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Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will table her fourth federal budget today, laying out the government’s plan to spend billions of dollars on housing to improve supply — a plan the Liberals also hope will boost their prospects with a crucial group of voters.  ‘We’re at really a pivotal moment for …

A Chilliwack, B.C., school board trustee says she’s relieved to have won her defamation case against former trustee Barry Neufeld after he called her a “striptease artist.” The comments came during the campaigning period for the 2022 school board elections, in which longtime trustee Neufeld ran for re-election but lost. …

The company that owns the Winnipeg Jets says it’s never lost money since the NHL returned to Winnipeg in 2011, not even during a recent downturn in ticket sales at Canada Life Centre.  Multiple revenue streams keep Jets airborne, but ticket revenue key to icing competitive team, Chipman says. The …

Economists and experts say they’re expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday’s budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March.  Sources say the Liberals are anxious to avoid anything …

A year ago, police revealed that a massive amount of gold and money had been stolen from a warehouse at Toronto’s Pearson airport. Despite intensive investigative efforts, no arrests have been made and the valuable cargo is still unaccounted for.  Police say investigation continues. The Air Canada flight leaving Zurich, …

People living in small towns — from business workers to local paramedics — hope that spreading awareness can also help dispel the stigma of drug use and hopefully avoid a worst-case scenario, like the crisis in Belleville, Ont., that left 23 people dead in just 48 hours last year.  Employers …

A spike in overdose deaths in the six British Columbia nations that make up the Tsilhqot’in National Government has prompted the chiefs to declare a local state of emergency.  Tsilhqot’in National Government says community grieving recent deaths. A spike in overdose deaths in the six First Nations that make up …

The mayor of Stewart, B.C., is calling for 24-hour staffing at the community’s border with Hyder, Alaska, after its hours were cut following a complete closure during the pandemic. The communities of Stewart and Hyder share an unusual relationship — they are tightly connected neighbours, about 500 kilometres northwest of …

Click here to view the video Once a pristine lawn is now left in shreds. If that’s how you would describe your yard, then it’s likely you have quite a pungent problem on your hands. Those holes are from the nose of a skunk, which is looking for grub by …

With absolutely no exceptions, every defence policy presented by the Canadian government over the past five decades has presented a vision of the world beyond our borders going to hell in a handbasket. The wars may be different, the adversaries might change, threats might have evolved — but the language …