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Kenney under fire during Commons emergency debate on Alberta's COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Alberta's legislature may have been silenced but its partisan warfare relocated Wednesday to the House of Commons as MPs held an emergency debate on the province's soaring number of COVID-19 ...
May 05, 2021
Liberals' sweeping budget bill includes $15 minimum wage and election-law changes
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' bill to enact parts of their budget includes changes to emergency aid, taxes and a $15 national minimum wage alongside other items such as an election-law amendment. The...
May 03, 2021
Liberals fundraise $3.5M in first quarter of 2021, says others pushed for election
The Liberal Party of Canada says it fundraised around $3.5 million during the first three months of the second year dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A party spokesperson says the Liberal government...
Apr 30, 2021
Three confidence votes to determine fate of minority Liberal government
OTTAWA - A pair of proposed changes to the federal budget put forward by opposition parties will determine whether the minority Liberal government will fall, which could trigger an election. The gover...
Apr 21, 2021
BGC Kamloops hopes federal government’s budgeted childcare funding tackles staffing, training, and flexibility issues
KAMLOOPS - The executive director for BGC Kamloops, formerly known as the Boys and Girls Club of Kamloops, said they were expecting a substantial childcare investment from the federal government.Traci...
Apr 19, 2021
Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP concerned with federal budget spending levels
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops-Thompson-Cariboo MP Cathy McLeod says the amount of spending announced in Monday's (Apr. 19) federal budget will be expensive for Canadians.With a $354 billion deficit posted for t...
Apr 19, 2021
Liberals to release federal budget with eye on managing crisis, post-pandemic growth
OTTAWA - The federal government will this afternoon unveil its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals' first...
Apr 19, 2021
Conservatives plan to introduce $20-per-tonne carbon price in climate plan
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is pitching a $20-per-tonne carbon price for consumers in his party's $5-billion plan to tackle climate change.The move represents a major policy shift for th...
Apr 15, 2021
Liberal MP caught stark naked during House of Commons video conference
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP was caught wearing his birthday suit in the virtual House of Commons. William Amos, who has represented the Quebec riding of Pontiac since 2015, appeared on the screens of his fe...
Apr 14, 2021
Feds' Air Canada deal could mean more flights in and out of Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Tuesday morning (Apr. 13) it was announced the Federal Government had reached a deal with Air Canada worth over $5 billion dollars, meant to provide much-needed financial relief for the air...
Apr 13, 2021
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