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In the news today: Foreign aid increasing, housing and labour shortages linked
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals buck global trend in raising foreign aid Foreign aid groups are hailin...
Apr 18, 2024
Liberals buck global trend in 'doubling down' on foreign aid, as sector urges G7 push
OTTAWA - Foreign aid groups are hailing the federal Liberal government's return to a policy of increasing humanitarian and development spending each year, while asking for a plan to push allies to rev...
Apr 18, 2024
Parks Canada removes trash bins along Lachine Canal to spur citizen responsibility
MONTREAL - On warm days, Montreal's Lachine Canal can attract thousands of picnickers, cyclists and pedestrians. But since Parks Canada recently removed around 30 trash bins from the paths along the h...
Apr 18, 2024
It's the biggest election in history. Here's why few Indians in Canada will take part
OTTAWA - Parmod Chhabra is deeply invested in the Indian general election that gets underway on Friday, with almost a billion people eligible to vote, but he won't be casting a ballot. Nor will the va...
Apr 18, 2024
Coyotes close out 28-year tenure in Arizona with 5-2 win over Oilers
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - The Coyotes closed out their 28-year Arizona tenure as winners, getting a goal and an assist from Dylan Guenther in a 5-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday night. The C...
Apr 17, 2024
Kucherov is 5th player in NHL to reach 100 assists as Lighting beat Matthews, Maple Leafs 6-4
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Auston Matthews came up empty in his bid to become the ninth player in NHL history to score 70 goals in a season, but Tampa Bay's Nikita Kucherov became the fifth player to have a 1...
Apr 17, 2024
'Off the rails': Schoenborn hearing adjourned, lawyer refuses to appear before board
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A hearing for AllanSchoenborn, who killed his three children in 2008, has ended with an abrupt adjournment after his lawyer told the British Columbia Review Board he would no longer ...
Apr 17, 2024
Heathcare workers rally for better wages, retention
On a cold, blustery day, a group of healthcare workers came together outside the Battlefords Union Hospital with a message of alarm. "That challenge in terms of recruitment and retention...it has to d...
Apr 17, 2024
Here's more about Ottawa's plan to turn post offices, historic armouries into housing
OTTAWA - A 1970s Canada Post building in Alberta and stone Quebec City army barracks dating back to 1856 are just some of the public lands the Liberal government plans to turn into homes. The idea, ou...
Apr 17, 2024
Skilled trades need not limited to building homes
A demand for construction trades exists in Saskatchewan, but while many workers are needed to build homes, many are also needed in areas like mining and industry, said the Sask. Apprenticeship and Tra...
Apr 17, 2024