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Farmers anxious as carbon price carve-out bill faces uncertain future
OTTAWA — Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year, as a bill that would give them a new exemption remains mired in political conflict.
Jan 31, 2024 12:53 PM
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'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers
EDMONTON — An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping it directly to consumers.
Jan 31, 2024 11:49 AM
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Fundraising scandal: CAQ says it's ready to end donations to political parties
QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec says it's prepared to end donations to political parties, after several CAQ members were accused of soliciting $100 donations from mayors hoping to meet with ministers.
Jan 31, 2024 11:32 AM
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Time to revisit ethics rules around gifts, Tory MP says after Trudeau Jamaica trip
OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Barrett says what he calls the "status quo" is not working when it comes to the rules that govern gifts to public office holders.
Jan 31, 2024 11:27 AM
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Land before dinosaurs: Fossils from Permian era exposed in P.E.I. after Fiona storm
FREDERICTON — Post-tropical storm Fiona has revealed traces of a time before dinosaurs, preserved in the rock and sandstone of Prince Edward Island and exposed in the tempest's wake.
Jan 31, 2024 10:54 AM
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Key recommendations from Lionel Desmond inquiry, seven years after N.S. killings
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Paul Scovil makes 25 recommendations in his final report following a public inquiry into why Lionel Desmond, a former soldier, killed three family members and himself in 2017.
Jan 31, 2024 10:38 AM
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Trudeau says Ottawa 'actively working' to find missing Palestinian Canadian in Gaza
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is "actively engaged" after a Palestinian Canadian was reported missing in the Gaza Strip.
Jan 31, 2024 10:18 AM
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A controversial theory linking climate change to Arctic cold snaps, explained
The capricious start to the winter season has already seen dramatic temperature swings across much of Canada, with energy grid-disrupting cold snaps giving way to an ice-thawing warm spell.
Jan 31, 2024 9:24 AM
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Best for world if Netanyahu leaves office 'sooner rather than later': Liberal MP
OTTAWA — A Liberal member of Parliament says it would be in the best interests of the Middle East and the world if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves office.
Jan 31, 2024 9:15 AM
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Quebec minimum wage rises by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour starting May 1
Quebec's minimum wage will increase by 50 cents to $15.75 an hour beginning May 1. The Labour Department says it is hiking the minimum wage by a little more than three per cent because of the economic uncertainty in the retail and restaurant sectors.
Jan 31, 2024 6:49 AM
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