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Saskatchewan Housing Benefit to reach more renters
The federal and provincial governments are stepping up a housing funding program.The Saskatchewan Housing Benefit was created in April to help low-income residents cover their rents. According to a me...
Dec 21, 2020
Norwegians now can change genders legally with a mouse click
HAUGESUND, Norway - Ten-year-old Anna Thulin-Myge’s passport shows what looks like an ordinary Norwegian girl wearing her long, blond hair fastened with a clip. It lists her first name as Anna, ...
Sep 27, 2016
B.C. landslide: Evacuation order north of where Chilcotin and Fraser rivers merge
Authorities in British Columbia have issued an evacuation order for an area just north of where the Chilcotin River meets the Fraser River because of the danger of flooding caused by a landslide. In a...
Aug 05, 2024
Ottawa prepares for new convoy, Ontario budget out today : In The News for April 28
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 April 28 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 28, 2022
Analysis: Playoff elimination sparks talk about potential change with Argos
It's been a monumental fall from grace for the Toronto Argonauts. Since winning the '17 Grey Cup, the Argos have managed to win just six regular-season games. On Saturday, Toronto (2-12) was eliminate...
Oct 07, 2019
Foreign Secretary: Brexit may have to be delayed
LONDON - A key member of Prime Minister Theresa May's government acknowledged Thursday that Britain's exit from the European Union may have to be delayed if negotiations on a divorce deal drag on. For...
Jan 31, 2019
Biden hails House passage of $1.9T virus bill, now to Senate
WASHINGTON - The House approved a $1.9 trillion pandemic relief bill that was championed by President Joe Biden, the first step in providing another dose of aid to a weary nation as the measure now mo...
Feb 27, 2021
'I am done': Amid rider woes, is Ottawa's transit system a victim of its own success?
OTTAWA - It didn't feel like the glory days at the time, climbing onto a crowded bus and pushing into the crush of bodies, riders sweating into their wool coats and parkas. But despite the cramped rid...
Jan 01, 2024
House OKs GOP bill expanding gun owners' rights
WASHINGTON - Republicans rammed a bill through the House on Wednesday that would make it easier for gun owners to legally carry concealed weapons across state lines, the first significant action on gu...
Dec 06, 2017
Aging farmers, lack of succession plans put future of family farms at risk
Bryan Maynard says his grandfather, a Prince Edward Island potato farmer, didn’t start talking about retirement until he was 80 years old and had been diagnosed with dementia. At that point, wit...
Jul 16, 2017