Around Canada

Payment will be equal to 50% of annual GST/HST credit amount for July 2025 to June 2026 Canadians who qualified for the January payment of the GST/HST credit can expect to receive a one-time top up from June 5, the Canada Revenue Agency says. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)  The Liberal government’s …

RCMP still looking for shooter in Monday’s fatal incident A screenshot of a video released by Saskatchewan RCMP on Wednesday. Police are asking the public for help in identifying the person responsible for a fatal shooting in Pelican Narrows on Monday. (RCMP)  Olivia Custer doesn’t want violence to define Pelican Narrows. …

Spinal Cord Injury B.C. had tried to raise funds using New Zealand-Egypt tickets, but was denied A letter from FIFA lawyers has forced a B.C. charity to cancel a World Cup ticket raffle. (Ethan Cairns/CBC)  A B.C. non-profit that supports people with spinal injuries was forced to cancel a raffle for …

Woman with dementia spent a year in home Social Development found was not equipped to keep her safe New Brunswick Seniors Minister Lyne Chantal Boudreau didn’t have an answer to why the department didn’t intervene before the woman died. (Jacques Poitras/CBC)  A year into waiting for the Social Development Department to …

Western Star hotel in Melita, Man., was mismanaged, labour board told in appeal hearing Western Star is appealing an order to pay more than $100,000 in owed wages to Victor Padilla Ruiz, who worked at a Western Star hotel in Manitoba, and two other foreign workers. (Craig Ryan/CBC)  The owners of …

Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro in a press briefing on June 2, 2026 in Malacañang. (Courtesy: RTVM / Screenshot) Malacañang on Tuesday said Sen. Jinggoy Estrada was arrested rather than voluntarily surrendered, backing Interior Secretary Jonvic Remulla’s account that law enforcers had already arrived at the Senate to …

Appeal board says there’s no reason to ignore market behaviour, including price point sensitivity Chip Wilson’s home on the Vancouver waterfront has had its 2025 assessment lowered after an appeal. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press)  Billionaire and Lululemon Athletica founder Chip Wilson has won a legal challenge to lower the assessed value …

Rankings ‘don’t really tell us anything about education,’ says UBC professor The University of Toronto, pictured, maintained its 23rd-place ranking this year for the fourth consecutive year, while McGill University (28), the University of British Columbia (49) and the University of Alberta (82) each slipped down one spot from last …

Death of Mary Bull-Sinclair, 9, being investigated by chief medical examiner’s office, says SCO grand chie Mary Bull-Sinclair, 9, died at her grandmother’s home in O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation on March 21, days after she broke her arm while tobogganing, her family says. (Josh Crabb/CBC)  The family of a nine-year-old First Nations …

2 different mosquito species tested positive for California serogroup virus, which can cause encephalitis A study in B.C.’s Sea-to-Sky region has found that the California serogroup virus was detected in two mosquito species. (Daniel Thomas/CBC)  Health officials in British Columbia say invasive mosquitoes and a virus that can cause brain swelling …