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Liberals' wage subsidy extension to push program costs to $107 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's plan to extend its wage subsidy will push the overall price for the program to almost $106.7 billion. The budget officer's repor...
Dec 09, 2021
Civil society organizations release drug decriminalization platform for Canada
OTTAWA - Twenty-one organizations across the country have released Canada's first civil society-led policy framework for drug decriminalization and redistributing resources from police to services tha...
Dec 09, 2021
Passenger describes Wright after shooting as 'just gasping'
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - The woman who was riding with Daunte Wright when he was pulled over by police testified Thursday about the chaos right after an officer shot him, saying she screamed at Wright but t...
Dec 09, 2021
Canada's Jessie Fleming named FA Women's Super League player of the month
LONDON - Canadian international Jessie Fleming has won the Barclays FA Women's Super League player of the month award for November. The Chelsea midfielder beat out Reading's Natasha Dowie, Manchester ...
Dec 09, 2021
Biden to pay tribute to 'American giant' Bob Dole at Capitol
WASHINGTON (AP) - Bob Dole will lie in state Thursday at the U.S. Capitol, as the president and others gather to pay tribute to an "American giant" who served the country in war and in politics with p...
Dec 09, 2021
School district faces two $100M suits after Oxford shootings
Two lawsuits seeking $100 million each have been filed against a Michigan school district, its superintendent, principal and others after four students were fatally shot and others wounded at Oxford H...
Dec 09, 2021
Saudi crown prince in 1st visit to Qatar after embargo ended
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince visited Qatar on Thursday, his first trip to Doha since the kingdom rallied other Arab states to end their yearslong rift and embargo of ...
Dec 09, 2021
Man sentenced for extended sexual abuse of young Nanaimo girl
NANAMO - Agonizing impacts of abuse at the hands of a once trusted family friend were highlighted during an emotional sentencing hearing.Robert Wayne Calvert, 51, had two years tacked onto an existing...
Dec 09, 2021
Reflecting on 2021
As we near the end of 2021, we have a chance to reflect on the challenges and accomplishments of the past year. This year, like last year, has not been an easy one for people around the world, includi...
Dec 09, 2021
ROTHENBURGER: Sentence in First Avenue crash doesn’t feel like justice
IT'S NOT ENOUGH.Kamloops man Reid McKnight has been sentenced to three years in prison for causing the deaths of three Thompson Rivers University international students from Nigeria and injuring a fou...
Dec 09, 2021
