Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit
sootoday - EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash.
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Liberals survive confidence vote on omnibus budget bill
sootoday - OTTAWA — The federal Liberals' Budget Implementation Act has passed a confidence vote in the House of Commons. Bill C-15 carried on division, meaning there was no recorded vote in Parliament.
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Students in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., begin returning to class following mass shooting
Charles Brockman / citynews - Some students are heading back to classes in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., just over two weeks after an 18-year-old shooter killed eight people, including six at the local secondary school, before turning the gun on herself.
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Feds earmark $1.55 billion to ensure equal services for First Nations kids
News Staff / citynews - OTTAWA — Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty is expected to announce $1.55 billion in federal funding today to support Jordan’s Principle, a legal principle that states First Nations children must have equal access to social and health services.…
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Final design for Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place unveiled, contract awarded
Dee Burman / citynews - The province of Ontario unveiled the final design and awarded the contract for the new Ontario Science Centre to be built at Ontario Place on Thursday, calling it “a major milestone in the province’s plan to transform Ontario Place into a year-round, worl…
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Feds knew EV rebates were running out months before alerting the public, documents suggest
Nick Murray / nationalobserver - Transport Canada officials were aware funding for the popular electric vehicle rebate program was at risk of running out several months before the department told the public about it in January 2025, documents about the program suggest.
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BC man is cured of rare disease in world-first for new gene-editing technology
Brenna Owen / nationalobserver - Ty Sperle says he felt "insane shock" after learning he'd been cured of a rare genetic disease through a clinical trial using a new gene-editing treatment.
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India no longer seen as conducting foreign interference in Canada, senior official says
Steven Chase / theglobeandmail - The statement, made days before Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to travel to the country, marks a significant change from 2024, when relations hit a low
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