Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — Britain is set to join a massive trade bloc that will likely speed up negotiations on a bilateral deal between Ottawa and London. The countries of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership have giventhe U.K. a green light to become the 12th country in the trading bloc, and the only one outside the […]
Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — The federal government now expects far more Canadians with long-overdue dental needs to sign up for its insurance plan, and the health minister says that’s why the estimated cost has risen by $7 billion. In its 2023 budget Tuesday, the government revealed the federally-administered insurance program will be far more expensive over the next five […]
Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to make an announcement this morning about Rogers Communications Inc.’s proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications Inc. A senior government official, speaking on the condition they not be named in order to discuss matters not yet made public, says the minister will discuss the transfer of wireless licences […]
Mar 31 2023 — AP — The Canadian Press — BERLIN (AP) — King Charles III is boarding a carriage, though not the horse-drawn kind, for the final leg of his three-day visit to Germany, which will bring him and Camilla, the queen consort, by train Friday to the northern port city of Hamburg. ...
Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 31 ... What we are watching in Canada ... The federal government now expects far more Canadi...
Mar 31 2023 — Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Quebec government's crackdown on Airbnb has upended Montreal's short-term rental market, leading some to welcome the changes and others scurrying to evade the new rules. Last week, following a fire in Old Montreal that killed seven peopl...
Mar 31 2023 — Camille Bains — The Canadian Press — Canada needs standardized data on violence on transit systems to help tackle issues ranging from a lack of mental health supports to eroding public trust, say researchers, citing the recent stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy at a Toronto station as th...
Mar 31 2023 — Laura Osman, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — The federal government now expects far more Canadians with long-overdue dental needs to sign up for its insurance plan, and the health minister says that's why the estimated cost has risen by $7 billion. In its 2023 budget Tuesday, the governm...
Mar 31 2023 — Kelly Geraldine Malone, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — HUMBOLDT, Argentina — Kevin Garinger says it feels like the passage of time is inexplicable. The five years since a deadly bus crash changed his city, his hockey team and his life sometimes feel like a lifetime. Other times it feels like yesterday. "I...
Mar 31 2023 — Jacob Serebrin, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Quebec government's crackdown on Airbnb has upended Montreal's short-term rental market, leading some to welcome the changes and others scurrying to evade the new rules. Last week, following a fire in Old Montreal that killed seven peopl...
Mar 31 2023 — Chuck Chiang, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — Every Thursday to Sunday evening, the wait staff at the Ugly Duckling Dining & Provisions restaurant carefully set knives and forks on chopstick rests at each table. The Ugly Duckling, which opened less than two months ago in Victoria's historic Ch...
Mar 31 2023 — Michael MacDonald, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — HALIFAX — The brother of a man killed during a mass shooting in Nova Scotia almost three years ago says he's keen to make sure recommendations from a public inquiry released Thursday are implemented. "It's great to have things move forward," Scott McLe...
Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — The search is expected to continue today after six bodies were discovered Thursday in the St. Lawrence River near Akwesasne, Que. The Akwesasne Mohawk Police Service says the first body was located around 5:00 p.m. in a marsh area, which searched later...
Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — Ontario announced Friday that its minimum wage will increase on Oct. 1 to $16.55. Here is a list of the minimum wages in other jurisdictions across the country as of the same date: Yukon - $16.77 Federal - $16.65 Ontario - $16.55 Nunavut - $1...
Mar 31 2023 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — OTTAWA — Federal Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne is set to make an announcement this morning about Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed $26-billion purchase of Shaw Communications Inc. A senior government official, speaking on the condit...