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Harper's Office Attacks Mulcair, Trudeau After Rate Cut By Bank Of Canada

The Canadian Press, 15 Jul, 2015 11:10 AM
    OTTAWA — The Conservative government is trying to turn bad economic news to its political advantage as the Bank of Canada outlines a gloomy financial forecast for the rest of the year.
     
    The central bank has cut its key interest rate to 0.5 per cent from 0.75 per cent, citing slow economic growth through the first half of the year.
     
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper's office is using the cut to warn voters that now is not the time to take "unnecessary risks" by electing the NDP or Liberals in the fall.
     
    The Conservatives have attacked the economic management credentials of NDP Leader Tom Mulcair and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau over the past few weeks as upheaval in Europe, a slide in oil prices and a financial slowdown in China have hit the government's bottom line.
     
    Despite the dismal economic forecast, Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the government remains focused on balancing the budget this year and providing billions in universal child care benefits to millions of families.
     
    The government is providing almost $3 billion worth of child care payments to parents across the country, which the Bank of Canada considers to be stimulus spending.

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    New Democrat Decries Brief Security Shutdown At B.C. Legislature

    VICTORIA — Access to British Columbia's legislature was restricted briefly Tuesday due to security concerns resulting from a noisy protest inside the building's public gallery.

    New Democrat Decries Brief Security Shutdown At B.C. Legislature

    B.C. To Review Penalty And Fine Structure For People Who Spark Wildfires

    B.C. To Review Penalty And Fine Structure For People Who Spark Wildfires
    Forests Minister Steve Thomson said Tuesday that humans have caused 375 of the 1,086 wildfires that have been reported since April 1 and those flames have burned 440 square kilometres. 

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    Crown Says Delta Police Officer Won't Stand Trial On Second-Degree Murder Charge

    Crown Says Delta Police Officer Won't Stand Trial On Second-Degree Murder Charge
    VICTORIA — A second-degree-murder charge has been dropped against a police officer involved in a lengthy armed standoff outside a Vancouver-area casino.

    Crown Says Delta Police Officer Won't Stand Trial On Second-Degree Murder Charge

    Record Warm Temperatures To Have Years-long Effect On B.C. Salmon Stocks

    VANCOUVER — Record-breaking temperatures along the coast of British Columbia will harm Pacific salmon for years to come, says the Fisheries Department.

    Record Warm Temperatures To Have Years-long Effect On B.C. Salmon Stocks

    Law Prohibiting Sale Of Cryonics' Services In B.C. Challenged In Court

    Law Prohibiting Sale Of Cryonics' Services In B.C. Challenged In Court
    VANCOUVER — A law prohibiting the sale of a service in British Columbia that preserves human bodies at ultra-low temperatures after clinical death is being challenged in the province's courts. 

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    B.C. Minister Amrik Virk's Brother-In-Law, Amardeep Singh Ahluwalia, Found Murdered In Kelowna

    B.C. Minister Amrik Virk's Brother-In-Law, Amardeep Singh Ahluwalia, Found Murdered In Kelowna
    Amardeep Singh Ahluwalia, 47 was reportedly murdered in a violent attack inside his home in the Black Mountain city of Kelowna, in what the police said was a "targeted homicide"

    B.C. Minister Amrik Virk's Brother-In-Law, Amardeep Singh Ahluwalia, Found Murdered In Kelowna

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