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In the news today: Are doctors’ retirement savings doomed?
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today… Are doctors’ retirement savings doomed? The Canadian Medical Association says the Liberals’ proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors’ retirement savings in jeopardy. The federal budget presented last week ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pop musician Shawn Hook thought he may never sing again after tonsil cancer diagnosis
By David Friend, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
TORONTO – Shawn Hook is plotting his return to pop music after a tonsil cancer diagnosis threatened to silence his singing career. The 39-year-old performer says his life was put on hold in January 2023 when he learned a lump on his neck was cancerous. Hook underwent surgery, chemotherapy and radiation last year, which he ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘A little wacky’: Tim Hortons to stage theatrical production called ‘The Last Timbit’
By Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
In the last year, Tim Hortons has treated cottaging Canadians to a boat drivethru, revived its beloved Dutchie doughnut and launched flatbread pizzas. But perhaps its biggest surprise will come this summer, on the heels of its 60th anniversary on May 17, when it enters a realm so unexpected for a fast-food giant that even ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!With war in Ukraine on the border, Poland wants to be among countries setting the EU agenda
By Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press on April 25th, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday that the government wants to return to the group of countries which sets the agenda of the European Union, laying out the government’s vision at a historically crucial moment with war across the border in Ukraine. He warned that a Russian attack ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Honda expected to announce Ontario EV battery plant, part of a $15B investment
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
TORONTO – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Honda executives are expected to announce today that the Japanese automaker is building an electric vehicle battery plant in Alliston, Ont., part of a $15-billion investment. Senior sources with information on the project have told The Canadian Press that Honda is also retooling its ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ex-Calgary mayor Nenshi expected to be focus of first Alberta NDP leadership debate
By Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
Former Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi is expected to be the centre of attention as the first debate in the Alberta NDP leadership race is held Thursday night. But a political scientist is expecting the exercise to be more civil than civil war as the five candidates meet up in Lethbridge, Alta., to put their best ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot lover in park to be sentenced for manslaughter
By Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – A former Saskatchewan Mountie who shot and killed his lover is to be sentenced today for manslaughter. Bernie Herman was convicted in January for the death of 26-year-old Braden Herman. The two men are not related. Braden Herman’s naked body was found in 2021 in a park on the outskirts of ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury selection begins for Winnipeg trial of man accused of killing four women
By The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
WINNIPEG – Jury selection is set to start today for the trial of a Winnipeg man accused of killing four women. Jeremy Skibicki has pleaded not guilty to four counts of first-degree murder. The partial remains of Rebecca Contois were found in a garbage bin and at a city-run landfill in the spring of 2022. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Doctors say capital gains tax changes will jeopardize their retirement. Is that true?
By Nojoud Al Mallees, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
OTTAWA – The Canadian Medical Association asserts the Liberals’ proposed changes to capital gains taxation will put doctors’ retirement savings in jeopardy, but some financial experts insist incorporated professionals are not as doomed as they say they are. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government presented a federal budget last week that proposes making two-thirds rather than ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Mom distributes air quality monitors after 9-year-old’s asthma death during wildfires
By Nicole Ireland, The Canadian Press on April 25th, 2024
Nine-year-old Carter Vigh was having a great day last July 11, visiting a waterpark, enjoying a picnic lunch and playing soccer with other kids at a day camp run by his mother, Amber Vigh. At the time, wildfires were raging throughout parts of British Columbia and so Amber checked the air quality index on a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A Russian attack on NATO would end in defeat for Moscow, Polish foreign minister says
By Vanessa Gera, The Associated Press on April 25th, 2024
WARSAW, Poland (AP) – A Russian attack on NATO would end in defeat for Moscow, but NATO must increase its defenses, Poland’s Foreign Minister Radek Sikorski told parliament on Thursday. Sikorski was describing the new direction of the government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk, explaining to a world audience and those at home how the ... Read More »
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