Apr 22 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Lawmakers passed a bill to legalize single-event sports betting Thursday, sending the legislation to the Senate and bringing the country a step closer to looser gaming laws. The bill aims to amend Criminal Code provisions around gambling on single games of football, hockey and other sports — currently illegal except for horse racing […]
Apr 22 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Lawmakers passed a bill to legalize single-event sports betting Thursday, sending the legislation to the Senate. The would-be law aims to amend Criminal Code provisions around gambling on single games of football, hockey and other sports, which is currently illegal except for horse racing. The private member's bill from Conservative MP Kevin Waugh […]
Apr 21 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A pair of proposed changes to the federal budget put forward by opposition parties will determine whether the minority Liberal government will fall, triggering a process that could culminate in an election. The government said it has informed opposition parties that two votes in the House of Commons — on a Bloc Québécois […]
Apr 21 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — A pair of proposed changes to the federal budget put forward by opposition parties will determine whether the minority Liberal government will fall, triggering a process that could culminate in an election. The government said it has informed opposition parties that two votes in the House of Commons — on a Bloc Québécois […]
Apr 20 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Experts and advocates say countrywide government measures aimed at putting housing within reach of more Canadians mark a step in the right direction, despite a few misses and ham-fisted moves. Monday's federal budget promises $2.4 billion over five years, beginning with nearly $1.8 billion this fiscal year, for affordable housing and follows through […]
Apr 20 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Experts and advocates say countrywide government measures aimed at putting housing within reach of more Canadians mark a step in the right direction, despite a few misses and ham-fisted moves. Monday's federal budget promised $2.4 billion over five years, beginning with nearly $1.8 billion this fiscal year, for affordable housing and followed through […]
Apr 19 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government topped up its housing and infrastructure plans in Monday's budget, but held back on an overhaul as homes and cities grow increasingly unaffordable. In the first budget in more than two years, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland refreshed the Liberals' 10-year, $70-billion housing strategy with an additional $2.5-billion commitment. Some 60 […]
Apr 19 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government topped up its housing and infrastructure plans in Monday's budget, but held back on an overhaul as homes and cities grow increasingly unaffordable. In the first budget in more than two years, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland refreshed the Liberals' 10-year, $70-billion housing strategy with an additional $2.5-billion commitment. Some 60 […]
Apr 19 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to give workers and students a leg up with a budget that commits billions to training, benefits and debt relief, as those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic try to dust themselves off. The first Liberal budget in more than two years aims to create nearly 500,000 training […]
Apr 19 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government is looking to give workers and students a leg up with a budget that commits billions to training, benefits and debt relief, as those hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic try to dust themselves off. The first Liberal budget in more than two years aims to create nearly 500,000 training […]
Apr 17 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — COVID-19 alarm bells sounded across the country Saturday, with Alberta confirming Canada's second rare blood clot case in a patient who received the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and two long-standing infection hot spots registering concerning new peaks in virus-related hospitalizations. At the epicentre of the national outbreak, meanwhile, the Ontario government walked back some widely criticized new […]
Apr 15 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An NDP lawmaker is tabling legislation to decriminalize drug use in Canada, seeking to treat it as a health issue amid a lethal opioid crisis. New Democrat health critic Don Davies introduced a private member's bill Thursday that would scrap Criminal Code provisions on drug possession, expunge criminal records for the same offence […]
Apr 15 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — WestJet CEO Ed Sims says the federal government's aid package for Air Canada could be "problematic" unless his company gets equitable treatment, as talks over pandemic relief continue between Ottawa and Canadian carriers. In a memo obtained by The Canadian Press, Sims told employees the government is now the fourth-largest shareholder in their […]
Apr 15 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — WestJet CEO Ed Sims says the federal government's aid package for Air Canada could be "problematic" unless his company gets equitable treatment, as talks over pandemic relief continue between Ottawa and Canadian carriers. In a memo obtained by The Canadian Press, Sims told employees the government is now the fourth-largest shareholder in their […]
Apr 15 2021 — Christopher Reynolds, The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — An NDP lawmaker is tabling legislation to decriminalize drug use in Canada, seeking to treat it as a health issue amid a lethal opioid crisis. New Democrat health critic Don Davies introduced a private member's bill Thursday that would scrap Criminal Code provisions on drug possession, expunge criminal records for the same offence […]