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Explainer: Capital gains tax hike targets wealthy investors
NEW YORK - After massive U.S. government spending helped send the stock market back to record heights, with even more potentially on the way, the bill may be coming due for the nation's wealthiest inv...
Apr 28, 2021
Canadian GP cancelled due to COVID-19, contract to hold race in Montreal extended
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix has been cancelled for the second year in a row due to COVID-19 health measures, but a contract to hold the race in Montreal has been extended by two years.The Formu...
Apr 28, 2021
Open Burning of Waste is Illegal in Saskatchewan
When tidying your homes and yards this spring, please remember that open burning of waste is illegal in Saskatchewan including: plastics; household trash; hazardous substances; carpets; shingles; sidi...
Apr 28, 2021
Gallant named Canada's head coach for upcoming world championship in Latvia
CALGARY - Veteran NHL coach Gerard Gallant has been named Canada's head coach for the upcoming world hockey championship in Riga, Latvia. Hockey Canada said in a release Wednesday that Mike Kelly and ...
Apr 28, 2021
Canada pulls out of international race walking event in Ecuador due to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada pulled out out of next week's Pan American Race Walking Cup in Ecuador due to concerns about COVID-19, erasing the final international opportunity Mathieu Bilodeau had to qualify for t...
Apr 28, 2021
Doctors from racialized communities tackle COVID vaccine hesitancy in new campaign
CALGARY - Doctors across Canada are banding together to encourage racialized communities most at risk of COVID-19 infection to get vaccinated against the virus. A new campaign called This is Our Shot ...
Apr 28, 2021
Carmelo Anthony memoir coming out in September
NEW YORK - Carmelo Anthony's life story includes a great deal besides basketball. The 10-time NBA All-Star has a memoir coming out Sept. 14 that publisher Gallery Books is calling "raw and inspiration...
Apr 28, 2021
NWHL doubles salary cap to $300K, delays Montreal expansion
The National Women's Hockey League announced Wednesday it is doubling its salary cap to $300,000 for each of its six teams based on projections that it is making strides in achieving financial stabili...
Apr 28, 2021
Chicago stages drive-through Wagner in underground garage
CHICAGO - Amid signs pointing "To Elevator" and advising drivers to "Take Parking Ticket With You," the Rhinemaidens lament the theft of their gold, Siegfried is murdered, and Brnnhilde drives off in ...
Apr 28, 2021
COVID-19-ravaged nursing homes and entering U.S. on a kayak: In The News for April 28
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of April 28 ... COVID-19 news we are watching in ...
Apr 28, 2021