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Successful amendment: Canadian Pacific will have to pay taxes in Saskatchewan
REGINA - The Constitution is to be amended as it relates to the Saskatchewan Act so as to remove a section that exempts Canadian Pacific Railway from paying taxes in the province. The proposed amendme...
Apr 13, 2022
Human Rights Commission joins call for public inquiry on sexual violence in prisons
OTTAWA - The Canadian Human Rights Commission says Canada needs an independent public inquiry to address serious issues of sexual violence and coercion in federal prisons for women. The commission is ...
Apr 13, 2022
Biden approves $800M in artillery, helicopters for Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden on Wednesday approved $800 million in new military assistance to Ukraine, including artillery and helicopters, to bolster its defenses against an intensified Russ...
Apr 13, 2022
Century-old buildings downtown could see redevelopment
MEDICINE HAT, AB - A trio of historical properties in downtown Medicine Hat could soon have new ownership.The buildings at Second Street and Sixth Avenue downtown date back more than 100 years. They'v...
Apr 13, 2022
Three subjects in Alberta's new curriculum ready for September
Three parts of the kindergarten to Grade 6 curriculum will be ready for Alberta classrooms this September. As announced in March, students in kindergarten to Grade 3 will be taught new Mathematics and...
Apr 13, 2022
Canada's Auger-Aliassime at Monte Carlo Masters
MONACO - The struggles on the court continue for Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime. The Montreal native ranked No. 9 in the world was upset 6-2, 7-6 (2) by Italy's Lorenzo Musetti on Wednesda...
Apr 13, 2022
Peacock's Sunday package to be called 'MLB Sunday Leadoff'
STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) - Peacock's Sunday morning Major League Baseball package will be called "MLB Sunday Leadoff," NBC Sports said Wednesday. Peacock will stream games produced by NBC Sports for 18 st...
Apr 13, 2022
Bail review begins for Pat King, a key figure in convoy protest
OTTAWA - Ontario Superior Court began hearing arguments to release Ottawa convoy organizer Pat King on bail after his lawyer requested a review of the initial decision to keep him in jail until his tr...
Apr 13, 2022
N.S. mass killer shot himself in head as police were opening fire at gas station
HALIFAX - A public inquiry heard evidence today that the Nova Scotia gunman who murdered 22 people in 2020 likely shot himself in the head within seconds of two officers firing on him. Dr. Matthew Bow...
Apr 13, 2022
Canada captain Atiba Hutchinson joins Simcoe County FC ownership group
TORONTO - Canada captain Atiba Hutchinson has joined Simcoe County Rovers FC's ownership group. The League1 Ontario team says the 39-year-old Hutchinson, a native of Brampton, Ont., who captains Turke...
Apr 13, 2022