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Mortgage moves 'good news' for borrowers, but budget lacks housing support: experts

Mortgage moves 'good news' for borrowers, but budget lacks housing support: experts

Mar 29, 2023 / 12:38 pm

Real estate observers say a new mortgage code of conduct promised in the federal budget will be handy for Canadians facing financial difficulties, but they...

Danielle Smith asked prosecutors about COVID-19 infraction cases ‘almost weekly,’ according to call recording

Danielle Smith asked prosecutors about COVID-19 infraction cases ‘almost weekly,’ according to call recording

Alberta Mar 29, 2023 / 12:15 pm

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith told a street preacher who is facing charges related to last winter’s border blockade and COVID-19 infractions that she...

Quebec police conduct anti-drug trafficking raids targeting Hells Angels, Mafia

Quebec police conduct anti-drug trafficking raids targeting Hells Angels, Mafia

Quebec Mar 29, 2023 / 11:10 am

Several police forces across Quebec are participating in joint anti-drug trafficking raids across the province targeting members of the Hells Angels and the...

With no end to federal deficits in sight, budget spells dismay for some economists

With no end to federal deficits in sight, budget spells dismay for some economists

Mar 29, 2023 / 11:09 am

The federal Liberals' latest budget announced new spending primarily on the clean economy and health care, but even with that relatively tight focus, the...

Bank of Canada 'ready to act' if financial turmoil spreads

Bank of Canada 'ready to act' if financial turmoil spreads

Mar 29, 2023 / 10:29 am

The Bank of Canada is “ready to act” if the banking sector turmoil in the U.S. spills across the border and hits Canadian financial institutions and...

Legion demands answers on budget promise for veterans' disability backlog

Legion demands answers on budget promise for veterans' disability backlog

Mar 29, 2023 / 10:02 am

The Royal Canadian Legion is asking the Liberal government for more details about its promise of more money to address longstanding delays and backlogs for ill...

Budget aims for a smoother passenger experience, but 'devil is in the details'

Budget aims for a smoother passenger experience, but 'devil is in the details'

Mar 29, 2023 / 9:55 am

The federal government has air travel on its radar after laying out plans in its budget to speed up airport security screening and reduce flight delays. Tabled...

Federal funding for flood insurance a 'major step forward': industry

Federal funding for flood insurance a 'major step forward': industry

Mar 29, 2023 / 9:02 am

The federal government committed $31.7 million over three years in its latest budget toward a low-cost flood insurance program. The insurance industry has been...

McKelvie says cuts ahead if feds, province don't step up with budget support

McKelvie says cuts ahead if feds, province don't step up with budget support

Toronto Mar 29, 2023 / 8:57 am

Toronto's deputy mayor says the city's next leader will have to oversee cuts to services unless the federal and provincial governments help fill a...

N.S. mass shooting inquiry report must deliver 'clear commentary': family lawyer

N.S. mass shooting inquiry report must deliver 'clear commentary': family lawyer

Nova Scotia Mar 29, 2023 / 6:55 am

On July 22, 2020, about three months after a gunman murdered 22 people in Nova Scotia, a procession of grieving relatives marched to the local RCMP detachment,...

Five-year-old dies, other children injured in Alberta crash

Five-year-old dies, other children injured in Alberta crash

Alberta Mar 29, 2023 / 6:46 am

Alberta RCMP say a five-year-old child is dead after a car collided with a semi-truck. Mounties say the crash happened Monday afternoon near the hamlet of...

'It's really sad': Neighbour describes chaotic scene after Calgary house explosion

'It's really sad': Neighbour describes chaotic scene after Calgary house explosion

Calgary Mar 29, 2023 / 6:40 am

Rima Rifai thought her furnace had exploded Monday when the house across the street burst into a ball of fire, sending 10 people to hospital with serious...

Walmart and Costco in Canada not making food inflation worse: experts

Walmart and Costco in Canada not making food inflation worse: experts

Mar 29, 2023 / 6:27 am

Experts say the Canadian presence of American retail giants such as Walmart and Costco isn't likely to blame for rising grocery prices. That's despite...

Safety Alert: Scooters sold at stores including Canadian Costco recalled as wheel may 'detach'

Safety Alert: Scooters sold at stores including Canadian Costco recalled as wheel may 'detach'

Mar 28, 2023 / 5:45 pm

Three-wheeled scooters sold across Canada and online are being recalled as one of their front wheels may fall off. The affected scooters are the Jetson Nova and...

Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Health-care professionals fight decision to reject access to psilocybin for training

Mar 28, 2023 / 3:28 pm

Canada violated the rights of hundreds of patients awaiting access to psilocybin-assisted psychotherapy when it rejected applications from health-care...

Women are drinking more, but alcohol addiction is still a taboo subject in the workplace

Women are drinking more, but alcohol addiction is still a taboo subject in the workplace

Mar 28, 2023 / 2:28 pm

Amy C. Willis knows what it’s like to hide a drinking problem at work. She says it took her many years to get sober after struggling with alcohol misuse...

Budget 2023: Ottawa threatens to freeze U.S. firms from green tax credits, contracts

Budget 2023: Ottawa threatens to freeze U.S. firms from green tax credits, contracts

Mar 28, 2023 / 1:29 pm

Ottawa is threatening a tit-for-tat with Washington over green tax credits and government procurement policies that risk freezing out Canadian businesses. This...

Feds outline $83B in clean economy tax credits in bid to compete with U.S. incentives

Feds outline $83B in clean economy tax credits in bid to compete with U.S. incentives

Mar 28, 2023 / 1:28 pm

Serious money is heading for Canadian industries looking to reduce emissions after the federal government unveiled its answer to the U.S. Inflation Reduction...

Budget 2023 belt-tightening: Liberals order federal spending review, cuts

Budget 2023 belt-tightening: Liberals order federal spending review, cuts

Mar 28, 2023 / 1:27 pm

Federal departments and agencies are being told to start tightening their belts as the Liberal government looks for ways to pay for its latest budget promises...

Budget 2023: Projected cost of federal dental program set to more than double

Budget 2023: Projected cost of federal dental program set to more than double

Mar 28, 2023 / 1:25 pm

The federal budget shows the government's proposed dental-care insurance program will cost more than double what the Liberals originally thought, driving it...

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