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In the news today: Pharmacare legislation to be tabled and "Not a chance" PM resigns
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed on what you need to know today... Liberals to table pharmacare legislation Health Minister Mark Holland is expect...
Feb 29, 2024
Liberals to table Pharmacare bill one day ahead of deadline negotiated with NDP
OTTAWA - Health Minister Mark Holland is expected to table a long-awaited bill Thursday meant to pave the way for national pharmacare and preserve a deal that secures NDP support for the government in...
Feb 29, 2024
Online booking fees 'completely avoidable,' Cineplex argues in junk fee case
OTTAWA - The Competition Tribunal is hearing a second day of arguments today in a case that could decide whether Cineplex can keep charging customers an extra fee for buying movie tickets online. Lawy...
Feb 29, 2024
Fair treatment of African Nova Scotians at the centre of new prosecution policy
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Crown prosecutors were handed new tools today to root out systemic anti-Black racism long embedded within the province's justice system. After years of study, the province's Publ...
Feb 29, 2024
Saskatchewan inquest into killer's in-custody death to hear from final two witnesses
SASKATOON - A Saskatchewan coroner's inquest into the death of a man who killed 11 people and injured 17 others in a stabbing rampage is expected to hear from its final two witnesses. Jurors have hear...
Feb 29, 2024
New Brunswick government reaches settlement deal with two wrongfully convicted men
FREDERICTON - Innocence Canada says a "satisfactory" conditional settlement has been reached between the New Brunswick government and two men who were wrongfully convicted of a 1983 murder. Ron Dalton...
Feb 29, 2024
Strike on Palestinians waiting for aid in Gaza kills and wounds dozens
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - An apparent Israeli strike on a crowd of Palestinians waiting for humanitarian aid in Gaza City on Thursday has killed and wounded dozens, according to a local hospital offici...
Feb 29, 2024
Saskatchewan government to decide on remitting carbon levy to Ottawa
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is set to decide whether its natural gas utility will remit carbon levies to Ottawa. Premier Scott Moe had announced SaskEnergy would stop collecting carbon levies...
Feb 29, 2024
Alberta expecting budget to be restrained but with few cuts
EDMONTON - Albertans have been told to expect financial restraint in today's provincial budget. Premier Danielle Smith signalled a turn to less spending and more saving in a televised address last wee...
Feb 29, 2024
Bill 21: Quebec Court of Appeal to rule on constitutionality of secularism law
MONTREAL - The Quebec Court of Appeal will rule today on the constitutionality of the province's secularism law, better known as Bill 21. The 2019 law declares the province is a secular state and incl...
Feb 29, 2024
