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Ottawa accepts New Brunswick's carbon-tax proposal
OTTAWA - New Brunswick consumers will get a break at the gas pumps come April, after the federal government approved the province's carbon-tax proposal Wednesday. It is the second time this week ...
Dec 13, 2019
B.C. plane crash victim identified; witnesses describe 'explosion'
GABRIOLA ISLAND, B.C. - Friends are identifying a kind, caring and skilled pilot among those killed in a plane crash on Gabriola Island. Alex Bahlsen was born in Germany and moved to Cayley, Alta...
Dec 13, 2019
After announcing resignation, Scheer misses last question period before break
OTTAWA - The day after Andrew Scheer abruptly announced he won't be leading the Conservative party for much longer, he is leaving his deputy to lead the charge against the government in question perio...
Dec 13, 2019
Grey Cup champion Blue Bombers extend contracts of coach and general manager
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers are rewarding general manager Kyle Walters and head coach Mike O'Shea for helping the team win the Grey Cup last month. The CFL team says Walters' contract&nb...
Dec 13, 2019
Brad Wall not interested in Conservative party leadership
REGINA - Former Saskatchewan premier Brad Wall says he's not interested in running for the Conservative party leadership. His is one of the names being tossed around in Conservative circles ...
Dec 13, 2019
Police investigate after woman, two young sons found dead in east-end Montreal home
MONTREAL - Police officers who showed up at an east-end Montreal home Wednesday morning to break the news of a family member's death instead discovered the bodies of a 42 year-old-woman and ...
Dec 13, 2019
Bill to ratify new North American trade deal coming in short order: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Opposition parties' public fretting over aspects of the newly revised North American free-trade deal - a pact tweaked this week to win American lawmakers' support - suggests the agreemen...
Dec 13, 2019
AG Lametti looking ahead to larger reforms on doctor-assisted death
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is asking his justice minister to move quickly to respond to a recent court ruling on doctor-assisted death. David Lametti received his new mandate let...
Dec 13, 2019
Crown corporation immune from taxation, but still might have to pay GST: Court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says the B.C. agency responsible for managing public-sector pension plan investments is constitutionally immune from remitting the goods-and-services tax to the fe...
Dec 13, 2019
AHS confirms first flu-related fatalities of season, one in North Zone
The latest report from Alberta Health Services shows there have been three confirmed fatalities caused by lab-confirmed influenza in Alberta so far this flu season, with one of those cases occurring i...
Dec 13, 2019