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NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

NDP unveil campaign pledge to remove GST on internet, heat, diapers, more

OTTAWA — The NDP would remove the GST on all "essentials" if it forms the government after the next election, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh said Thursday.
In the news today: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour to start Toronto run

In the news today: Taylor Swift's Eras Tour to start Toronto run

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed...
Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil

Energy experts think Donald Trump will make tariff exemptions for Canadian oil

WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump's promise to slap an across-the-board tariff of at least 10 per cent on all imports including from Canada is unlikely to apply to Canadian oil, energy experts are predicting.
Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts

Rent inflation to slow in the next few years, Desjardins predicts

OTTAWA — The rate at which Canadian rental prices are increasing should slow in the coming years as the government's plan to cut back immigration numbers takes hold, a new report from Desjardins says.
Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes

Class-action alleges abuse, cultural devastation at Canadian Indigenous group homes

Canada's group home program ran into the 1990s, and involved taking Indigenous, Inuit and Métis children from their families and placing them into dorms, hostels and group homes.
'He's here with us': Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members sworn in

'He's here with us': Tributes to John Horgan as B.C. New Democrat members sworn in

VICTORIA — Premier David Eby said he could sense the spirit of former British Columbia premier John Horgan at a swearing-in ceremony Wednesday for 47 New Democrat members of the legislature. Horgan died Tuesday of cancer at the age of 65.
Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

Freeland finds safety in numbers on digital sales tax

OTTAWA — Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland isn’t flinching now that the U.S. can move forward with a trade challenge against the Liberal government's controversial digital services tax.
Lab confirms Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

Lab confirms Canada's first case of avian flu infection in humans in B.C.

Canada's Public Health Agency has confirmed that a British Columbia teenager hospitalized last Friday is the country's first ever human case of domestically acquired avian flu.
Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan

Spy service officer denies threatening Montreal man who was later imprisoned in Sudan

OTTAWA — A Canadian Security Intelligence Service official has denied threatening a Montreal man who was later imprisoned and allegedly tortured by authorities in Sudan.
Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­officer sexually assaulted colleague, but police group chat targeted victim

Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­officer sexually assaulted colleague, but police group chat targeted victim

VANCOUVER — When a former Â鶹´«Ã½Ó³»­Police constable testified at the criminal trial of a colleague who sexually assaulted her, she says she knew it could ruin her career.