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Lawsuit settlement, collective agreements and Hydro losses drive up Manitoba deficit
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government posted a deficit in the last fiscal year of $1.97 billion, documents released Friday show. It is the largest in the province's history outside of the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 27, 2024
New Brunswick election: Tories accuse Liberals of plagiarizing their platform
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is accusing the Liberals of plagiarizing portions of his party's election platform. Higgs made the accusation Friday during a c...
Sep 27, 2024
Iranian operatives charged in US with hacking Trump's presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen informatio...
Sep 27, 2024 The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.’ (The Canadian Press)
Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen informatio...
Sep 27, 2024
B.C. Conservatives, NDP both announce plans to help ease B.C. housing crisis
Both of the main candidates in British Columbia's election campaign pushed their own plans to solve parts of the housing crisis. B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad told a news conference in Surrey t...
Sep 27, 2024
Environment, energy ministers offer Jagmeet Singh a briefing on carbon pricing
OTTAWA - Two Liberal ministers are inviting NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh to a briefing about carbon pricing so he can "better understand" how it helps fight climate change while putting more money back in...
Sep 27, 2024
N.S. government revises deficit forecast higher, citing softening tax revenues
HALIFAX - In what's become a September pattern in Nova Scotia politics, the province's finance minister is again projecting a bigger deficit than estimated in the spring budget. However, unlike what's...
Sep 27, 2024
Federal government posts $7.3B deficit between April and July
OTTAWA - The federal government's deficit has grown to $7.3 billion so far this fiscal year. The Finance Department's latest fiscal monitor says the deficit between April and July compares with a $1.2...
Sep 27, 2024 Revenues during the four-month period increased by $14.9 billion, or 10.2 per cent, from April to July 2023. (The Canadian Press)
Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York amid rising questions about US support for Ukraine
NEW YORK (AP) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion. "I think...
Sep 27, 2024
Indicted New York City mayor could appear before a judge Friday
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City's embattled and indicted mayor, Eric Adams, could make his initial court appearance Friday on charges that he accepted illegal campaign contributions and free overseas tr...
Sep 27, 2024
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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