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WATCH: Sun political columnist Brian Lilley on how Prime Minister Mark Carney seems intent on cutting back on program spending that expanded under his predecessor. What do YOU think? Tell us your thoughts in the comment section below or send us a Letter to the Editor for possible publication to torsun.editor@sunmedia.ca. Tell us your thoughts or…
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OTTAWA — The federal government will explain today how it plans to reimburse auto dealers who were left hanging when Ottawa suspended its electric vehicle rebate program earlier this year. In January, Transport Canada paused its popular Incentives for Zero-Emission Vehicles program — iZEV — after its funding ran out. Ottawa spent nearly $3 billion…
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Sports fans are outraged after being notified about a 30% increase in price for the Sportsnet+ Premium package. The cost for some Canadian sports fans to follow their favourite teams is about to get a lot more expensive. Subscribers to the Sportsnet+ premium plan were notified by email on Thursday that the cost of the package…
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Ontario’s environment minister has apologized to First Nation chiefs for any “confusion” his letter caused when he asked the federal government to not reintroduce a bill that would enshrine clean drinking water rights in law. But many First Nations are not accepting what they call a meaningless apology and still want Todd McCarthy fired. Anishinabek…
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The trade war with the United States is taking its toll on Windsor-area workers as the region’s unemployment rate jumped to a national high of 11.2 per cent in June. Last month’s unemployment figures increased by 0.4 while Ontario enjoyed a 0.1 drop to 7.8 per cent, and the national rate shrank similarly to 6.9…
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What Mark Carney has been doing so far hasn’t worked out well for Canada, we need a new approach with Trump. Knowing when to put your elbows up and when to put them down isn’t something you learn in business school. It seems Prime Minister Mark Carney could have used a few more lessons from…
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Cops are investigating a gruesome murder after officers discovered the remains of a Scarborough woman stuffed in a suitcase early Friday. On Friday morning, the Toronto Police Homicide unit announced its detectives were taking charge of the investigation. Cops have not officially confirmed the details, announcing only that it was a homicide investigation. Police sources…
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When life hands you lemons, it’s not necessarily trying to destroy whatever scant fibres of sanity you have left. On the contrary, lemons may very well be the thing that ends up saving you! On some level, lemons have always been looking out for us, even if we insist on making them the sourpuss in…
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One person is dead after a single-vehicle crash in Maple Ridge in the early morning hours of Friday. The incident occurred shortly before 3:05 a.m. at the intersection of 240 Street and Lougheed Highway, according to a news release from the Ridge Meadows RCMP. Police arrived to find firefighters and paramedics already on scene, Mounties…
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LANGFORD, B.C. — While it’s not unusual to find people camping over the summer, Glenn Edgeworth is not. “I’ve kind of had a weird life,” Glenn says while sitting in a chair outside his RV, surrounded by trees. First, he was diagnosed with Stage 4 prostate cancer. Then, he was renovicted from his home of…