Guelph city council has approved a $244-million operating budget that comes with a 2.69 per cent increase to property taxes. It’s a bit of drop from the 3.93 per cent increase staff had been asking for. The main reason is because council approved a cut to the dedicated infrastructure tax levy from 1.5 per cent […]
Brexit talks appear mired in deadlock with just 23 days to go after the UK and EU admitted things are proving "difficult". Theresa May looked no closer to a breakthrough today despite holding a trio of crucial House of Commons votes next week. MPs will vote by next Tuesday on whether to accept her Brexit […]
Prime Minister’s Questions descended into panto today as Theresa May made some brash – and misleading – claims about police cash. The arrogant PM boasted she was "putting more resources" into cash-strapped police after a wave of knife crime that’s claimed 10 teens’ lives so far this year. But MPs screamed: "No you’re not!" So […]
The DUP has moved to distance itself from a councillor’s election leaflet calling for immigration controls and “local homes for local people” – saying the material was not approved by it. On Tuesday the leaflet in the forthcoming election candidate in Botanic Councillor Graham Craig’s name was circulated widely on social media. Underlining he was […]
With just 23 days left before Brexit, we still don’t have a deal – and the prospect of no deal or delay is getting closer. Talks were ongoing in Brussels last night, with a supposed press conference called off. That means either we’re nearly there – or they were a disaster. Procedural stuff that happens […]
A Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives tax committee said on Tuesday that he believed his panel would ask for President Donald Trump‘s tax returns in as little as two weeks. “My prediction would be the next couple of weeks,” said Representative Bill Pascrell, who has led efforts on the tax-writing House Ways […]
(Reuters) – The U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee said on Tuesday it had hired a former federal prosecutor in Manhattan with experience investigating Russian mobsters and white-collar crime to lead its probe into the Trump administration. The hiring of Daniel Goldman is the latest move by the House’s new Democratic majority to add legal […]
Four former Home Secretaries have backed the Mirror’s campaign to tackle the violence on Britain’s streets. Mrs May’s Labour predecessors, Jack Straw, Jacqui Smith, Alan Johnson and David Blunkett, threw their weight behind the campaign and laid the blame for the rise in violence at police cuts presided over by the Prime Minister. David Blunkett, […]
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Democrats, anxious to get started on their quest to recapture the White House in 2020, are lining up to launch campaigns in what is quickly becoming a crowded field of presidential contenders. A diverse group that includes at least six U.S. senators will be vying for the right to challenge President […]
Councillors in the town of Newmarket have approved a budget for 2019. According to a news release issued by the town on Monday, council approved a $130.8 million dollar operating budget and a $27.7 million capital budget for 2019. Councillors also approved a 2.2 per cent tax increase, combined with a 0.75 per cent increase […]