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Alberta hires former Manitoba chief judge to investigate health spending scandal
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
EDMONTON — The former head of Manitoba’s provincial court has been hired by the Alberta government to investigate allegations of improper behaviour and spending irregularities in health contracts. The government says Raymond Wyant’s work is to begin immediately with an interim report done by the end of May. He is to review multimillion-dollar contracts for ... Read More »
2 responsesCP NewsAlert: Alberta hires former judge to investigate health spending scandal
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
EDMONTON — The Alberta government says it has hired Raymond Wyant, the former chief judge of the provincial court of Manitoba, to investigate allegations of irregularities in government health procurement contracts. More coming. The Canadian Press... Read More »
2 responsesSurvivors of boarding school in Saskatchewan say agreement in principle reached
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
ÎLE-À-LA-CROSSE, Sask. — Survivors of a boarding school that housed Métis and First Nations children in Saskatchewan say they’ve reached an agreement in principle with the Canadian government. The Île-à-la-Crosse Boarding School Steering Committee says the settlement would see up to $27 million paid to survivors. It would also see a fund of $10 million ... Read More »
2 responsesB.C. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on track to deliver budget as Trump slaps tariffs
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
VICTORIA — One day before delivering her first budget, British Columbia’s finance minister said she knows that everyone is wondering how it can be done in the face of unprecedented tariffs from the United States. It is not time to make “deep cuts,” Brenda Bailey told reporters on Monday, but a time to plan for ... Read More »
2 responsesFederal privacy watchdog heads to court over Pornhub operator’s consent practices
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne is seeking a Federal Court order directing the operator of the Pornhub website to comply with Canadian privacy law. Dufresne’s application comes a year after he concluded Aylo, the Montreal-based firm behind Pornhub and other pornographic sites, broke the law by allowing intimate images to be shared without direct ... Read More »
1 responseCanada ‘open for business,’ minister says as Ottawa pushes critical minerals mining
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
OTTAWA — Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says that while other countries isolate themselves from foreign investment, Canada is “open for business.” Speaking Monday at the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada convention in Toronto, Wilkinson announced several new measures meant to drive “rapid development” of Canada’s critical minerals sector. He said the federal government ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Trump says threatened economywide tariffs will hit Canada, Mexico on Tuesday
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, will start Tuesday. Trump says there’s no room left for America’s closest neighbours to negotiate a way out of the devastating duties. The president says both counties ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Trump says economywide tariffs to hit Canada Tuesday
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, will start Tuesday. Trump says there’s no room left for America’s closest neighbours to negotiate a way out of the devastating duties. The president says both counties ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Trump says economy-wide tariffs to hit Canada Tuesday
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump says 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs, with a lower 10 per cent levy on Canadian energy, will start Tuesday. More to come. Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press... Read More »
Be the first to comment!U.S. plans to nearly triple anti-dumping duty on Canadian softwood as tariffs loom
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
VANCOUVER — The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced it’s planning to almost triple the anti-dumping duties on Canadian softwood lumber, bringing total levies to almost 27 per cent even before the American president’s threatened tariffs. The department issued a preliminary anti-dumping rate of 20.07 per cent today, up from 7.66 per cent sent three ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Analyst calls on Canada’s military to fix white supremacy problem before it starts
By Canadian Press on March 3rd, 2025
EDMONTON — An Alberta-based analyst asked by the military to study white supremacy in its ranks says if it doesn’t want the problem to take root, it should take action against a culture that gives it room to grow. Political scientist Andy Knight says his research suggests current attitudes within the Armed Forces favour white, ... Read More »
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