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2019 BUDGET: Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers retrain

2019 BUDGET: Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers retrain

The moves are part of more than $1.7 billion in planned new spending over five years

2019 BUDGET: Liberals promise tax credit, EI benefit to help workers retrain
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau holds a media availability in Toronto on Thursday February 28, 2019. The Trudeau government will take steps in Tuesday’s federal budget to make home-buying more affordable with changes affecting supply, demand and regulation, The Canadian Press has learned. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)

2019 BUDGET: As deficit grows, feds spend on job retraining, home incentives

Stronger economy last year delivered unexpected revenue bump of an extra $27.8 billion over six years

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau holds a media availability in Toronto on Thursday February 28, 2019. The Trudeau government will take steps in Tuesday’s federal budget to make home-buying more affordable with changes affecting supply, demand and regulation, The Canadian Press has learned. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls

Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls

Finance Minister Bill Morneau is to deliver his budget speech at 4 p.m. in the House of Commons

Liberal-dominated justice committee ends SNC-Lavalin probe amid opposition howls
Pregnant asylum seeker in labour rescued from snow near Manitoba border

Pregnant asylum seeker in labour rescued from snow near Manitoba border

Firefighters were able to free the woman and keep her warm until she was taken to the hospital

Pregnant asylum seeker in labour rescued from snow near Manitoba border
Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller gives his acceptance speech at the Iowa Democratic election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)

Iowa sues to shut down national puppy-laundering ring

The operations sold almost 1,300 animals for more than $700,000

Iowa Attorney General Tom Miller gives his acceptance speech at the Iowa Democratic election night party, Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Des Moines, Iowa. (AP Photo/Matthew Putney)
Facebook says no one flagged NZ mosque shooting livestream

Facebook says no one flagged NZ mosque shooting livestream

Facebook removed the video ‘within minutes’ of being notified by police, said Chris Sonderby

Facebook says no one flagged NZ mosque shooting livestream
Chicago police union wants federal probe in Smollett case

Chicago police union wants federal probe in Smollett case

The police kept the investigation and Attorney Kim Foxx recused herself

Chicago police union wants federal probe in Smollett case
Fought to unite Alberta conservatives: Former MP Kenney ready to run for premier

Fought to unite Alberta conservatives: Former MP Kenney ready to run for premier

Kenney, 50, was born in Oakville, Ont., raised in Saskatchewan, and spent his adult years in Alberta

Fought to unite Alberta conservatives: Former MP Kenney ready to run for premier
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants chance to ‘finish that job’

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants chance to ‘finish that job’

Notley, 54, is the daughter of the late Grant Notley, who led the NDP from 1968 to 1984

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley wants chance to ‘finish that job’
Photo by the Canadian Press/Jason Franson)

Alberta Election called for April 16th

Upcoming election will be about who is fit to be Premier, says Notley

Photo by the Canadian Press/Jason Franson)
PHOTOS: Massive fire at Wetaskiwin’s Rigger’s Hotel

PHOTOS: Massive fire at Wetaskiwin’s Rigger’s Hotel

Multiple fire departments involved, building badly damaged

PHOTOS: Massive fire at Wetaskiwin’s Rigger’s Hotel
Women continue to earn 25% less than men in Canada: report

Women continue to earn 25% less than men in Canada: report

Study found salary and bonus disparity averages $19,000 per year

Women continue to earn 25% less than men in Canada: report
Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. (Black Press Media files)

Alberta government announces further easing of oil production restrictions

The government said it will continue to monitor the market and its response to the increases

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. (Black Press Media files)
New Zealand leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman

New Zealand leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman

The shooting killed 50 in a Christchurch mosque, and left the country reconsidering gun laws

New Zealand leader vows to deny notoriety to mosque gunman
Trudeau condemns hateful, ‘toxic segments’ of society after New Zealand shooting

Trudeau condemns hateful, ‘toxic segments’ of society after New Zealand shooting

Prime Minister expressed sorrow at the many attacks in recent years

Trudeau condemns hateful, ‘toxic segments’ of society after New Zealand shooting
FILE - In this March 6, 2019 file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, returns to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. Prosecutors are scheduled to publicly release documents on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 related to the search warrant that authorized last year’s FBI raids on Cohen’s home and office in New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

Records show FBI was probing Michael Cohen long before raid

The federal inquiry into Michael Cohen had been going on since July 2017

FILE - In this March 6, 2019 file photo, Michael Cohen, President Donald Trump’s former lawyer, returns to testify on Capitol Hill in Washington. Prosecutors are scheduled to publicly release documents on Tuesday, March 19, 2019 related to the search warrant that authorized last year’s FBI raids on Cohen’s home and office in New York. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft is shown next to a gate at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)

Air Canada grounds its Boeing Max 8s until at least July 1 to provide certainty

Airlines around the world have been working to redeploy their fleets since their Max 8s were grounded last week

An Air Canada Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft is shown next to a gate at Trudeau Airport in Montreal, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes)
Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau takes questions from children from the Toronto and Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club, after putting on his new budget shoes for a pre-budget photo opportunity in Toronto on Thursday, March 14, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Budget to tout Liberal economic record, provide distraction from SNC furor

This is the Liberal government’s fourth and final budget before the election

Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau takes questions from children from the Toronto and Kiwanis Boys and Girls Club, after putting on his new budget shoes for a pre-budget photo opportunity in Toronto on Thursday, March 14, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young
Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Thursday, February 1, 2018 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand

New Zealand shootings will prompt careful gun review in Canada: Goodale

Border Security Minister Bill Blair to soon deliver recommendations on handgun, assault weapon ban

Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Thursday, February 1, 2018 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Fred Chartrand