Liberals expected to introduce property tax overhaul as legislature resumes
FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Opposition leader says he’s expecting the governing Liberals to release their long-awaited overhaul to the system that sets property taxes, which have jumped sharply in recent years because of a rapid rise in home values.
Glen Savoie, leader of the Progressive Conservatives, says he hopes the government uses the new session of the legislature, which resumes Tuesday, to do more than window-dressing.
“What I hope to see is something that is going to be useful and beneficial to municipalities,
Vigil to be held on Parliament Hill today for missing and murdered Indigenous women
OTTAWA — Family and friends of missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and two-spirit people are set to gather on Parliament Hill today.
Participants plan to hold a press conference and a vigil for Red Dress Day.
The event will be led by Bridget Tolley, founder of Families of Sisters in Spirit.
Speakers will commemorate lost loved ones and comment on Canada’s progress 10 years after the launch of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Métis artist Jaime Black inspired the use
New Ontario law capping resale prices frustrates season ticket holders
TORONTO — Ryan Van Horne has had season tickets for the Toronto Raptors for 12 years but for the first time, he’s considering ending his streak.
That’s because Ontario legislation that came into effect last month capped the price of resale tickets at face value, plus the cost of some taxes and service fees.
The move makes it harder for seat holders, like Van Horne and a pal he shares his subscription with, to offset their costs by selling tickets to games they can’t attend.
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Ontario won’t pave park for island airport expansion, Premier Doug Ford says
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that while his government could appropriate one third of a waterfront park under legislation to enable expansion of Toronto’s island airport, it will remain as a park.
A bill is before the legislature that would allow the province to take over the City of Toronto’s role in Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport, as Ford pushes for an expansion to allow jets to land.
The legislation could also see the province appropriate one third of the waterfront Little Norway Park, the former site of a Second World
Man seriously injured after being struck by vehicle in Mississauga
PM Carney expected to name the next governor general on Tuesday
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to name a new governor general at a press conference in Ottawa on Tuesday.
The governor general is appointed by the Sovereign on the advice of the prime minister and usually holds office for five years.
Mary Simon, Canada’s first Indigenous governor general, will reach the five-year mark of her tenure in July.
Whit Fraser, the viceregal consort, told the Globe and Mail newspaper last month that he and Simon were apartment hunting.
Following controversy over Simon’s struggles
Doris Fisher, co-founder of iconic Gap chain, dies at 94
NEW YORK (AP) — Doris Fisher, who co-founded the iconic clothing chain The Gap Inc. in 1969 with her late husband Don, has died. She was 94.
Fisher died on Saturday surrounded by her family, a Gap spokesperson confirmed on Monday. The San Francisco-based company did not specify a cause of death.
The couple co-founded The Gap after a frustrating shopping experience when Don Fisher couldn’t find a pair of jeans that fit, according to the retailer
Actors and studios strike a tentative 4-year deal, easing fears of another Hollywood shutdown
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Union board members representing are set this week to review a tentative contract deal with studios and streaming services.
While an agreement was announced Saturday, it still must be approved by the board of the , then ratified by a member vote. If both those things happen — as they’re expected to — the industry will avoid a repeat of the 2023 that seriously shook the entertainment industry. This year’s negotiations were drama-free, and more strikes never really appeared to
Toronto woman asks court for emergency relief to receive medical assisted death
A Toronto woman who says she is desperate to die has filed an emergency motion with the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to receive a medical assisted death for the sole underlying condition of a mental illness.
Claire Elyse Brosseau said Monday that her severe bipolar and post traumatic stress disorders have only worsened over the last three decades and that she can no longerendure this “unrelenting suffering.”
In August 2024, Brosseau and the advocacy group Dying with Dignity filed a charter challenge arguing that MAID’s exclusion of Canadians whose
Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have ended their ‘It Ends With Us’ dispute in a settlement
NEW YORK (AP) — Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni have agreed to end their legal battle over the acrimonious production of their 2024 film “It Ends With Us.”
The two sides settled their legal dispute Monday ahead of a planned trial over Lively’s claims that Baldoni conspired with publicists to preemptively destroy her reputation after she privately accused him of sexually harassing her on the movie set.
In a joint statement, the two sides said: “Raising awareness, and making a meaningful impact in the lives