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In its first budget since winning Manitoba’s provincial election last October, the NDP government faces plenty of speculation and expectations. Prior to Tuesday’s budget, the government has suggested that it may extend the province’s fuel-tax holiday — a temporary suspension of the 14-cents-a-litre tax, which was put in place Jan. …
Read More »Poilievre claps back ahead of carbon price hike: ‘Eby’s constituents can’t even afford baloney”
Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has shot back at B.C. Premier David Eby’s comment that his plea to halt a federal carbon price increase is a “baloney factory” campaign tactic. Poilievre told The Roy Green Show on Saturday that Eby’s “constituents can’t even afford to buy baloney after eight years of …
Read More »Demand for southern Ontario hotels, rentals gets tight for visitors ahead of rare solar eclipse
Next month’s solar eclipse appears to have piqued interest in hotels and home rentals across Ontario cities as stories around dwindling availability and rising prices are circulating weeks before the celestial event. Jack Kratoville, a would-be traveller from New York City seeking to join the frenzy in Niagara Falls, says …
Read More »Broadcast veteran looks back at career ahead of new radio show for Ontario listeners
His listeners know him as ‘Mr. D’, but to his close friends and family, he is simply Damian. Damian Rickards, who is launching a new show on Corus Radio for Ontario listeners Monday, has been in the broadcasting business for more than 20 years, working at stations in Toronto, Kitchener, …
Read More »Alberta preparing for ‘the worst’ ahead of wildfire season
Alberta Wildfire officials say they are preparing to be ready for “the worst that can happen” ahead of this year’s wildfire season, following last year’s record-breaking result. Alberta Wildfire provided a tour of its coordination centre in Edmonton Monday afternoon, to showcase how staff are preparing for this year’s wildfires. …
Read More »LGBTQ students look ahead after Alberta town bans Pride flags, rainbow crosswalks
Shaylin Lussier went home and screamed after the student’s town voted for a bylaw banning Pride flags and rainbow crosswalks from municipal property. Lussier, a member of the gay-straight alliance in Westlock, Alta., had spearheaded efforts to get a Pride crosswalk painted last year for the first time in the …
Read More »Canada urges Israel not to press ahead with ‘devastating’ Rafah offensive – National
An Israeli military offensive into the densely populated area where some 1.5 million Palestinians have taken refuge in the Gaza Strip would be “catastrophic,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said late Wednesday. He said in a joint statement with the prime ministers of Australia and New Zealand that the impact of …
Read More »Trudeau sharpens political attacks on Poilievre ahead of Parliament return – National
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sharpened his attack on his chief rival Thursday as he tried to rally his caucus for the upcoming parliamentary sitting. Liberal MPs are holding three days of caucus meetings in Ottawa to plan for the return of the House of Commons, and to shore up party …
Read More »Dense fog moves through Toronto as warmer temperatures ahead – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto is seeing a thick dense fog move into the region on Wednesday as temperatures are set to rise throughout the rest of the week. Environment Canada issued a fog advisory on Wednesday morning indicating “near zero visibility in fog is expected …
Read More »Calgary Transit declares snow detours ahead of expected heavy snowfall – Calgary
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Calgary Transit users may have to go to a different stop to catch a ride on Wednesday as the city implements snow detours on Jan. 17. The snow detours are designed to reduce the number of buses getting stuck and to keep …
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