47 m. ago GOP Tax Bill Prioritizes Trump Campaign Pledges, Increases SALT

President Donald Trump’s campaign tax pledges — no taxes on tips and overtime pay, plus new tax breaks for car buyers and seniors — are the centerpiece of a multitrillion dollar package that will serve as Republicans’ signature legislative effort.

Economics

48 m. ago Carney needs to ’pick a lane’ on climate priorities and energy boost, activist says

OTTAWA — Climate activists and energy leaders say Prime Minister Mark Carney will need to make some hard choices on whether to bolster the country’s oil and gas sector as means of achieving economic stability. Throughout the election campaign, Carney signalled an openness to building more pipelines in Canada and promised to cut approval times […]

Society

49 m. ago Carney must ‘pick a lane’ on climate, energy policies, advocates say

Throughout the election campaign, Carney signalled an openness to building more pipelines in Canada and promised to cut approval times to get projects built faster.

Society

61 m. ago House Republicans target clean energy tax credits and pollution rules in budget proposal

WASHINGTON (AP) — Budget proposals by House Republicans would cut billions of dollars in funding for Biden-era climate and environmental programs, including clean energy tax credits, as lawmakers seek to reverse what one GOP leader called “the most reckless parts of the engorged climate spending” approved under former President Joe Biden. Environmental groups warned the […]

Economics

1 hour ago Fox to launch new streaming service ‘Fox One’ before NFL season

Fox Corp. is planning to launch a new streaming service combining its news, sports and entertainment content before the NFL and college football seasons this fall. Pricing for the new platform, to be called Fox One, will be “healthy,” and not a “discounted price,” Chief Executive Officer Lachlan Murdoch said on a call with analysts […]

Other

2 h. ago AbCellera’s Microfluidic Cell Culture Patent Affirmed Valid by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

The Federal Circuit rejects Bruker Cellular’s invalidity challenge to AbCellera’s patent for microfluidic devices and their use in culturing cells VANCOUVER, British Columbia — AbCellera (Nasdaq: ABCL) today announced that the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) has by a Rule 36 Order affirmed judgment of validity of its U.S. Patent […]

Economics

2 h. ago 2 Toronto high school students rushed to hospital after daylight stabbing

Toronto police said they were called to the area of Guildwood Parkway and Livingston Road just before 2 p.m. for reports of a stabbing beside a high school.

Society

2 h. ago Four men arrested in West Africa for extortion scheme linked to California teen’s suicide

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Three years after a California teenager died by suicide, four men in West Africa have been arrested on suspicion of participating in “international sextortion scheme,” according to federal investigators. The 2022 death of Ryan Last, a 17-year-old high school senior, prompted a lengthy international investigation, according to a statement Friday from […]

Other

2 h. ago Bell fighting against CRTC plan to make internet cheaper for Canadians

Bell has started a public marketing campaign against the CRTC's fibre wholesale strategy ahead of a final review this summer.This fight began last summer when the CRTC instated a ruling that forces Bell and Telus, Canada's largest fibre internet providers, to share their networks with smaller internet service providers (ISPs) to increase competition, and, ideally, lower prices.However, the ruling also allows incumbent providers, like the Big Three, to share networks with each other, and that's the area Bell is taking the largest issue with. The telecom doesn't want Telus on its networks.This ruling means that if Bell or Telus install a fibre line to your home, other ISPs can pay a fee to use those lines to offer you fast internet. If you're wondering where Rogers sits in all this, it's technically classified as a "cable company," not a "telephone company," and cable companies were already required to offer wholesale access. However, R...

Technology

2 h. ago Recount begins in Newfoundland riding where Liberals hold narrow lead

The recount in the Terra Nova—The Peninsulas riding in central Newfoundland is one of four that Elections Canada ordered after last month's federal election.

Other

3 h. ago What is a judicial recount and could it leave Liberals with a majority government?

Here’s what you need to know

Politics

3 h. ago B.C. government to provide update on efforts to attract U.S. health

The province also launched a targeted ad campaign in the U.S. aimed at attracting health-care workers frustrated with the political turbulence south of the border.

Politics

3 h. ago Canadian businesses in ‘a bit of a holding pattern’ amid trade war, recession fears: Léger poll

Senior business leaders want the federal government to prioritize trade diversification and reducing interprovincial trade barriers

Economics

4 h. ago Varcoe: Alberta to freeze industrial carbon price at $95 a tonne

The federal consumer carbon tax is dead and buried, but the Alberta government is now setting its sights on freezing the price on the industrial carbon price in the province. The UCP government will announce Monday that it won’t increase the carbon price on heavy emitters to $110 a tonne next year under its Alberta […]

Economics

4 h. ago Varcoe: Alberta freezes industrial carbon price at $95 a tonne

Province also won't boost the carbon price on big emitters by $15 a tonne annually to reach $170 by the end of this decade — the price set by the federal government

Economics

4 h. ago AFN chief says talks of Alberta separation ‘irresponsible,’ points to treaties

The Chief of the Assembly of First Nations calls talk of Alberta separation "irresponsible" and says failure to consult First Nations would be "unconstitutional."

Events

4 h. ago Church says it won’t help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status in U.S.

The Episcopal Church’s migration service is refusing a directive from the federal government to help resettle white South Africans granted refugee status, citing the church’s longstanding “commitment to racial justice and reconciliation.” Presiding Bishop Sean Rowe announced the step Monday, one day after 49 South Africans departed their homeland, bound for new homes in the […]

Culture

4 h. ago New Yorkers Want Quadruple the $30,000 SALT Cap in Tax Draft

The House tax committee’s draft bill to renew President Donald Trump’s tax cuts calls for increasing the state and local tax deduction to $30,000 for couples, but limits the write-off to households earning $400,000 or less, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Economics

4 h. ago Recount under way in rural Newfoundland riding where Liberal had 12

ST. JOHN’S — A judicial recount is underway in a rural Newfoundland riding where the Liberals finished with a 12-vote lead. The recount in the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding in central Newfoundland is one of four that Elections Canada ordered after last month’s federal election. Three of those recounts were automatically triggered because the winning […]

Other

5 h. ago Expanded Canadian Dental Care Plan applications are opening soon

The Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP) will accept more applications starting this week.Implemented in 2023, the program aims to decrease dental costs for Canadians earning less than $90,000 annually.The federal government says the dental plan will help up to nine million uninsured people get the care they need.Applications will open for eligible Canadians ages 18 to 34 on Thursday, May 15. The CDCP will expand eligibility even further later this month, on the 29th, for those aged 35 to 54."The Government of Canada will send letters to Canadian residents aged 18 to 64 who may be eligible to the Canadian Dental Care Plan (CDCP), based on their 2024 adjusted family net income, inviting them to apply," reads a government notice."If you (and your spouse or common-law partner, if applicable) have filed your 2024 tax returns and received your notice of assessment from the Canada Revenue Agency, you can apply once applications open up for your age group, even if you ...

Transport