NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, according to two law enforcement officials familiar with the matter. The plea came during a brief arraignment in a lower Manhattan courtroom as Trump faced a grand jury indictment arising from a hush money payment to a […]
NEW YORK (AP) — An extraordinary moment in U.S. history will unfold in a Manhattan courthouse on Tuesday: Former President Donald Trump, who faces multiple election-related investigations, will surrender and be arraigned on criminal charges stemming from 2016 hush money payments. The booking and appearance before Judge Juan Merchan should be relatively brief — though hardly routine — as Trump is fingerprinted, […]
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says a recommendation to phase out the RCMP Depot police training academy in Regina would make it harder to get more boots on the ground. A report into the 2020 shooting rampage in Nova Scotia that left 22 people dead says the Depot training program should be phased out by 2032 […]
A public inquiry has found widespread failures in how the Mounties responded to Canada’s worst mass shooting and recommends that Ottawa rethink the RCMP’s central role in Canadian policing. “The RCMP must finally undergo the fundamental change that previous reports have called for,” commissioner Leanne Fitch said in front of more than 200 people gathered […]
The federal government announced $59.5 billion of new spending over the next five years as part of a narrowly focused budget that also promises to find savings in the public service and increase tax revenues. Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s budget, tabled in the House of Commons, has three main focuses: the clean economic transition, health […]
A second top-up to GST rebate cheques for low-income Canadians and “significant” new tax measures to keep Canada in the green technology game will be among the highlights in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland’s federal budget on Tuesday. The document, Freeland’s third since taking on the finance post in the early months of COVID-19, will try […]
The Government of Saskatchewan is looking to provide “Growth That Works for Everyone” after unveiling its 2023-24 provincial budget. The province is set to see a surplus of $1 billion with revenue of $19.7 billion due to $9.6 billion in taxation revenue, a $1.5 billion increase with Corporate Income, Personal Income and Provincial Sales Tax […]
Saskatchewan’s population is hitting new highs. Numbers released by the provincial government, hours before the budget is released, show the population stands at 1,214,618. According to the Sask Party government, that’s an increase of 29,307 people, and is the second largest growth rate in a single year in Saskatchewan. Premier Scott Moe says the province’s […]
The Government of Saskatchewan will be presenting its 2023-2024 budget later today. Finance Minister Donna Harpauer says that people can expect a budget that reflects that the province is still very strong with its finances. Some of the big questions to be answered today include health care spending. The provincial government has signed on to […]
The Saskatchewan First Act is now on its way to the Lieutenant Governor for royal ascent. The act is meant to assert provincial jurisdiction over various aspects of the economy, environment and law, that is usually under the juristiction of the federal government. First Nations groups like the FSIN and the Metis Nation Saskatchewan are […]
