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Clean fuel standards allow companies to get both tax credits and sell carbon credits
OTTAWA - Canada's new emissions standards for gasoline and diesel will allow oil companies that get a federal tax break for installing carbon capture and storage systems to generate credits based on t...
Jun 28, 2022
Cassidy Hutchinson, Trump White House aide, now in spotlight
WASHINGTON (AP) - Just two years out of college, Cassidy Hutchinson watched as a valet mopped up the president's lunch after he smashed his plate against the wall. Donald Trump was in a rage because h...
Jun 28, 2022
RCMP official: Lucki claimed direct pressure from federal minister to name guns
HALIFAX - A scathing letter from an RCMP communications manager released today says RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki referred to direct pressure from the federal public safety minister to release firear...
Jun 28, 2022
Canadian divers Wiens, Zsombor-Murray win 10m synchro bronze at worlds
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray teamed up to give Canada its first diving medal at the world aquatics championships Tuesday with a third-place finish in the men's 10-metre sy...
Jun 28, 2022
Fire-ravaged Lytton, B.C., could soon 'thrive again,' says Insurance Bureau of Canada
VANCOUVER - The Insurance Bureau of Canada says there is now a path to begin the recovery for Lytton, B.C., almost a year after two people died and most of the community was destroyed by a wildfire. A...
Jun 28, 2022
Toronto FC seeing improvements on the field as Insigne waits in the wings
TORONTO - Approaching the halfway mark of the MLS season, Toronto FC is 5-8-3 and five points out of the playoff picture with Italian star Lorenzo Insigne waiting in the wings. There is plenty of work...
Jun 28, 2022
Ottawa lost average of $22 billion a year in unpaid tax from 2014-2018: CRA report
OTTAWA - A new report from the Canada Revenue Agency concludes the federal government is losing an average of up to $22 billion a year in unpaid taxes. The agency analyzed tax collection from 2014 to ...
Jun 28, 2022
Cyberspy agency launched operation to protect federal election from foreign attack
OTTAWA - Canada's cyberspy agency launched a defensive operation to protect last year's federal election - including the party leaders' debate - from disruption by foreign agencies. The Communications...
Jun 28, 2022
Abortion ban takes effect in Tennessee, paused in Texas
NEW ORLEANS - A federal court Tuesday allowed Tennessee to ban abortions as early as six weeks into pregnancy, while a Texas judge temporarily blocked enforcement of that state's ban on virtually all ...
Jun 28, 2022
Scotiabank pausing Hockey Canada sponsorship in wake of sex assault allegations
TORONTO - Scotiabank is putting its Hockey Canada sponsorship on ice. The financial institution said Tuesday the pause will last until it's confident the right steps are taken to improve the culture w...
Jun 28, 2022
