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Ottawa's plan for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 6 years, PBO says

Ottawa's plan for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 6 years, PBO says
The government's budget watchdog said Monday it expects the federal government's plan to increase the GST credit and offer a one-time payment to Canadians will cost Ottawa an estimated $12.4 billion over six years.

Ottawa's plan for GST relief set to cost $12.4 billion over 6 years, PBO says

Thousands of Alberta government employees return to offices as hybrid work plan ends

Thousands of Alberta government employees return to offices as hybrid work plan ends
Thousands of Alberta government workers returned to work in their offices full time Monday. Sunday marked the official end of the province’s hybrid-work option, which was implemented during the COVID-19 pandemic, and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees says many workers are unhappy with the full-time arrangement.

Thousands of Alberta government employees return to offices as hybrid work plan ends

Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting

Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting
Police in Surrey, B.C., arrested three men on Sunday after early morning gunfire at a home, believed to be yet another example of extortion-related shootings that have plagued the city in recent months. 

Three men arrested in Surrey, B.C., after alleged extortion-related shooting

Teens face 1st degree murder charges in First Nations double homicide

Teens face 1st degree murder charges in First Nations double homicide
Prosecutors say two teens apprehended last week in connection with a double homicide in a First Nations community in northern Quebec are facing first-degree murder charges.

Teens face 1st degree murder charges in First Nations double homicide

Canadians sitting on $2 billion in uncashed federal cheques: documents

Canadians sitting on $2 billion in uncashed federal cheques: documents
Canadians have left some $2 billion in funds on the table by not cashing millions of paper cheques mailed out by federal government departments.

Canadians sitting on $2 billion in uncashed federal cheques: documents

Conservatives, Poilievre seek to carry convention momentum back into Parliament

Conservatives, Poilievre seek to carry convention momentum back into Parliament
Political analysts say the federal Conservatives and leader Pierre Poilievre have momentum coming off a unifying convention in Calgary but the party still has a hill to climb in Parliament to one-up Prime Minster Mark Carney and the Liberals.

Conservatives, Poilievre seek to carry convention momentum back into Parliament