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Saskatchewan starts tribunal to review Ottawa's clean electricity regulations
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is using its autonomy legislation for the first time to review the federal government's proposed clean-electricity regulations. Justice Minister Bronwyn Eyre says ...
Nov 28, 2023
Toronto to host New York in PWHL's first regular-season game on New Year's day
TORONTO - The Professional Women's Hockey League's season openers are set. Toronto will host New York in an afternoon game at the Mattamy Athletic Centre on Jan. 1 to open the regular season. Montreal...
Nov 28, 2023
Court rules Fond du Lac man will keep dangerous offender label
Editor's Note: This story contains graphic details of violence offences. -There will be no change in the dangerous offender designation for Fond du Lac man Clarence David Piche. Piche, who is 54 years...
Nov 28, 2023
Four large Quebec public sector unions say they will strike for a week in December
MONTREAL - Four large Quebec public sector unions say they will strike for a week in December in an effort to accelerate contract negotiations with the provincial government. The four unions, who are ...
Nov 28, 2023
Man in incel-inspired murder case gets life in prison, no parole for 10 yrs
TORONTO - A man who pleaded guilty to the incel-inspired murder of a Toronto massage parlour employee sought out the ideology that led him to commit a "horrific crime," an Ontario judge said Tuesday i...
Nov 28, 2023
Conservative motion seeks support to order senators to pass carbon pricing bill
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre wants MPs to order the "unelected" Senate to pass a Tory bill that would take the carbon price off natural gas and propane used on farms. Poilievre introd...
Nov 28, 2023
Post linking Poilievre, Winnipeg shootings 'inappropriate,' says Liberal House leader
OTTAWA - Government House leader Karina Gould says it was inappropriate for one of her Liberal caucus colleagues to ask whether there is a link between Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and a fatal...
Nov 28, 2023
Ottawa was always flexible on clean-energy rules, despite Alberta concerns: Wilkinson
OTTAWA - Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the federal government is open to extending the deadline for existing natural gas plants to operate without emissions-trapping technology. He says that...
Nov 28, 2023
13 Sierra Leone military officers are under arrest for trying to stage a coup, a minister says
ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) - Attacks on Sierra Leone's main military barracks and prisons were a failed coup attempt and have resulted in the arrest of 13 military officers, the government's spokesman said T...
Nov 28, 2023
Sask. unveils tribunal to assess economic impact of federal regulations
The economic impact on Saskatchewan of the federal government's policies will be assessed and reported on by a new government tribunal.Under The Saskatchewan First Act, which came into force in Septem...
Nov 28, 2023