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An update on Canada's economy and fleeting tweets; In The News for March 5

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 5 ... What...

Mar 05, 2020

Baloney Meter: Did a Liberal tax cut help reduce poverty rates?

OTTAWA - "We cut taxes for the middle class. It was the first thing we did as a government in 2015, and it helped to lift more than one million Canadians out of poverty. And that's exactly why we...

Mar 05, 2020

Without Indigenous consent for pipelines, expect more confrontations

OTTAWA - Canadians can expect more disruptive protests if the federal government pushes forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion against the wishes of some of the Indigenous communities it w...

Mar 05, 2020

CRTC won't force wireless telecom companies to offer bills on paper

OTTAWA - Canada's telecom regulator won't force mobile service providers to offer customers paper invoices, at least not yet. But the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission i...

Mar 05, 2020

Lametti sows uncertainty over meaning of foreseeable death in assisted-dying bill

OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...

Mar 05, 2020

Elected Wet'suwet'en councillor calls for inclusivity in consensus building over deal

VANCOUVER - A Wet'suwet'en elected councillor says she has "high hopes" that internal conflict over governance issues and a pipeline can be resolved respectfully but she's also concerned som...

Mar 05, 2020

Transit providers take measures to safeguard against COVID-19

Some Canadian transit agencies are quietly taking steps to protect customers against the novel coronavirus that's been sounding alarm bells around the world. Several say they have stepped up efforts t...

Mar 05, 2020

It's up to all Wet'sewet'en people to work through agreement: Bellegarde

VANCOUVER - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it's up to all Wet'sewet'en people to work through the draft agreement struck on Sunday between their hereditary chiefs ...

Mar 04, 2020

Amber Alert issued for 14-year-old boy abducted in Toronto, police say

TORONTO - An Amber Alert has been issued for a 14-year-old boy who Toronto police say was abducted in the northwestern part of the city. Police said in a tweet Wednesday night that they...

Mar 04, 2020

Via Rail calling back employees as service resumes to normal schedule

MONTREAL - Via Rail Canada says most of the 1,000 employees affected by the suspension of service last month due to blockades will be called back to work as most normal service resumes on Sa...

Mar 04, 2020