Government

B.C. government announces additional logging deferrals for at-risk old-growth trees

On Friday the B.C. government announced additional temporary protections for more of the province’s iconic old-growth trees.Light shines through a forest of old-growth trees in Avatar Grove near Port Renfrew B.C. on Vancouver Island. (Chris Corday/CBC)The B.C. government announced additional temporary measures on Friday to protect the province’s iconic old-growth trees that can live for hundreds of years and…

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Federal government to release budget on April 7

The federal government will table its next annual budget on Thursday, April 7.Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland confirmed the release date of the budget in the House of Commons on Tuesday afternoon. (The Canadian Press/Justin Tang)The federal government will table its next annual budget on Thursday, April 7 at 4 p.m.…

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Government won’t allow Rogers to buy all of Shaw’s wireless business

Canada’s industry minister, François-Philippe Champagne, on Thursday opposed Rogers Communications Inc’s buyout bid for Shaw Communications Inc. and said it was incompatible with the government’s policies.Rogers is trying to buy Shaw Communications in a $26 billion merger deal that would reshape Canada’s telecom sector. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press)The federal government says it will block the…

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Yukon government response to 2019 Hidden Valley sexual abuse case ‘inadequate,’ review confirms

Parents at Whitehorse’s Hidden Valley Elementary School are justifiably angry at the Yukon government for its “inadequate” response to the case of an educational assistant who sexually abused a child at the school in 2019, a new report confirms.Yukon Premier Sandy Silver said during a news conference Feb. 1 that the Yukon government would ‘make…

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