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Alberta government moves to drastically reduce access to medically assisted dying
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
EDMONTON — Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s government is taking steps to sharply restrict who’s eligible for medical assistance in dying. Smith’s United Conservative Party government introduced a bill Wednesday stipulating that only those likely to die of natural causes within a year would be eligible for medical assistance in dying. Medical assistance in dying — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Charges stayed against ‘Queen of Canada’ cult leader Romana Didulo in Saskatchewan
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
SWIFT CURRENT — The leader of a cult that bedevilled residents of a Saskatchewan village for two years is no longer facing charges, disappointing and angering the mayor. Romana Didulo, head of the so-called Kingdom of Canada, had been charged with two offences but a court official in Regina said they were stayed Tuesday by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Jury finds Quebec man charged with killing his children guilty on all charges
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
LAVAL — A jury has found a man who drowned his two children in their Laval, Que., family home in October 2022 guilty on all charges. Kamaljit Arora, 49, was found guilty of first-degree murder in the deaths of his 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter, whose names are covered by a publication ban. The jury ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan introduces budget with spending hikes but also $819-million deficit
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
REGINA — Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit. Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government spending plan for 2026-27 projects the bottom line will be $819 million in the red. The government also predicts more deficits in the years to follow. Finance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CBSA opens 372 immigration investigations to ‘disrupt extortion networks’ in Canada
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
OTTAWA — Canada Border Services Agency says it has opened 372 immigration investigations in an effort to “disrupt extortion networks” across the country. It says the CBSA began formally monitoring immigration enforcement cases potentially linked to extortion in the Pacific and Prairie regions last August before expanding the work to the Greater Toronto Area in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Quebec budget projects $8.6B deficit, focuses on core services
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
QUÉBEC — Quebec’s new budget focuses on maintaining core services like health and education, with no flashy big-ticket spending ahead of a fall general election. Gone are the recent years of tax cuts and government cheques of hundreds of dollars to Quebec households. Instead, Finance Minister Eric Girard says his budget for the 2026-27 fiscal ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!CP NewsAlert: Saskatchewan introduces budget with projected $819M deficit
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
REGINA — Saskatchewan has introduced a new budget that avoids tax hikes and program cuts but carries with it a big deficit. Premier Scott Moe’s Saskatchewan Party government spending plan for 2026-27 projects the bottom line will be $819 million in the red. The government also predicts more deficits in the years to follow. Finance ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chinese police officer and wife denied residency in ‘crimes against humanity’ ruling
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
A Chinese couple have lost a bid to immigrate to Canada after a Federal Court judge agreed there are reasonable grounds to believe the police officer husband was complicit in crimes against humanity. The ruling issued last Friday says the husband, a senior police officer with China’s Public Security Bureau in Hebei province, told immigration ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Saskatchewan charges stayed against ‘Queen of Canada’ cult leader Romana Didulo
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
SWIFT CURRENT — The leader of a cult that bedevilled residents of a Saskatchewan village for two years is no longer facing charges. Romana Didulo, head of the so-called Kingdom of Canada, had been charged with two offences but a court official in Swift Current said they were stayed Tuesday by Crown prosecutors. Didulo, who ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Most Canadians want to ban or regulate algorithmic pricing, poll shows
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
OTTAWA — Most Canadians want the government to ban or regulate the use of algorithms to set prices, a new poll suggests. Abacus Data polled 1,931 Canadians about algorithmic pricing, which it defined as prices adjusted in real time based on such factors as who is buying it, the time of day and browsing behaviour. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Manitoba, Nova Scotia teens accused of planning simultaneous school attacks
By Canadian Press on March 18th, 2026
Police say a 14-year-old in Manitoba and a 15-year-old in Nova Scotia are facing charges after allegedly plotting simultaneous attacks at their rural schools. They say officers received information Friday from Interpol and the FBI that two teens had been talking online about their desire to attack the schools in Rivers, Man., and Bridgewater, N.S. ... Read More »
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