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Draft documents shows Manitoba looking at carbon tax far below federal demand
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has been eyeing the possibility of charging a carbon tax of $25 per tonne - half of what the federal government has insisted must be in place by 2022 - according to ...
Sep 02, 2017
Highlights from expert panel report on national pharmacare plan
OTTAWA - An expert panel is calling for a universal, single-payer national pharmacare plan. Here's what it recommends: - The federal government should work with provinces and territories to create a n...
Jun 12, 2019
Guaranteed basic income tops policy priorities for Liberal caucus
OTTAWA - A guaranteed basic income for all Canadians has emerged as the top policy choice of Liberal MPs, just as the Trudeau government is crafting its plan to help people weather the ongoing COVID-1...
Sep 12, 2020
Health ministers to talk cannabis, opioids during two-day meeting in Edmonton
EDMONTON - The health implications of legalized cannabis and ways to combat Canada’s rising opioid problem are on the agenda when health ministers meet this week in the Alberta capital. Provinci...
Oct 18, 2017
Trump's budget means deep cuts for health care safety net
WASHINGTON - Candidate Donald Trump promised better and more affordable health care, but as president his first full budget calls for deep cuts to popular insurance programs. And it omits any proposal...
May 24, 2017
Ont. Liberals to present last budget before election after days of spending promises
TORONTO - Ontario’s Liberal government is poised to present its final budget before the June election on Wednesday, capping off days of policy announcements that have seen the party pledge billi...
Mar 27, 2018
Woodstock 50 concert organizers sue investor that backed out
NEW YORK - A dispute over the future of the Woodstock 50 festival has spiraled into a court fight, with organizers suing and at least temporarily silencing a former investor that sought to call off th...
May 11, 2019
Saskatchewan's 80+ population 50 per cent vaccinated as total active cases fall
Vaccine administration continues across the province with 50 per cent of Saskatchewan residents age 80+ having received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine as of March 16. This compares with 37 p...
Mar 16, 2021
Battle Springs lot prices reduced by 20 per cent
The Town of Battleford is offering a price reduction in an effort to spur sales of the vacant lots in the Battle Springs subdivision.Community Planner Paige Hundt said at council's recent meeting the ...
Jan 10, 2022
B.C. bride's online malice against photographer ends with order to pay $115,000
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia bride has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 to a wedding photographer for unleashing an online torrent of defamatory comments that eventually destroyed the business...
Mar 01, 2018