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Annual cost of prison isolation units to be $2.8 million each, budget officer says
OTTAWA - A new analysis by the parliamentary budget officer says the annual cost of units for keeping federal prisoners apart from the general jail population will be $2.8 million apiece by 2026-27. I...
Nov 24, 2021
Flooding reported in Cape Breton and western Newfoundland as storm stalls over region
Torrential rain flooded basements and washed out roads and bridges in western Cape Breton and southwestern Newfoundland on Wednesday, as a huge storm spent a third day slowly trudging over Atlantic Ca...
Nov 24, 2021
Man charged in ATM Fire
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A 30-year-old man has been charged with arson following an investigation into a suspicious fire.Medicine Hat police say the fire occurred in the ATM area of a bank in the downtown o...
Nov 24, 2021
Government opens College of Immigration and Citizenship Consultants
OTTAWA - The federal government has opened a new college to regulate immigration consultants and armed it with stronger authorities than the past regulator. Potential immigrants and refugees often rel...
Nov 24, 2021
Quebec kids start getting COVID shots as provinces gear up for next stage of roll-out
MONTREAL - Children in Quebec are rolling up their sleeves today for COVID-19 shots as provinces launch the next stage of the country's immunization effort. Quebec's campaign to inoculate kids with fi...
Nov 24, 2021
Veteran Collaros among 15 Blue Bombers named to CFL's West Division all-star squad
Quarterback Zach Collars of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers has plenty of familiar company on the West Division all-star team. Collaros was among 15 Bombers named to the squad Wednesday. Voting was conducte...
Nov 24, 2021
Several UK-bound migrants die in Channel off Calais
PARIS (AP) - Several migrants died and others were injured Wednesday when their boat capsized off Calais in the English Channel as they tried to cross from France to Britain, according to French offic...
Nov 24, 2021
Greens to choose interim leader tonight with ex-MP Paul Manly the favourite
OTTAWA - The Greens will tonight choose an interim leader to take the helm of their troubled party, following the resignation of Annamie Paul. Paul Manly, the former MP who lost his British Columbia s...
Nov 24, 2021
Conservatives must be professional, show they are an alternative to Trudeau: O'Toole
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole and his caucus put on a show of solidarity today, exactly a week after he was explaining why he decided to kick out a senator for publicly denouncing his lead...
Nov 24, 2021
Conservatives say virtual Commons proceedings allow government to dodge scrutiny
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs will oppose a government proposal today to return to a hybrid format in the House of Commons, which has allowed MPs to participate virtually in proceedings during the COVID-1...
Nov 24, 2021