B.C. pauses $1,000 tax rebate amid uncertainty of Donald Trump’s tariffs

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Economic uncertainty from U.S. President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs has left the B.C. government tightening its purse strings. Finance Minister Brenda Bailey announced on Thursday that the government will pause the $1,000 rebate promised in the election in advance of the March 4 provincial budget. Bailey said…

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Luigi Mangione accepts crowdfunded $300K from fans for legal defence fund – National

Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, has accepted nearly US$300,000 in donations from fans as he awaits trial. According to a fundraiser on GiveSendGo, the December 4 Legal Committee has made contact with Mangione’s legal team, which accepted the US$297,000 (nearly C$425,176) raised at the time of contact to pay…

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Message to U.S. lawmakers is ‘mutually assured damage’ from tariffs, Eby says – BC

British Columbia Premier David Eby says he’s hopeful a trip to Washington, D.C., will help convince U.S. decision-makers to step back from the brink on tariffs. But he said regardless of the outcome of the mission he’s undertaking with other Canadian premiers, the relationship between the two countries has permanently changed. 1:48 U.S. aluminum, steel…

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Millions will die due to ‘ruthless’ USAID cuts, Vatican charity warns – National

The Vatican’s charity voiced outrage Monday at what it called the “reckless” and “unhuman” U.S. plans to gut USAID, with Pope Francis’ point-man on development aid insisting that the Trump administration remember Christian principles about caring for others as it begins governing. Cardinal Michael Czerny, a Czech-born Canadian Jesuit, is one of the cardinals most…

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With booing of ‘Star-Spangled Banner,’ do national anthems belong in sport? – National

It’s been a decades-long tradition in North America, but a Canadian professor of sport management says it might be time to re-examine the legitimacy of national anthems being played before games. Last weekend, sports fans in Canada voiced their displeasure with U.S. President Donald Trump’s announcement he was raising tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports…

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