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Canada needs to build 1.3M additional homes by 2030 to close housing gap, says PBO
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Canada would need to build 1.3 million additional homes by 2030 to eliminate the country's housing gap. The newly released report looks at how many more ...
Apr 11, 2024
Homan stays perfect at Players' Championship with 7-4 win over Wrana
TORONTO - Rachel Homan remained perfect at the Grand Slam of Curling's season-ending Players' Championship with a 7-4 win over Sweden's Isabella Wrana in Thursday's early draw. Homan's Ottawa rink had...
Apr 11, 2024
Montreal English school board seeks leave to appeal Bill 21 ruling to Supreme Court
MONTREAL - The English Montreal School Board says it will seek permission to appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada a recent decision upholding Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21. Quebec's Court...
Apr 11, 2024
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil tri...
Apr 11, 2024
Higgs says he didn't expect gender policy changes in schools to become national wave
OTTAWA - Premier Blaine Higgs says he never expected other provinces to follow New Brunswick's lead on requiring teachers to seek parental consent before using a student's preferred pronouns. Higgs wa...
Apr 11, 2024
Canada to allow 30-year amortization for first-time buyers' mortgages on new homes
TORONTO - The Canadian government will allow 30-year amortization periods on insured mortgages for first-time homebuyers purchasing newly built homes. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland made the annou...
Apr 11, 2024
The Saskatchewan Tree for Life Program
The Saskatchewan Tree for Life Program was started in 2021 to encourage planting trees to support healthy watersheds across the province. To date, 36,600 trees have been distributed through the progra...
Apr 11, 2024
The Masters begins after weather delay, though high winds are still expected at Augusta National
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - The Augusta National that Jon Rahm, Scottie Scheffler and the rest of golf's greats played during their practice rounds for the Masters was a bit different than what greeted them T...
Apr 11, 2024
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil tri...
Apr 11, 2024
OJ Simpson, fallen football hero acquitted of murder in 'trial of the century,' dies at 76
LAS VEGAS (AP) - O.J. Simpson, the decorated football superstar and Hollywood actor who was acquitted of charges he killed his former wife and her friend but later found liable in a separate civil tri...
Apr 11, 2024