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CRA should warn benefits applicants about risk of clawbacks: Taxpayers' watchdog
OTTAWA - Taxpayers' Ombudsperson Franois Boileau says the Canada Revenue Agency should warn Canadians applying for benefits about the risk of potential clawbacks to other income supports. Boileau reco...
Dec 13, 2022
Trade Minister Mary Ng broke ethics rules over contract to friend, commissioner rules
OTTAWA - The federal conflict of interest and ethics commissioner says Trade Minister Mary Ng broke the rules when her office awarded a contract to one of her friends. Commissioner Mario Dion released...
Dec 13, 2022
New medical practice eager to make a difference
Local families or individuals in the Prince Albert area, who have been searching tirelessly for a doctor to call their own, are receiving a dosage of good news.Dr. Fadeke Joanna Awobem is now acceptin...
Dec 13, 2022
Parliamentary study says government should explain new extreme intoxication law
OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee is recommending the federal government launch a public awareness campaign to plainly explain an extreme intoxication policy that caused confusion when it was rushed ...
Dec 13, 2022
Riders name Kelly Jeffrey as new offensive co-ordinator
The search for an offensive co-ordinator is over for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.Saskatchewan announced Monday evening that Kelly Jeffrey would take over the role in 2023."Kelly Jeffrey is an outstan...
Dec 13, 2022
Focus turns to financing in final days of global biodiversity conference
MONTREAL - Negotiators at a global conference on saving the world's biodiversity are sharpening their focus on how to pay for it, as environment ministers from around the globe converge in Montreal fo...
Dec 13, 2022
'Extreme shifts:' New report details effects of changing Arctic climate
YELLOWKNIFE - A new report details how widespread changes in the Arctic, from warming air temperatures to sea-ice loss, have affected animals, plants and people living there. The National Oceanic and ...
Dec 13, 2022
Freeland sends Ukraine $115 million in tariff revenue from Russia, Belarus imports
OTTAWA - The federal government is channelling $115 million collected in tariffs on Russian and Belarusian products to help rebuild the power grid in Ukraine. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland a...
Dec 13, 2022
Sask homicide numbers jump with James Smith stabbings
The RCMP have released their homicide statistics for the last seven years with a large jump this year due to the volume of victims from the James Smith killings. Starting in January until December 9, ...
Dec 13, 2022
Federal government allocating $600K to plant trees around P.A. and area
The federal government is allocating nearly $600,000 to plant trees in the Prince Albert area.Jonathan Wilkinson, minister of natural resources, announced on Monday 54 projects across the country woul...
Dec 13, 2022
