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Oil well cleanup program listed as 'key objective' in Alberta's pre-election budget
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's last budget before an expected spring election gives strong support to a proposed tax break for energy companies to fulfil their legal cleanup duties but do...
Feb 28, 2023
Deficits and government spending highlight the 2023 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Here are highlights of the 2023 British Columbia budget presented Tuesday. All costs are over three years, unless otherwise stated: $6.4 billion in new health spending, including $2.6 billi...
Feb 28, 2023
Deficits and government spending highlight the 2023 British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - Here are highlights of the 2023 British Columbia budget presented Tuesday. All costs are over three years, unless otherwise stated: $6.4 billion in new health spending, including $2.6 billi...
Feb 28, 2023
Here's what people are saying in reaction to the British Columbia budget
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government released a budget Tuesday that promises billions in new spending on health, housing and cost-of-living supports, as well as a return to deficits. Here's what...
Feb 28, 2023
Blue Jays beat Tigers, lose to Phillies in spring training action
Catcher Stevie Berman had a two-run homer off the bench and outfielder Kevin Kiermaier went 2-for-2 with a run batted in and scored two runs as a Toronto Blue Jays split squad beat the visiting Detroi...
Feb 28, 2023
Raptors sign guard Will Barton, waive centre Hernangomez
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed guard Will Barton and, in turn, waived forward Juancho Hernangomez, the team announced Tuesday. The six-foot-five, 180-pound Barton averaged 7.7 points, 2.8 r...
Feb 28, 2023
Foreign interference protocol worked well in 2021 election, report says
OTTAWA - A newly released independent report on the protocol designed to inform Canadians in the event of threats to the 2021 federal election concludes it worked well overall. Former civil servant Mo...
Feb 28, 2023
Leafs trade Rasmus Sandin to Capitals for Erik Gustafsson, 2023 first-round pick
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs traded Rasmus Sandin to the Washington Capitals for fellow defenceman Erik Gustafsson and a 2023 first-round draft pick on Tuesday. The 29th overall selection in 2018...
Feb 28, 2023
Mother of Black Quebec man shot and killed by police sues city, cops
MONTREAL - The mother of a Black man from Repentigny, Que. who was killed by police in 2021 has filed a lawsuit against the city and its police force. Wilerne Bernard, a lawyer who represents the moth...
Feb 28, 2023
DOJ sues La. company over cancer risk to minority community
WASHINGTON (AP) - Federal officials sued a Louisiana chemical maker on Tuesday, alleging that it presented an unacceptable cancer risk to the nearby majority-Black community and demanding cuts in toxi...
Feb 28, 2023