Manitoba

COVID-19's grim march through many of the country's nursing homes left more residents dead on Tuesday, April 14, 2020, as the facilities fought desperately to stem the lethal spread of a virus that has prompted crushing restrictions on normal personal and commercial activity.

A new analysis by Parliament's budget watchdog has found that most households in provinces where the federal carbon tax applies will receive more money back in rebates than they will pay through the scheme — just not as much as projected last year.

The regional Metis presidents of Ontario, Alberta and Saskatchewan are calling for reform of the Metis National Council, raising serious concerns about "dysfunction" and about a lack of transparency on the national body's finances and administration.

Two events on Monday illustrated two distinct fronts on which the Trudeau government is waging its climate battle: one engages a right-leaning premier testing his leverage in the wake of 2019 elections; the other seeks to engage the grassroots directly, bypassing politics.