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Budget 2022: $500M in military aid to Ukraine, projects economic upheaval from war
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland referenced horrific allegations of Russian war crimes on Thursday as the federal Liberal government promised another $500 million in military aid as well as...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Canada won't meet NATO target with more than $8B in new military funding
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government responded Thursday to months of pressure from the NATO military alliance and others by promising more than $8 billion in new military spending over the next fiv...
Apr 07, 2022
Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot jury ends 4th day of deliberations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan jury ended its fourth day of deliberations on Thursday without having reached verdicts in the trial of four men accused of scheming to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitme...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Liberals rejig $15B toward new business investment fund
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are promising to create two new arm's-length bodies to handle billions in federal funds to prod businesses to invest in themselves. The measures unveiled in the 2022 fede...
Apr 07, 2022
Next Level: Blue Jays target post-season after falling short by one game in 2021
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., captured the Toronto Blue Jays' mood perfectly at spring training when he was asked what his expectations were for this season. "What we did last year was the trailer,...
Apr 07, 2022
B.C. moves to weekly COVID-19 reporting, changes how deaths are counted
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has made the switch to providing COVID-19 updates on a weekly rather than daily basis, saying the change aligns with a shift away from a case-management mode...
Apr 07, 2022
'May not align:' Guilbeault pens letter to Suncor over oilsands mine expansion GHGs
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has warned Canada's biggest oilsands producer that its planned mine expansion may not meet climate targets. In a letter released Wednesday to Mark Little...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: A look at some of the promises you might have missed
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. Here are some of the smaller promises that you might have missed: - $1.9 billion over 24 years to build and oper...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: A checklist of promises that were in the Liberal-NDP confidence deal
OTTAWA - The Liberals and New Democrats published a confidence and supply agreement last month in an effort to keep the minority Parliament working until the next fixed election in 2025. The deal woul...
Apr 07, 2022
$1.2M in funding announced for University of Victoria housing and dining project
VICTORIA - British Columbia is helping build four housing and infrastructure projects using mass timber, including a new building at the University of Victoria. Ravi Kahlon, minister of jobs, economic...
Apr 07, 2022