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A B.C. budget few like, with job cuts, higher taxes and increased debt and deficit
VICTORIA - No wonder British Columbia Finance Minister Brenda Bailey thought she was going to be "the least popular person in the province." She tabled a budget Tuesday that boosts taxes, delays proje...
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Jury hears accused mass killer shot up Winnipeg suite after days on crack, alcohol
WINNIPEG - A man accused of fatally shooting five people in a Winnipeg rooming house opened fire after days of using drugs and drinking alcohol there, a Crown prosecutor said on the first day of trial...
Brittany Hobson, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Here's what people are saying about B.C.'s 2026 budget
VICTORIA - Here's what people are saying about the 2026 British Columbia budget, which delivers a tax-rate increase, a record deficit and public sector cuts. "It's our time to take a pause on some of ...
Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Poilievre says Conservatives want national unity in face of separation threats
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says his party will fight for a united Canada as a movement in Alberta pushes for that province to separate. Answering a question from a reporter today, P...
Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

By the numbers as British Columbia releases its 2026 budget
VICTORIA - Here are some of the key figures in British Columbia's 2026 budget, delivered by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on Tuesday. 5.6 per cent: The new income tax rate for the lowest tax bracket,...
Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Second complainant testifies Frank Stronach groped her in downtown Toronto condo
TORONTO - At dinner, Frank Stronach had felt like a "fatherly mentor" but things changed once they were alone in his downtown Toronto condo, a woman told his sexual assault trial as she described an e...
Paola Loriggio, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Carney rolls out 'aggressive' plan to build up domestic defence sector
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney sent a clear signal through his overtures to the domestic defence industry on Tuesday: it's time to grow. Carney announced the country's first defence industrial st...
Kyle Duggan, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Poilievre says he's spoken with Jivani about U.S. trip and MP 'speaks for himself'
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Tuesday Ontario MP Jamil Jivani does not speak for the party after Jivani told a right-wing U.S. news site that Canada is harming itself with an "ant...
Sarah Ritchie and Catherine Morrison, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

Tax hike, record deficit and public sector cuts among B.C. budget highlights
VICTORIA - Here are some highlights from British Columbia's 2026 budget, which Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says involves "serious work for serious times." It includes a tax increase on the lowest i...
Canadian Press Staff, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026

B.C. budget delays care homes, hospital and cancer facility, student housing
VICTORIA - British Columbia's budget is hurting the young, the old and cancer patients alike as government construction undergoes what the government says is a "re-pacing" to address fiscal pressures....
Wolfgang Depner, The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026
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