Economists and experts say they're expecting the federal government to raise taxes in Tuesday's budget to help offset billions of dollars in new spending already promised in the pre-budget announcements that have been landing almost daily since the end of March. Sources say the Liberals are anxious to avoid anything …
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Cattle are boosting the soil on this P.E.I. farm — and fighting climate change
Sally Bernard is learning more about how to graze cattle on her organic grain farm through research as one of this year's Nuffield Canada scholars. Freetown, P.E.I., farmer wins national scholarship to study benefits of grazing livestock on crop land Sally Bernard's black and white cows wander over a field …
Read More »Shooting blanks: Why so many Canadian defence policies fail to launch
With absolutely no exceptions, every defence policy presented by the Canadian government over the past five decades has presented a vision of the world beyond our borders going to hell in a handbasket. The wars may be different, the adversaries might change, threats might have evolved — but the language …
Read More »Winning bidder for multimillion-dollar Gretzky card case says he’s changed his mind
The winner of the multimillion-dollar case of 1979-1980 O-Pee-Chee hockey cards — the set that contains Wayne Gretzky's rookie card — says he no longer wants them and is trying to find them a "better home." Buyer says he wants to find 'better home' for cards, floats Wayne Gretzky, Drake …
Read More »Johannes Rivoire, priest accused of sexually abusing children in Nunavut, dies
Rivoire, an Oblate priest from France, has long faced allegations he sexually abused children in Nunavut in the 1960s and 1970s. He spent more than 30 years working as a priest in the territory, mostly in Arviat and Naujaat. Johannes Rivoire was 93 when he died on Thursday A priest …
Read More »Rescue of trapped killer whale calf in B.C. underway, First Nation says
Members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium have begun a rescue operation to move a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote Vancouver Island lagoon and into open water, the nation says. kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, has been stuck in a …
Read More »Rescue of trapped orca calf paused as whale thwarts efforts
Members of the Ehattesaht First Nation, Fisheries and Oceans Canada and the Vancouver Aquarium have begun a rescue operation to move a stranded killer whale calf out of a remote Vancouver Island lagoon and into open water, the nation says. kʷiisaḥiʔis, or Brave Little Hunter, has been stuck in a …
Read More »CSIS chief returns to foreign interference inquiry as PM casts doubt on reliability of agency’s reports
The head of Canada's spy agency is appearing again before the public inquiry investigating foreign meddling in elections after multiple witnesses suggested they were not briefed by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service about intelligence it gathered on Chinese interference. Witnesses suggest they were not briefed fully by Canada's spy agency …
Read More »Woman who alleges sex assault by retired vice-admiral Edmundson not believable, his lawyer says
The evidence heard in an Ottawa courtroom from a woman who claims she was sexually assaulted by Haydn Edmundson more than 30 years ago should be rejected and lead to an acquittal, the lawyer for the retired vice-admiral said Thursday during closing arguments. Edmundson has pleaded not guilty, denies any …
Read More »B.C. judge rejects bid to throw out conviction for 13-year-old girl’s murder
A B.C. Supreme Court judge has rejected an application to throw out a first-degree murder conviction for what the defence says were unreasonable delays in the trial process. Defence's Jordan application said too much time had passed between Ibrahim Ali being charged and trial ending WARNING: This story contains graphic …
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