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Sask. government reports more than $35K in public losses
Getting paid more than $29,000 for overtime shifts they didn't work has cost a Saskatchewan Health Authority employee their job.That was one of the losses of public money reported by the Saskatchewan ...
Aug 08, 2023
Ottawa proposing legal weed tax of at least $1 per gram, plus GST/HST
Ottawa and the provinces and territories could have another $1 billion a year in tax revenues to split after pot becomes legal next year. Liberal MP Bill Blair, former Toronto police chief and the Tru...
Nov 10, 2017
How much per gram? Provinces, feds to start debating price tag on legal pot
OTTAWA - Governments from across the country will meet next month to debate a key question about Canada’s eventual recreational-marijuana market - how much should users pay for their pot? Federa...
May 15, 2017
Equifax to pay up to $700M in data breach settlement
WASHINGTON - Equifax will pay up to $700 million to settle with the U.S. and states over a 2017 data breach that exposed Social Security numbers and other private information of nearly 150 million peo...
Jul 22, 2019
Affordability cheque rollout has Saskatchewan NDP on edge
The Saskatchewan NDP wants kids to have $500 affordability cheques in their pockets, just like the province's adults.NDP Affordability Critic Trent Wotherspoon said the rollout of cheques does not hel...
Nov 13, 2022
Let the bell ring out: Moose Jaw city council clamps clapper replacement
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - A clarion call has gone out in Moose Jaw, Sask., to repair a more than century-old bell that sits atop the city hall clock tower and some day make it ring for the first time since t...
Jan 30, 2019
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December
WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutd...
Sep 22, 2024
McMann registers first NHL hat trick, short-handed Leafs beat Blues 4-1
TORONTO - Bobby McMann registered the first hat trick of his NHL career as the short-handed Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the St. Louis Blues 4-1 on Tuesday. William Nylander had the other goal for Tor...
Feb 14, 2024
Bring your own weed: Denver allows pot in bars, eateries
Denver has approved a first-in-the-nation law allowing people to use marijuana at bars, restaurants and other public spaces such as art galleries or yoga studios. The catch: Patrons could use pot as l...
Nov 15, 2016
Hurricane Larry wipes out power, trees across St. John's; people urged to stay home
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's is asking residents to stay home out of it - as the Newfoundland and Labrador saying goes - so crews can clean up the torn branches, downed power lines and sc...
Sep 11, 2021