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Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit and no balance on the horizon
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash. The deficit is the largest since the COVID-19 era, a time of global economic catastrophe that saw oil prices trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coalition says Vancouver’s World Cup rights plan won’t tackle ‘FIFA-related harms’
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Months before the international spotlight lands on Vancouver as one of the host cities for the soccer World Cup, Jason Grund says he is already hearing concerns from people living in the Downtown Eastside about what it could mean for them. Grund has been working in the neighbourhood, which includes a large homeless ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!OpenAI says Tumbler Ridge shooter evaded ban with second ChatGPT account
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI says the shooter involved in mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., got around a ban on her problematic use of ChatGPT by having a second account. The revelation came as the firm outlined a series of “immediate steps” it would be taking in response to the killings. OpenAI ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: OpenAI says Tumbler Ridge shooter had second ChatGPT account after ban
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
Artificial intelligence firm OpenAI has revealed that the shooter involved in mass killings in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., got around a ban on her problematic use of ChatGPT by having a second account. The firm revealed the information as it outlined a series of “immediate steps” it would be taking in response to the killings. OpenAI ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta’s new budget will carry an eye-popping $9.4-billion deficit as the province, after decades of trying to get off a roller-coaster of oil revenues, seeks to manage the ride and weather the whiplash. The deficit is the largest since the COVID-19 era, a time of global economic catastrophe that saw oil prices trade ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘More afraid’: Girl set on fire at Saskatoon school tells court how life has changed
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
SASKATOON — A teen who was set on fire by another student at a Saskatoon high school says she’s recovering but no longer wants to talk to people. “I’m alive. I’m left-handed now,” the 16-year-old wrote in a victim impact statement read by her mother at a sentencing hearing Thursday. “I’m more afraid of large ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Big spending, big deficit and fee hikes: Highlights from the Alberta budget
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner tabled the province’s latest budget on Thursday. Here are some of the highlights: — The government expects to take in $74.6 billion while spending $83.9 billion (including $2 billion set aside as a contingency fund). — It predicts a $9.4-billion deficit, the largest since the COVID-19 crisis when ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Alberta budget comes with spending hikes, $9.4B deficit
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government has introduced a new budget that promises more money for health and education but also an eye-popping deficit of $9.4 billion. Finance Minister Nate Horner says coping with a rising population and lower-than-expected oil prices is putting the squeeze on Alberta’s bottom line. Horner says the prudent course ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false rumour councillor ‘handed out illegal drugs’
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun. Sean Orr of “handing out illegal drugs on Christmas Day” in a briefing for Chinese-speaking reporters earlier this month, in a false assertion that was partially repeated and then retracted with an apology by a Sim ally. Sim on Tuesday had applauded Coun. Lenny Zhou for ... Read More »
1 responseLiberals survive confidence vote on omnibus budget bill
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
OTTAWA — The federal Liberals’ Budget Implementation Act has passed a confidence vote in the House of Commons. Bill C-15 carried on division, meaning there was no recorded vote in Parliament. The legislation enacts key measures proposed in the Liberals’ 2025 federal budget, which passed a confidence vote for Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim started false claim councillor ‘handed out illegal drugs’
By Canadian Press on February 26th, 2026
VANCOUVER — Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim accused city Coun. Sean Orr of “handing out illegal drugs on Christmas Day” in a briefing for Chinese-speaking reporters earlier this month, in a false assertion that was partially repeated and then retracted with an apology by a Sim ally. Sim on Tuesday had applauded Coun. Lenny Zhou for ... Read More »
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