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Teachers, farmers, businesses soon eligible for tax credits as Liberal bill passes
OTTAWA - Teachers, farmers and some business owners will soon receive new tax breaks after a six-month-old bill passed third reading in the Senate today. The government's fall economic statement was f...
Jun 09, 2022
Residents of flood-prone areas in B.C. urged to be ready to leave at short notice
VICTORIA - Officials in British Columbia are urging residents of communities at elevated risk of flooding to be prepared if water levels rise due to rapidly melting snow from too much rain. Armel Cast...
Jun 09, 2022
Governor: Up to 3 dead, trooper wounded in Maryland shooting
SMITHSBURG, Md. (AP) - A shooting at a business in western Maryland left multiple victims Thursday and the suspect wounded a state trooper in the pursuit that followed, Gov. Larry Hogan said. After a ...
Jun 09, 2022
VIDEO: RCMP seek purse snatcher after bold theft at Country Club Centre
NANAIMO - Police are looking to identify a woman caught on camera snatching a purse.On Monday, May 2 around 5:30 p.m., a woman sat down in the food court at Nanaimo's Country Club Centre with her purs...
Jun 09, 2022
Quebec officials say 98 monkeypox cases detected, more than 1,600 vaccinated
MONTREAL - Quebec's Health Department says the province now has a total of 98 confirmed cases of monkeypox. That number reported today is up by eight cases from the 90 reported earlier this week. Monk...
Jun 09, 2022
Russia stealing Ukraine grain and selling it, mining fields: House committee chair
OTTAWA - Kody Blois, chair of the House of Commons agriculture committee, says Russian troops have been pilfering Ukraine's grain stores and selling them on the international market via Syria. The Lib...
Jun 09, 2022
Well over 600,000 voters may be eligible to cast ballot for next Conservative leader
OTTAWA - If unverified membership numbers hold true, the path to becoming the next leader of the Conservative Party of Canada is becoming precariously narrow for all but front-runner Pierre Poilievre,...
Jun 09, 2022
Registration opens Friday for first subsidized flights bringing Ukrainians to Canada
OTTAWA - Ukrainians seeking a free commercial flight to Canada subsidized through donations of Aeroplan points will be able to register online as of Friday, but they may have to be quick as initially ...
Jun 09, 2022
Drug toxicity deaths remain high across BC, including surge on Central Island
NANAIMO - While the number of people losing their lives to illicit drugs in B.C. is below last year's record-setting mark, another devastating year in the extended public health emergency is materiali...
Jun 09, 2022
Golf Canada confirms its athletes are free to engage in Safe Sport process
TORONTO - Golf Canada says its athletes are free to speak about political activism, self-expression on social justice issues and Safe Sport. The statement comes a day after Canada's sport minister sai...
Jun 09, 2022