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Feds told to ease EI, use tax credits in spending to ease COVID-19 economic shock
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are being urged to ease access to federal sick leave benefits, along with tax credits and other breaks, to help workers and businesses deal with the economic impacts...
Mar 09, 2020
Aircraft breakdowns, refuelling problems hit military search-and-rescue missions
OTTAWA - A new Department of National Defence report says military search-and-rescue personnel were delayed and in some cases unable to provide emergency assistance on about one in 20 of the...
Mar 09, 2020
Trump 5G adviser meets feds in Ottawa amid pending decision on Huawei
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration adviser on telecommunications met today with officials in Ottawa as Canada has yet to decide whether to allow Chinese firm Huawei to participate in its new 5G wirel...
Mar 09, 2020
Quebec trying to determine whether to cancel world figure skating championships
MONTREAL - Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann says the government is evaluating whether to allow the world figure skating championships to go ahead next week in Montreal. Her comments today come a...
Mar 09, 2020
APAS president reflects on canola ban one year later
One of Todd Lewis' personal beliefs has been borne out over the past 12 months."As I've said all along," begins Lewis, the president of the Agricultural Producers of Saskatchewan, "politics and food d...
Mar 09, 2020 (file photo/CJME News Staff)
Alberta economy, reeling from coronavirus, takes gut punch due to oil price war
Alberta's oil-based economy, already reeling by reduced demand due to the novel coronavirus, is now getting a gut punch from global prices.The spiral of oil prices has accelerated due to an all-out pr...
Mar 09, 2020
A snowy weekend briefly gives way to warmer conditions
The volatile spring weather continues across the region over the coming week.This comes after last week, which saw daytime highs of around 6 degrees Celsius morph into a spring storm that brought heav...
Mar 09, 2020 Snow moved through the region on the weekend, leaving many to dig out. (Mat Barrett/northeastNOW Staff)
Canada's Kingsbury claims ninth straight moguls Crystal Globe with win in Russia
KRASNOYARSK, Russia - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury picked up his ninth straight World Cup overall moguls title with a win in Saturday's dual moguls in Russia. Kingsbury defeated Thomas Gerken Schofield o...
Mar 09, 2020
Zibanejad, Landeskog, Draisaitl named NHL's three stars of the week
New York Rangers centre Mika Zibanejad, Colorado Avalanche left-wing Gabriel Landeskog and Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl are the NHL's three stars of the week. Zibanejad topped the NHL wi...
Mar 09, 2020
NDP calls for moratorium on Clearview AI facial recognition software
OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to issue a moratorium on the use of controversial facial-recognition software by the RCMP. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to al...
Mar 09, 2020
