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Alberta to shutter supervised drug consumption sites in Calgary, Lethbridge
CALGARY - The Alberta government announced Friday it's shutting down the province's first-ever supervised drug consumption site. Public Safety Minister Mike Ellis said the site, housed in the Sheldon ...
Mar 20, 2026
3 Canadians back home after being stuck aboard ship in Persian Gulf
OTTAWA - A Quebec-based shipping company says three Canadians have returned home after being stuck aboard their vessels in the Persian Gulf. In a news release Friday, Desgagns said the three mariners ...
Mar 20, 2026
Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to f...
Mar 20, 2026
Ottawa outlines criteria for helping Gulf nations hit by Iran war
OTTAWA - The federal government has outlined criteria under which Canada would help partners in the Middle East endangered by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. Ottawa has said it is looking at helping Gul...
Mar 20, 2026
Ontario plans to cap ticket resale prices at original value
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government is planning to amend ticket sales legislation to cap resale prices, seven years after it cancelled similar planned changes. The legislature is set to r...
Mar 20, 2026
If you changed jobs last year, here's how it might affect your taxes
Landing a new job or being laid off from your current position can be life-changing - whether it's an exciting transition, a tough stretch or a chance at a fresh start. But months after the dust settl...
Mar 20, 2026 The Canada Revenue Agency looks at the net total income earned in a year, instead of the number of jobs in a year. A person looks at the Canada Revenue Agency MyCRA login screen in a photo illustration in Toronto, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini
Experts say Canada can't avoid engaging with U.S. as Trump rattles NATO with insults
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is widening the cracks between the United States and European NATO members with his calls for allies to help him finish the war he started with Iran. Many NATO...
Mar 20, 2026 President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn as he returns to the White House, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Ontario to miss federal deadline for publicly funding nurse practitioners
TORONTO - Ontario will not have a policy in place to publicly fund all medically necessary services from nurse practitioners by April 1, as ordered by the federal government, leaving some patients pay...
Mar 20, 2026
Former Manitoba Tory leadership candidate buys former party headquarters
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's Opposition Progressive Conservatives have sold the building that housed their headquarters to a former leadership candidate. The 3,600-square-foot historic home, across the stree...
Mar 19, 2026
Premier Eby defends budget after credit drop, but Opposition says B.C. is going broke
VICTORIA - British Columbia's credit rating has been downgraded, but Premier David Eby said government made a "very clear choice" between making cuts to "meet a credit rating" and "prioritizing Britis...
Mar 19, 2026
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...