4+ week, 2+ day ago   (123+ words) CBC N.L. government boosts fertility subsidy by $9K but advocate says more action needed The provincial government is increasing the one-time subsidy for fertility treatment from $20,000 to $29,000. As the CBC's Max Baco reports, there's calls for the province to do more to…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (265+ words) A company with a restaurant in Moose Jaw is the first to be convicted under Saskatchewan's foreign worker protection legislation, which has since been beefed up with stiffer penalties. Dyan Jeny Enterprises, operating as Guac Mexi Grill, pleaded guilty in…...

1+ mon, 6+ day ago   (1070+ words) The power plant shuts down, the utility stops paying into the town’s coffers and either taxes surge or the town disincorporates. That’s the worst-case scenario, according to Trenton Mayor Alec Dove, come 2030 when Nova Scotia reaches a statutory deadline to…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago   (760+ words) Evacuees from Kashechewan First Nation, a remote Cree community in Ontario’s far north, will be able to return home starting Aug. 4, after nearly seven months away due to issues with the water treatment plant. On Jan. 4, Kashechewan Chief Hosea Wesley…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (869+ words) Crown lawyers have narrowed the scope of charges they'll prosecute against eight of the accused in the sweeping police corruption and organized crime investigation known as Project South. Earlier this month, CBC News reported that prosecutors decided to proceed by…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago   (577+ words) Pat King, a key figure in the 2022 convoy protests, will be re-sentenced after the Ontario Court of Appeal sided with Crown prosecutors who argued his original punishment was too lenient. The Crown appealed after a trial judge convicted King on…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (680+ words) The provincial government is moving to "simplify" and modernize" the Saskatchewan Assured Income for Disability (SAID) program. As of Sept. 1, the province will be consolidating a series of supplemental benefits, and restructuring the number of family and community benefit tiers....

2+ mon, 2+ week ago   (858+ words) Police who investigate complex cases say they've modified the way they do business in the wake of the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in R. v. Jordan, and that includes when they lay charges after a big bust. “We've changed our practices…...

3+ mon, 5+ day ago   (165+ words) For decades, adulthood followed a familiar script: finish school, land a job, move out, build a life. But today's economy is rewriting that story. With youth unemployment at 13% and more young adults living at home longer, the old milestones of…...