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Gov. Whitmer kidnap plot jury ends 4th day of deliberations
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) - A Michigan jury ended its fourth day of deliberations on Thursday without having reached verdicts in the trial of four men accused of scheming to kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitme...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Liberals rejig $15B toward new business investment fund
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are promising to create two new arm's-length bodies to handle billions in federal funds to prod businesses to invest in themselves. The measures unveiled in the 2022 fede...
Apr 07, 2022
Next Level: Blue Jays target post-season after falling short by one game in 2021
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr., captured the Toronto Blue Jays' mood perfectly at spring training when he was asked what his expectations were for this season. "What we did last year was the trailer,...
Apr 07, 2022
'May not align:' Guilbeault pens letter to Suncor over oilsands mine expansion GHGs
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault has warned Canada's biggest oilsands producer that its planned mine expansion may not meet climate targets. In a letter released Wednesday to Mark Little...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: A checklist of promises that were in the Liberal-NDP confidence deal
OTTAWA - The Liberals and New Democrats published a confidence and supply agreement last month in an effort to keep the minority Parliament working until the next fixed election in 2025. The deal woul...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: A look at some of the promises you might have missed
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland tabled the 2022 federal budget on Thursday. Here are some of the smaller promises that you might have missed: - $1.9 billion over 24 years to build and oper...
Apr 07, 2022
$452B plan focused on affordability, innovation as uncertainty looms
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turns Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity.She nonetheless wrapped t...
Apr 07, 2022
Just over 1,000 new cases of COVID-19 announced in weekly report
The Government of Saskatchewan has reported the weekly epidemiology (epi) report and is looking at COVID-19 data from March 27 to April 2.In that time, 1,032 new cases were reported in the province, w...
Apr 07, 2022
Catholic church parishioners fundraising for Ukraine humanitarian aid
Parishioners at the St. John Vianney Roman Catholic Church in La Ronge are raising funds to assist refugees and displaced people in Ukraine.Members of the church have launched an online silent auction...
Apr 07, 2022
Canadian Press NewsAlert: $452B federal budget focused on affordability, innovation
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's second pandemic budget turns Canada's fiscal focus to making life more affordable for people and giving a long-needed boost to Canadian productivity. But ...
Apr 07, 2022