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Blizzard closes schools, shuts roads in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan

Blizzard closes schools, shuts roads in parts of Manitoba and Saskatchewan

WINNIPEG — Heavy snow and strong winds were combining in a spring blizzard expected to last three days across southern Manitoba and a section of southeastern Saskatchewan.
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N.S. mass killer shot himself in head as police were opening fire at gas station

N.S. mass killer shot himself in head as police were opening fire at gas station

HALIFAX — A public inquiry heard evidence Wednesday that the Nova Scotia gunman who murdered 22 people in 2020 shot himself in the head within seconds of two officers firing on him. Dr.
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Bank of Canada raises key rate half a point to 1% and warns of further hikes to come

Bank of Canada raises key rate half a point to 1% and warns of further hikes to come

OTTAWA — The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate by the highest amount in more than 20 years and warns more rate hikes are coming amid new forecasts for higher inflation levels.
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Local governments need to upgrade to improve housing process: finance minister

Local governments need to upgrade to improve housing process: finance minister

VANCOUVER — Canada's finance minister says it’s not the federal government’s job to build all the houses Canadians need, but it will try to remove roadblocks with a $4-billion fund earmarked to help boost housing construction announced in the budget.
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'We must do better:' Nunavut leaders optimistic about housing money from Ottawa

'We must do better:' Nunavut leaders optimistic about housing money from Ottawa

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Leaders in Nunavut say they're happy with territory-specific housing money in the federal budget even though the amount is well below what they say is needed to address a long-standing housing crisis.
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Trudeau welcomes talk of Russia's action in Ukraine as genocide

Trudeau welcomes talk of Russia's action in Ukraine as genocide

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has weighed in on growing calls to declare Russia's actions in Ukraine as genocide, saying it is "absolutely right" that the term is being used given rampant allegations of war crimes and other human rights viol
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COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows

COVID-19 vaccines in national stockpile starting to expire as uptake slows

OTTAWA — Health Canada says almost 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines held in a national inventory have expired since January. That includes more than 420,000 doses of Moderna's Spikevax that hit the end of their shelf life on Tuesday.
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Successful amendment: Canadian Pacific will have to pay taxes in Saskatchewan

Successful amendment: Canadian Pacific will have to pay taxes in Saskatchewan

REGINA — The Constitution is to be amended as it relates to the Saskatchewan Act so as to remove a section that exempts Canadian Pacific Railway from paying taxes in the province.
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Quebec Halloween night sword attack trial suspended because of COVID-19 outbreak

Quebec Halloween night sword attack trial suspended because of COVID-19 outbreak

QUEBEC — The trial of a man charged in Quebec's Halloween night sword attack was postponed Wednesday until next week after a second juror tested positive for COVID-19.
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Victim feared N.S. mass killer might come to her house, an hour before he arrived

Victim feared N.S. mass killer might come to her house, an hour before he arrived

HALIFAX — The final victim in Nova Scotia's mass shooting knew the killer and told her daughter she was afraid he could be headed for her home, about an hour before he arrived in her driveway on April 19, 2020.
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