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Tiger is back at Masters, and it already felt like a victory
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Tiger Woods playing the Masters again, his shirt as pink as the azaleas at Augusta National, would have been enough reason to celebrate Thursday. It felt that way to him, too. Wood...
Apr 07, 2022
Police cleared after man seriously hurt in high-risk arrest in Nanaimo
NANAIMO - Actions of police in response to a volatile and armed man were justified, according to a report by the Independent Investigations Office of BC (IIO).The man was seriously injured during his ...
Apr 07, 2022
Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - President Joe Biden's requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was uhpheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circ...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Quotes from the finance minister and others on the Liberal fiscal plan
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the 2022 budget in the House of Commons. Here are key quotes about the fiscal plan. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: "The money that rescued C...
Apr 07, 2022
Blue Jays announce opening day 28-man roster, put Borucki and Pearson on injured list
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays announced their 28-man active roster ahead of Opening Day on Thursday afternoon. Left-handed reliever Ryan Borucki was been placed on the 10-day injured list with a rig...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Housing supply gets $10B boost; Feds add measures to curb speculation
TORONTO - The Liberal government will try to ease Canada's housing crisis with more than $10 billion in funding meant to speed up home construction and repairs along with measures to cool the market a...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022 devotes $4.3 billion to Indigenous housing needs
Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools. Investin...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022 makes good on dental care, but little in new health spending
OTTAWA - The Liberals have made good on promises to the NDP when it comes to health spending in their newly released budget, but offered little else in new spending to reinvigorate Canada's struggling...
Apr 07, 2022
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