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Baloney Meter: Did a Liberal tax cut help reduce poverty rates?
OTTAWA - "We cut taxes for the middle class. It was the first thing we did as a government in 2015, and it helped to lift more than one million Canadians out of poverty. And that's exactly why we...
Mar 5, 2020
Airstrike in northwest Syria kills 15 ahead of Moscow summit
BEIRUT - An airstrike on a rebel-held village in northwestern Syria hit a poultry farm where several displaced families were taking shelter early Thursday, killing at least 15 people including childre...
Mar 5, 2020
Without Indigenous consent for pipelines, expect more confrontations
OTTAWA - Canadians can expect more disruptive protests if the federal government pushes forward with the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion against the wishes of some of the Indigenous communities it w...
Mar 5, 2020
Virus outbreak delays Xi's state visit to neighbouring Japan
TOKYO - Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to Japan has been postponed so both countries can fight the coronavirus outbreak, Japan's chief government spokesman said Thursday. The visit had bee...
Mar 5, 2020
CRTC won't force wireless telecom companies to offer bills on paper
OTTAWA - Canada's telecom regulator won't force mobile service providers to offer customers paper invoices, at least not yet. But the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission i...
Mar 5, 2020
Lametti sows uncertainty over meaning of foreseeable death in assisted-dying bill
OTTAWA - Dr. Ellen Wiebe has helped 260 intolerably suffering Canadians end their lives over the past four years, including a few who likely would have lived up to another decade on the...
Mar 5, 2020
Elected Wet'suwet'en councillor calls for inclusivity in consensus building over deal
VANCOUVER - A Wet'suwet'en elected councillor says she has "high hopes" that internal conflict over governance issues and a pipeline can be resolved respectfully but she's also concerned som...
Mar 5, 2020
Transit providers take measures to safeguard against COVID-19
Some Canadian transit agencies are quietly taking steps to protect customers against the novel coronavirus that's been sounding alarm bells around the world. Several say they have stepped up efforts t...
Mar 5, 2020
Lawson Crouse scores winner in third, Coyotes beat Canucks 4-2
VANCOUVER - Lawson Crouse broke a tie midway through the third period as the Arizona Coyotes used a 4-2 win over the Vancouver Canucks to tighten the playoff race in the NHL's Western Conference. A wi...
Mar 5, 2020
It's up to all Wet'sewet'en people to work through agreement: Bellegarde
VANCOUVER - Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde says it's up to all Wet'sewet'en people to work through the draft agreement struck on Sunday between their hereditary chiefs ...
Mar 5, 2020
