Jan 06, 2021
Quebec long-term care residents threaten legal action to get second vaccine dose
MONTREAL - A group of seniors at one of the first long-term care homes in Quebec to receive COVID-19 vaccines have threatened to sue the provincial government if they don't receive their second doses ...
Jan 06, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Jan. 6, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7 p.m. Yukon is reporting one new COVID-19 case, bringing the territory's total to 66. It says the case is associated with trave...
Jan 06, 2021
Ban on U.K. flights to Canada expires as testing scheme takes effect
OTTAWA - Canada's ban on flights from the United Kingdom is not being extended, replaced by a stringent COVID-19 testing program for air travellers. Canada halted most air travel from the U.K., where ...
Jan 06, 2021
Governors scramble to speed vaccine effort after slow start
New York's governor threatened to fine hospitals if they don't use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart warned health care workers they have until Jan. 15 to...
Jan 06, 2021
Congress resumes hours after throngs of Trump backers storm, invade Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - What was supposed to be a historic day in the U.S. capital lived up to that billing for all the wrong reasons Wednesday as an angry throng of Donald Trump supporters managed to over...
Jan 06, 2021
Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal has fraud case adjourned to February
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP facing charges of fraud and breach of trust related to his time in office has had his case adjourned until next month. Lawyers for Raj Grewal and the Crown agreed during a...
Jan 06, 2021
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