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Government to deduct taxes from Phoenix damages payments, civil service union says
OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says the federal government plans to issue payments of up to $2,500 to its members next month - minus taxes - even though a dispute over the tax stat...
Feb 18, 2021

Law firm can't deduct wedding costs as a business expense, Quebec court finds
MONTREAL - A Quebec judge has ruled against a law firm that tried to deduct the cost of a lavish wedding for the daughter of one of its lawyers as a business expense. Judge Daniel Bourgeois of Quebec ...
Feb 18, 2021

Britain's Prince Philip remains in hospital as 'precaution'
LONDON - Britain's 99-year-old Prince Philip has spent a second night in a London hospital after being admitted earlier this week as a precaution due to feeling unwell. Buckingham Palace said Wednesda...
Feb 18, 2021

Head of new Indigenous committee aims for systemic change at Canada Energy Regulator
VANCOUVER - The leader of a new Indigenous Advisory Committee at the Canada Energy Regulator says he wants to fix the system of natural resource development in the country that has previously treated ...
Feb 18, 2021

South Dakota's AG charged with 3 misdemeanours in fatal crash
PIERRE, S.D. - South Dakota's Republican attorney general has been charged with misdemeanour careless driving after he struck and killed a man with his car, authorities said Thursday. Jason Ravnsborg ...
Feb 18, 2021

B.C. premier calls for action on hate crimes in wake of Vancouver police report
LANGFORD, B.C. - British Columbia's premier says violence against people of colour needs to be treated as a hate crime, in light of recent data released by Vancouver police showing a surge in anti-Asi...
Feb 18, 2021

Lowry listed as questionable in second game against Bucks with sprained thumb
MILWAUKEE - Kyle Lowry is listed as questionable for the Toronto Raptors' game Thursday in Milwaukee with a sprained left thumb. The Raptors point guard injured his thumb in the first quarter of Tuesd...
Feb 18, 2021

Education Minister's Youth Council seeks members for next term
Junior and senior high school students can help shape the future as part of the Education Minister's Youth Council.About 40 students from across the province will be selected for the 2021-22 council, ...
Feb 18, 2021

Cost of mandatory quarantine for newly arrived refugees to be covered by government
OTTAWA - Newly arriving refugees will have the cost of their mandatory hotel quarantines covered by the federal government. The federal government is also covering the cost of mandatory COVID-19 testi...
Feb 18, 2021

Alberta Wheat Commission expands Advance Payments Program
The Alberta Wheat Commission is making the FarmCash Advance Payments Program available to agriculture producers across Western Canada. The program will be available in B.C., Saskatchewan and Manitoba ...
Feb 18, 2021