New Brunswick Tory MP turns down pay raise
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Mike Dawson, the Conservative Member of Parliament for the New Brunswick riding of Miramichi-Grand Lake, has sent a letter to the Clerk of the House of Commons refusing a 4.2% pay raise, which he and all other MPs are set to receive.
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Toronto city council approves 2026 budget including 2.2 per cent property tax hike
Meredith Bond / citynews - Toronto city council has adopted the mayor’s 2026 budget, which includes a modest property tax increase, caps on public transit fares and more money for the police. The budget includes a 2.2 per cent property tax hike, compared to a 6.9 increase last year…
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CAQ leadership candidate Fréchette promises to revive fast-track immigration program
sootoday - QUÉBEC — Christine Fréchette, leadership candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec, is promising to revive a popular fast-track immigration program that her government had recently ended.
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Quebec’s Caisse suspends dealmaking with DP World in wake of Epstein revelations
Nicolas Van Praet / theglobeandmail - E-mails released by the U.S. State Department link the logistics company’s chairman and CEO to the disgraced financier
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Advocates call on Ottawa to extend tax incentive for employee ownership trusts
Craig Lord / theglobeandmail - Supporters say allowing a 2023 tax measure to end this year would undercut the new succession model before it’s given a chance to shine
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Canada’s first oral HIV self-test has been approved for sale
Hannah Alberga / theglobeandmail - While it’s not the first self-test on the market in Canada, it’s the first oral swab, which doesn’t require a drop of blood
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Ukrainians push for permanent residency in Canada as war with Russia grinds on
sootoday - OTTAWA — Roksolana Kryshtanovych never planned on moving to Canada before Russia's war, but the invasion made it impossible for her to go home to Ukraine.
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Montreal parish fights to demolish derelict church that’s become a TikTok destination
Lola Kalder / citynews - Tacked on the plywood fence keeping intruders away from the long-closed St-Eusèbe-de-Verceil church in Montreal, next to “Free Gaza” and anti-police graffiti, is a poem. “This church is no more,” begins the unnamed poet. A few lines later, the handwritten…
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Conservatives to propose changing the rules for non-citizens convicted of crimes
sootoday - OTTAWA — The Conservatives are planning to introduce a motion today to bar non-citizens convicted of serious crimes from making refugee claims.
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