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Federal minimum wage rising to $17.30 an hour on April 1
The federal minimum wage is rising to $17.30 per hour on April 1.The increase from $16.65 reflects the increase in the annual average consumer price index for 2023.The government says about 30,000 emp...
Mar 21, 2024

Highlights of Newfoundland and Labrador's 2024-25 budget
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador Finance Minister Siobhan Coady tabled the province's 2024-25 budget Thursday. Here are some highlights: - Projected GDP is $33.2 billion, which is a five p...
Mar 21, 2024

CP NewsAlert: Ottawa to set targets for temporary resident arrivals
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marc Miller says for the first time, Canada will set targets for the number of new temporary resident arrivals. More coming. Laura Osman, The Canadian Press
Mar 21, 2024

Commission releases interim report into unmarked graves at residential schools
OTTAWA - An interim report from an international group hired to provide advice on identifying and locating the unmarked graves of children who attended residential schools says Canada can should conti...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris healing from kneeing himself in the face, surgery
Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face. The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning ...
Mar 21, 2024

Liberal MP decries 'political games' over criticism of Conservatives on Ukraine
OTTAWA - One of the Liberals' point people on foreign policy says framing the Tories as soft on Ukraine isn't helping the country fend off Russia's invasion. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant is parliamentary s...
Mar 21, 2024

Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery hopes win in Belfast will leads to title shot
The first question Canadian middleweight Aaron Jeffery fielded at media day ahead of Friday's Bellator Champions Series card in Belfast was about his trademark mullet. Was he the only man in Ireland w...
Mar 21, 2024

U.S.-born CFL prospects Bauman, Dublanko embrace Canadian designation and connections
WINNIPEG - Casey Bauman and Joel Dublanko don't need their new-found dual citizenships to make them feel at home in Canada. The American-born football prospects have family ties that led to their desi...
Mar 21, 2024

Quebec inmate who spent 51 months on lam pleads guilty to escaping federal prison
MONTREAL - A Quebec man who spent 51 months on the lam from a federal prison before he was arrested last year has pleaded guilty to escaping custody. Denis Bgin was sentenced to 18 months in prison to...
Mar 21, 2024

Industrial carbon price cuts three times the emissions of consumer levy: report
OTTAWA - Canada's carbon price could slash greenhouse-gas emissions by more than 100 million tonnes a year by 2030, but only about one-fifth of that will come from the consumer carbon price at the cen...
Mar 21, 2024