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City administration proposing 6.57 per cent increase in budget draft
The City of North Battleford administration's draft budget for 2023 proposes a 6.57 per cent increase in the operating budget, plus a one per cent tax increase for a capital projects reserve fund.Fina...
Nov 23, 2022
Canada at the World Cup, ministers to testify at inquiry : In The News for Nov. 23
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Nov 23, 2022
Strike on Ukrainian maternity hospital kills newborn
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - An overnight rocket attack struck a hospital maternity ward in southern Ukraine, killing a newborn baby, Its mother and a doctor were pulled alive from the rubble, Ukrainian autho...
Nov 23, 2022
Twitter turmoil fuels worry Elon Musk's free-speech vision means more social division
WASHINGTON - For a platform that once only allowed sentences as long as this one, the teeter-totter fate of Twitter sure is consuming a lot of oxygen. And new owner Elon Musk is rapidly earning a repu...
Nov 23, 2022
Three federal ministers expected to take stand at Emergencies Act inquiry
OTTAWA - Three federal ministers are slated to testify today at the public inquiry that is scrutinizing the federal government's response to the "Freedom Convoy" protests that overran downtown Ottawa ...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
Unexplained wealth orders will make life harder for B.C. criminals: compliance expert
VANCOUVER - Plans by the British Columbia government to confiscate suspected proceeds of crime with "unexplained wealth orders" are drawing praise from an expert in financial compliance as a way to ma...
Nov 23, 2022
Canadians ready for today's World Cup game against Belgium — first match since 1986
MONTREAL - Watch parties are planned across the country today as soccer fans get ready for the World Cup match between Canada and Belgium - Canada's first game in the tournament since 1986. In Montrea...
Nov 23, 2022
Fiona damage 'nowhere near as severe' after $40M cost of earlier storms: Parks Canada
OTTAWA - The federal agency overseeing Canada's national parks says that $40 million in damage from two earlier Atlantic Canada storms far eclipsed costs incurred due to post-tropical storm Fiona. Par...
Nov 23, 2022
Blasts in Jerusalem wound 14; suspected Palestinian attack
JERUSALEM (AP) - Two blasts went off near bus stops in Jerusalem on Wednesday, injuring at least 14 people, in what police said were suspected attacks by Palestinians. The first explosion went off nea...
Nov 23, 2022