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RCMP officers win eight per cent pay raise after arbitration ruling
OTTAWA — RCMP members will be getting an eight per cent salary increase after an arbitration ruling that will ultimately leave provinces and municipalities across the country forced to cover the cost. The Mounties’ contract expired last March and ...
Illegally importing turtles from China lands Calgary man $35,000 fine
Illegally importing turtles and turtle eggs from China, including some potentially endangered species, for sale as pets has landed a Calgary man a $35,000 fine. Justice Bruce Fraser on Friday accepted a joint submission from Crown prosecutor Omelia ...
Bank of Canada ‘committed to finishing the job’ on inflation, Macklem says
Uneven economic growth in countries around the world may mean interest rates are brought down on differing schedules after a “forceful” run-up in the past couple of years to rein in inflation , Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said ...
BDC employees paid over $250 million in bonuses since 2019: documents
OTTAWA — Canada’s small business investment bank handed out over $250 million in employee performance bonuses over the past five years. The information was contained within a response to an order paper question filed by Sen. Don Plett. It says the ...
Russia's Kurgan orders evacuation in some districts as floodwaters rise
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Authorities in the region of Kurgan in Russia's Urals mountains ordered an evacuation from several districts on Saturday due to rising river levels, after large snowfalls melted and heavy rain fell on ground already waterlogged ...
US House to vote on long-awaited $95 billion Ukraine, Israel aid package
By Patricia Zengerle, Richard Cowan and Moira Warburton WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives on Saturday is set to vote on, and expected to pass, a $95 billion legislative package providing security ...
UK minister writes to London police over 'openly Jewish' comment
LONDON (Reuters) - British interior minister James Cleverly has written to London's Metropolitan Police after an officer stopped a man who was wearing a traditional kippah cap from crossing a road during a pro-Palestinian march on the grounds he ...
Russia's Smolensk governor says Ukrainian drone sets fuel depot ablaze
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The governor of Russia's western region of Smolensk said on Saturday that a Ukrainian drone hit a fuel depot overnight, setting it on fire, while an attack on the regional centre has been repelled. Ukraine has stepped up its ...
Taiwan president congratulates Taiwanese queen for winning Drag Race
TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen on Saturday offered her congratulations to the Taiwanese drag queen Nymphia Wind for winning RuPaul's Drag Race, the first person from East Asia to take the crown. Tsai and her ruling Democratic ...
Fighting flares at Myanmar-Thai border as rebels target stranded junta troops
(Reuters) - Fighting raged at Myanmar's eastern frontier with Thailand on Saturday, witnesses, media and Thailand's government said, forcing about 200 civilians to flee as rebels pressed to flush out junta troops holed up for days at a bridge ...