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Quebec election: Liberals criticize wealth tax proposal as attack on farmers
SAINT-JACQUES-LE-MINEUR, Que. - Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is calling the wealth and inheritance taxes proposed by Qubec solidaire an attack on farmers. On Day 11 of the Quebec election c...
Sep 07, 2022
Southern Albertans on surgical wait list can expect a call
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Alberta Health Services (AHS) is working to update its surgical wait list.Over the next few months, officials with AHS' Surgery Waitlist Management Team will phone residents in the So...
Sep 07, 2022
Bank of Canada raises key interest rate by 0.75 per cent, says rates likely need to go higher
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is raising its key interest rate by three-quarters of a percentage point today.The rate hike matches up with what many economists were expecting, bringing the bank's key ra...
Sep 07, 2022
Atlanta United suspends star striker Josef Martinez ahead of Toronto FC visit
Atlanta United will be without star striker Josef Martinez when it hosts Toronto FC on Saturday. Atlanta announced Wednesday that the 29-year-old Venezuelan, who leads the MLS club in scoring with eig...
Sep 07, 2022
Former Toronto Wolfpack coach Paul Rowley up for Super League award in England
Former Toronto Wolfpack coach Paul Rowley, now in charge of the Salford Red Devils, is on the shortlist for the 2022 Betfred Super League Coach of the Year. The three nominees were announced Wednesday...
Sep 07, 2022
Forward Kirby Dach agrees to four-year contract with Montreal Canadiens
MONTREAL - Forward Kirby Dach has agreed to terms on a US$13.45-million, four-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens. The 21-year-old Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., native will earn an average annual sa...
Sep 07, 2022
Chelsea fires coach Thomas Tuchel after poor start to season
LONDON (AP) - Thomas Tuchel was fired by Chelsea on Wednesday only one month into the season. The decision by Chelsea's new ownership came a day after the team lost to Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in its first g...
Sep 07, 2022
Chelsea fires coach Thomas Tuchel after poor start to season
LONDON (AP) - Thomas Tuchel was fired by Chelsea on Wednesday only one month into the season. The decision by Chelsea's new ownership came a day after the team lost to Dinamo Zagreb 1-0 in its first g...
Sep 07, 2022
U.K. PM Liz Truss' B.C. school days — pink jumper, big fringe and a sense of humour
VANCOUVER - Brenda Montagano, a teacher at Parkcrest Elementary School in Burnaby, British Columbia, had a special item for show-and-tell on Tuesday - her own class photo from the same school 34 years...
Sep 07, 2022
Federal cabinet ministers will focus on economy during retreat: LeBlanc
VANCOUVER - Federal cabinet ministers are in Vancouver for a three-day retreat where the Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs says their discussions will focus on the economy, including housing affor...
Sep 07, 2022