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Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; 'renters matter,' Trudeau says
VANCOUVER - The federal government wants to support those who rent their homes with a protection fund, a bill of rights and a plan to give reliable renters credit when they step up to by a home. Prime...
Mar 27, 2024
Protection fund, bill of rights for renters coming; 'renters matter,' Trudeau says
VANCOUVER - The federal government wants to support those who rent their homes with a protection fund, a bill of rights and a plan to give reliable renters credit when they step up to by a home. Prime...
Mar 27, 2024
Ontario's gaming commission monitoring NBA's investigation of Raptors' Jontay Porter
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario says it's closely monitoring an investigation of Toronto Raptors backup centre Jontay Porter. The NBA confirmed Monday that it's investigating Porter after...
Mar 27, 2024
Climate change expected to drive shifts in urban birds, animals, bugs
A study suggests climate change will drive a massive shift in the birds, bugs and other critters that live alongside humans in 60 cities across North America. The good news in the newly published pape...
Mar 27, 2024
Unmarried parents would get 'parental union' status under Quebec bill
Quebec is proposing a new legal status for unmarried, non-civil union couples with children that would set a framework for splitting family assets if the parents separate. The "parental union" designa...
Mar 27, 2024
Big polluters shouldn't be punished financially — they should just emit less: Moe
OTTAWA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says big polluters shouldn't be forced to pay for their pollution - they should just emit less. Moe appeared today at a House of Commons committee at the invita...
Mar 27, 2024
Drowning in debt, athletes ask for raise in monthly "carding" money in federal budget
Olympic bobsledder Cynthia Appiah is thousands of dollars in debt for her sled's runners and for travel to competition. Her Canadian teammate Melissa Lotholz recently sought free accommodation in a ch...
Mar 27, 2024
Conservatives blast pro-carbon price economists as 'so-called experts'
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they won't be taking advice from "so-called experts" when it comes to carbon pricing, after more than 200 economists signed an open letter challenging Pierre Poi...
Mar 27, 2024
Indigenous nation gives stranded B.C. killer whale calf name: Brave Little Hunter
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A marine scientist says he expects rescue efforts to help coax a stranded killer whale calf from a shallow lagoon off northern Vancouver Island to continue today despite federal Fishe...
Mar 27, 2024
Indigenous nation gives stranded B.C. killer whale calf name: Brave Little Hunter
ZEBALLOS, B.C. - A marine scientist says he expects rescue efforts to help coax a stranded killer whale calf from a shallow lagoon off northern Vancouver Island to continue today despite federal Fishe...
Mar 27, 2024