Sarah Ritchie
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Reporter with The Canadian Press
Liberals, NDP collaborate to deliver two-month GST holiday
The two-month tax break covers dozens of items, including children's clothes and toys, video games and consoles, Christmas trees, restaurant and catered meals, wine, beer, candy and snacks. It would take effect on Dec. 14 and run until Feb. 15, 2025.
Trudeau headed to Normandy to mark 80th anniversary of D-Day
Around 160,000 Allied troops landed on the beaches on June 6, 1944, in what's now known as the beginning of the end of the Second World War.
Plastics plant owner wants more time to meet federal orders to end benzene leaks
The owners of a Sarnia, Ont., plastics plant that has been emitting dangerous levels of the cancer-causing chemical benzene for years say they need more time to comply with tougher federal rules.
Half of Canada isn't happy with the most recent Liberal budget, poll suggests
A new poll suggests the Liberals have not won over voters with their latest budget, though there is broad support for their plan to build millions of homes.
Liberal MPs call on Freeland to fund disability benefit in upcoming budget
In a letter shared on social media, MP Pam Damoff says the benefit, which is designed to help keep people with disabilities out of poverty, is a "legacy social policy" for the government.
Climate-related weather disasters cost insurers $3.1 billion last year
The Insurance Bureau of Canada's annual tally is topped by wildfires in the Okanagan and Shuswap areas of B.C., which cost $720 million.
Canada too slow to adapt to threats: outgoing NORAD commander
In a world of uncertainty, there is one critical mission the North American Aerospace Defence Command can count on every year: tracking Santa Claus.
As the holidays approach, Federal politicians poke a little fun
"Merry Christmas, everybody! Merry Christmas. Are we still allowed to say Merry Christmas in Justin Trudeau's Canada?"
From COVID-19 to alien contact, conspiracy theories popular in Canada: survey
The Earth is flat. We have been secretly contacted by intelligent beings from other planets. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did not land on the moon in 1969. They may sound like bizarre statements, but a new poll suggests a sizable number of Canadians believe in these and other conspiracy theories.
Canadians want carbon price paused on all home heating: poll
A new poll suggests Canadians are broadly in favour of the federal government's decision to exempt home heating oil from its price on carbon, and would welcome expanding the relief to all forms of home heating fuel.