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PBO estimates capital gain tax change to bring in $17.4B in revenue over five years
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer estimates the Liberals' increase to the capital gains inclusion rate will bring in $17.4 billion in revenue over five years. That's two billion dollars less t...
Aug 01, 2024

Australia beats Canada 70-65 in women's Olympic basketball
LILLE - Sami Whitcomb had 19 points as Australia downed Canada 70-65 in women's Olympic basketball on Thursday. Bridget Carleton led Canada with 19 points and eight rebounds, while Kia Nurse added 12 ...
Aug 01, 2024

17-year-old suspect in UK dance class stabbings is named in court
LONDON (AP) - A 17-year-old boy charged with three counts of murder and 10 counts of attempted murder for the stabbings at a dance class in northwest England was named in court on Thursday as Axel Rud...
Aug 01, 2024

Bangladesh bans Jamaat-e-Islami party following violent protests that left more than 200 dead
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - Bangladesh on Thursday banned the Jamaat-e-Islami party, its student wing and other associate bodies, terming the party as a "militant and terrorist" organization as part of a...
Aug 01, 2024

Israel says it has confirmed Hamas military wing chief Mohammed Deif was killed in a July strike
JERUSALEM (AP) - The Israeli military said Thursday that it has confirmed that the head of Hamas' military wing, Mohammed Deif, was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July. Israel targeted Deif in a Ju...
Aug 01, 2024

In the news: Canada nabs bronze men's in swimming, B.C. landslide assessment planned
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Kharun ends Canadian men's dry spell in the pool The moment wasn't too big for Ilya Kharun. While La Defense A...
Aug 01, 2024

Jasper wildfire leaves hundreds of foreign workers scrambling to arrange work, homes
EDMONTON - It didn't take long for Namneet Singh to find full-time employment again, after a fire in Jasper, Alta., last week destroyed the hotel he had worked at for more than a year. Singh, who was ...
Aug 01, 2024

B.C. issues flood warning, watches after landslide blocks river, forces evacuations
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - British Columbia's Ministry of Land and Water says personnel are conducting assessments near a landslide that blocked the Chilcotin River in the province's Interior, including to...
Aug 01, 2024

B.C. issues flood warning, watches after landslide blocks river, forces evacuations
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - British Columbia's Ministry of Land and Water says personnel are conducting assessments near a landslide that blocked the Chilcotin River in the province's Interior, including to...
Aug 01, 2024

Iran’s supreme leader prays over the coffin of Hamas leader Haniyeh, whose killing risks a wider war
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran's supreme leader and representatives of Palestinian militias he backs prayed Thursday over the coffins of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh and his bodyguard who were killed in a sh...
Jul 31, 2024