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In the news: P.M. fundraises in B.C., Polievre speaks for the Tories, Ramadan arrives
By Canadian Press on February 18th, 2026
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed … Carney returning to B.C. week after mass shooting Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to B.C. today, less than a week after he attended a vigil honouring the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Tough sell for B.C. budget featuring tax hike, record deficit and construction delays
By Canadian Press on February 18th, 2026
VICTORIA — British Columbia’s finance minister begins selling a budget today that has drawn critics from all sides with its soaring debt and deficit, public sector cuts, and construction delays for care homes, student housing and a cancer centre. Brenda Bailey calls the budget “serious work for serious times.” It raises the base income tax ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Prime Minister Carney returning to B.C. one week after mass shooting
By Canadian Press on February 18th, 2026
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is returning to B.C. today less than a week after he attended a vigil honouring the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C. While in B.C., the prime minister will attend a Liberal Party fundraiser at a private residence in Vancouver, with tickets costing $1,775. Carney’s itinerary ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Third complainant expected to testify at Frank Stronach’s sex assault trial
By Canadian Press on February 18th, 2026
TORONTO — A third complainant is set to testify in Toronto today at the sexual assault trial of auto parts tycoon Frank Stronach. Stronach, who is 93, has pleaded not guilty to 12 charges related to seven complainants over alleged incidents spanning decades. Two complainants, both women in their 60s, have testified in the trial ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NDP leadership candidates look to break out from the pack as final debate approaches
By Canadian Press on February 18th, 2026
OTTAWA — The memberships have been sold, entry fees have been paid and now the NDP leadership candidates are preparing for their second and final party-organized debate in B.C. on Feb. 19. This second debate will be held in English. The first debate, held in November, was supposed to be a French-language debate — but ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!A B.C. budget few like, with job cuts, higher taxes and increased debt and deficit
By Canadian Press on February 17th, 2026
VICTORIA — No wonder British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey thought she was going to be “the least popular person in the province.” She tabled a budget Tuesday that boosts taxes, delays projects for the old, the young and cancer patients, while failing to rein in the deficit as previously pledged. Instead, it brings in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury hears accused mass killer shot up Winnipeg suite after days on crack, alcohol
By Canadian Press on February 17th, 2026
WINNIPEG — A man accused of fatally shooting five people in a Winnipeg rooming house opened fire after days of using drugs and drinking alcohol there, a Crown prosecutor said on the first day of trial. Jamie Felix has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder in the 2023 killings in the West Broadway neighbourhood building. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Here’s what people are saying about B.C.’s 2026 budget
By Canadian Press on February 17th, 2026
VICTORIA — Here’s what people are saying about the 2026 British Columbia budget, which delivers a tax-rate increase, a record deficit and public sector cuts. “It’s our time to take a pause on some of the things we want to do, to do the things that we need to do.” — B.C. Finance Minister Brenda ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Poilievre says Conservatives want national unity in face of separation threats
By Canadian Press on February 17th, 2026
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will fight for a united Canada as a movement in Alberta pushes for that province to separate. Answering a question from a reporter today, Poilievre said the Conservatives are “entirely a federalist caucus” and that he has not had a single member of Parliament on his ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!By the numbers as British Columbia releases its 2026 budget
By Canadian Press on February 17th, 2026
VICTORIA — Here are some of the key figures in British Columbia’s 2026 budget, delivered by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on Tuesday. 5.6 per cent: The new income tax rate for the lowest tax bracket, for people with taxable earnings of up to $50,363. $76: The increase in income tax for the average taxpayer in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Second complainant testifies Frank Stronach groped her in downtown Toronto condo
By Canadian Press on February 17th, 2026
TORONTO — At dinner, Frank Stronach had felt like a “fatherly mentor” but things changed once they were alone in his downtown Toronto condo, a woman told his sexual assault trial as she described an evening in the early 1980s. The woman had previously worked at Stronach’s restaurant and nightclub and agreed to meet him ... Read More »
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