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Ontario ended the 2023-24 fiscal year with a nearly balanced budget, in part due to higher-than-expected revenue from international student tuition at colleges.Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and Treasury Board President Caroline Mulroney released public accounts Thursday, a final tally of the spending and revenues for the last fiscal year. It showed Ontario ended the 2023-24 year just $600 million in the red, down from the $1.3-billion deficit for that year projected in the 2023 budget.
September 19, 2024 - 13:22 | Allison Jones | The Globe and Mail
The Alberta government is providing close to $150 million to cover costs for the town of Jasper, Alta., a third of which was destroyed in July’s wildfire.Residents affected by the fire can’t access the funding, but the town can use the money to cover staff overtime, emergency food and shelter, and other administrative expenses.
September 19, 2024 - 13:17 | | The Globe and Mail
Manitoba’s ethics commissioner has found an NDP cabinet minister was in the wrong when he failed to disclose he had a business contract with the government, but he is not recommending a penalty.Commissioner Jeffrey Schnoor says Ian Bushie, the minister of municipal and northern relations, previously had a contract with the government through a gas bar and convenience store he runs on the Hollow Water First Nation.When Bushie took office after last year’s provincial election, the contract was already in place and had been permitted.
September 19, 2024 - 13:04 | Brittany Hobson | The Globe and Mail
The annual exhibition got off to a slow start on its first weekend when Toronto was walloped by a major rainstorm.
September 19, 2024 - 13:03 | | Global News - Canada
Mayor Mark Sutcliffe has recently launched a "Fairness for Ottawa" campaign to highlight the city's growing fiscal crisis. Meanwhile, the National Capital Commission and the Ottawa Senators are nearing a potential deal to build a new downtown arena at LeBreton Flats. Read More
September 19, 2024 - 13:00 | Christina Spencer, Ottawa Citizen | Ottawa Citizen
The Alberta government is providing close to $150 million to cover costs for the town of Jasper, a third of which was destroyed in July's wildfire.
September 19, 2024 - 13:00 | | Global News - Canada
