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NEW DELHI: The GST Council on Monday reduced the levy on some cancer drugs and travel by helicopters on a ‘seat-share basis’ to 5%, and lowered the tax on namkeen (fried snacks) from 18% to 12%. It also agreed to Centre’s proposal to exempt research and development (R&D) funded by private and public sources, including…
Southwestern Manitoba First Nations leaders are remembering the grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Cathy Merrick as a role model, community builder and trailblazer. Merrick treated everyone with respect and had a gift for making people feel welcomed, loved and listened to, says former Canupawakpa Dakota Nation chief Lola Thunderchild. As a leader and…
At the end of a side street in Slave Lake, Alta., Lynn Bowes looks at a grey job-site trailer with boarded-up windows and doors that once operated as her town’s only homeless shelter. Once housing upwards of 20 people, it now sits empty behind overgrown grass and chain-link fence in the town of nearly 7,000…
A community is looking for accountability after an Indigenous woman was struck and killed by a police officer driving through a Winnipeg homeless encampment on Monday. Dozens of people gathered at a vigil Wednesday evening held at Fort Rouge Park in memory of Tammy Bateman. Near the riverbank where Bateman was hit, a memorial displaying an orange shirt and…
The first of a handful of new houses has arrived in Inuvik, N.W.T. The Gwich’in Tribal Council (GTC) says it’s bringing nine new homes to the community over the next month and a half. Eight more homes are planned for Fort McPherson, and three for Aklavik — all before the end of the year. “We…
Halifax Regional Police will review a report that criticizes police decisions and actions during the controversial homeless encampment evictions three years ago, but neither they nor the city have apologized for the event. An independent review of the incident that unfolded on Aug. 18, 2021, at the Halifax Memorial Library encampment came before Halifax’s board of…
A state of emergency has been declared in Ahousaht following a heartbreaking weekend involving two unexpected deaths in the community. Police are investigating the death of an adult man, and Ahousaht leadership has confirmed the death of a female youth worker. In a statement Sunday, police say Ahousaht RCMP responded to a call on Saturday, Aug….
Labour advocates in Newfoundland and Labrador paraded at Quidi Vidi Lake to mark Labour Day. (CBC) Dozens of labour advocates paraded around Quidi Vidi Lake in St. John’s on Monday to reflect on wins, setbacks, concerns for the future and, of course, celebrate Labour Day. Jessica McCormick, president of the Newfoundland and Labrador Federation of Labour, said the day…
A Calgary judge has reversed most of the sanctions Medicine Hat city council placed on Mayor Linnsie Clark earlier this year, restoring her mayoral duties and her full salary. But the agenda for city council’s next meeting, scheduled for Tuesday, includes notice of a motion that asks the province to conduct a municipal inspection of the…
After a summer of heavy rains, one of Toronto’s most flood-prone neighbourhoods is getting some help against future storms. The city of Toronto and the federal government are spending a combined $323 million to bolster the Rockcliffe-Smythe area against the risk of flooding. Homes, businesses and infrastructure in the west-end community were hit hard by a…
