Manitoba Education was not prepared for pandemic but was able to respond: auditor
WINNIPEG — Manitoba's auditor general says the Education Department was not prepared for the pandemic, but responded effectively to COVID-19. A report from the auditor's office says the department had not considered risks to schools ahead of time and h...
Budget 2022: Ottawa raising taxes on big banks and life insurance companies
Ottawa is raising taxes on Canada’s big banks and life insurance companies. The government says the country’s major financial institutions made significant profits during the pandemic and have recovered faster than other parts of the economy — in part...
Indiana ruled not liable in groping suit vs. ex-top lawyer
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — A federal appeals court has ruled the women who claimed Indiana’s former attorney general drunkenly groped them cannot pursue a lawsuit against the state government under federal sexual harassment laws.
Budget 2022: $500M in military aid to Ukraine, projects economic upheaval from war
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland referenced horrific allegations of Russian war crimes on Thursday as the federal Liberal government promised another $500 million in military aid as well as other financial assistance to Ukraine. The promise...
Budget 2022: Ottawa unveils $2.6B carbon capture tax credit for energy sector
CALGARY — Ottawa is urging oil and gas companies to move quickly to take advantage of a major new tax credit for carbon capture and storage — a pricey technology that proponents say could play an important role in reducing
Budget 2022 devotes $4.3 billion to Indigenous housing needs
Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools. Spending more this year in housing for Indigenous Peoples is...
Budget 2022: Housing supply gets $10B boost; Feds add measures to curb speculation
TORONTO — The Liberal government will try to ease Canada's housing crisis with more than $10 billion in funding meant to speed up home construction and repairs along with measures to cool the market and help those trying to buy
Budget 2022: A look at some of the promises you might have missed
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. Here are some of the smaller promises that you might have missed: — $1.9 billion over 24 years to build and operate the new Canadarm3 for the
Budget 2022: Quotes from the finance minister and others on the Liberal fiscal plan
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the 2022 budget in the House of Commons. Here are key quotes about the fiscal plan. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: “The money that rescued Canadians and the Canadian economy — eight out of
Budget 2022: Liberals rejig $15B toward new business investment fund
OTTAWA — The Trudeau Liberals are promising to create two new arm’s-length bodies to handle billions in federal funds to prod businesses to invest in themselves. The measures unveiled in the 2022 federal budget would see $15 billion over five
