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Tiger is back at Masters, and it already felt like a victory
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Tiger Woods playing the Masters again, his shirt as pink as the azaleas at Augusta National, would have been enough reason to celebrate Thursday. It felt that way to him, too. Wood...
Apr 07, 2022
Tiger is back at Masters, and it already felt like a victory
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Tiger Woods playing the Masters again, his shirt as pink as the azaleas at Augusta National, would have been enough reason to celebrate Thursday. It felt that way to him, too. Wood...
Apr 07, 2022
Housing "centrepiece" of federal budget
OTTAWA - Calling it an economic imperative and the centrepiece of this budget, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland committed $10 billion to new housing. "Over the next ten years we will double the numb...
Apr 07, 2022
Appeals court OKs Biden federal employee vaccine mandate
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - President Joe Biden's requirement that all federal employees be vaccinated against COVID-19 was uhpheld Thursday by a federal appeals court. In a 2-1 ruling, a panel of the 5th Circ...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Quotes from the finance minister and others on the Liberal fiscal plan
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled the 2022 budget in the House of Commons. Here are key quotes about the fiscal plan. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland: "The money that rescued C...
Apr 07, 2022
Blue Jays announce opening day 28-man roster, put Borucki and Pearson on injured list
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays announced their 28-man active roster ahead of Opening Day on Thursday afternoon. Left-handed reliever Ryan Borucki was been placed on the 10-day injured list with a rig...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022 devotes $4.3 billion to Indigenous housing needs
Ottawa is preparing to spend $4.3 billion over seven years to help improve Indigenous housing, while also giving more to help communities contend with the harmful past of residential schools. Investin...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022: Housing supply gets $10B boost; Feds add measures to curb speculation
TORONTO - The Liberal government will try to ease Canada's housing crisis with more than $10 billion in funding meant to speed up home construction and repairs along with measures to cool the market a...
Apr 07, 2022
Budget 2022 makes good on dental care, but little in new health spending
OTTAWA - The Liberals have made good on promises to the NDP when it comes to health spending in their newly released budget, but offered little else in new spending to reinvigorate Canada's struggling...
Apr 07, 2022
Mid June opening set for Exploration Place as renovations progress
PRINCE GEORGE- March 2020. That's the last time Exploration Place was open and thriving before the COVID-19 pandemic halted things to a close. However, as renovations continue the excitement grows for...
Apr 07, 2022