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In the news today: Tax exemptions, Alberta tribute hockey game, Super Bowl highlights

Conservatives urge tax exemption on severance for over 1,000 laid-off GM workers; Alberta hosts tribute hockey game for three juniors killed in a highway crash.

  • On Sunday, Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and other MPs wrote to Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne asking to exempt severance taxes for more than a thousand laid-off GM workers in Ingersoll ahead of tax season.
  • Pierre Poilievre argues taxes on GM lump-sum severance could deprive out-of-work employees with mortgages and grocery bills of tens of thousands of dollars as tax season nears.
  • A benefit game in Stavely on Sunday night saw the Southern Alberta Mustangs beat the Stavely Spurs Alumni 9-6 to honour three players killed last Monday in a crash with a semi truck hauling gravel, with support from the billet family and Caden Fine's father, Daniel.
  • On Sunday, the Seattle Seahawks defeated the New England Patriots 29-13 at Levi's Stadium, with Kenneth Walker III rushing 135 yards and Jason Myers setting a Super Bowl record with five field goals.
  • A Monday report to the city's transportation standing committee proposes a $70-million Halifax Transit revamp changing 37 per cent of routes amid recent TomTom congestion ranking.
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In the news today: Tax exemptions, Alberta tribute hockey game, Super Bowl highlights

Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Conservatives call for tax relief for GM worker severance packages The Opposition Conservatives are calling on the federal Liberal government to exempt taxes on severance pay for more than a thousand laid-off GM workers in Ingersoll, Ont. Conservative […]

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Rocky Mountain Outlook broke the news in on Monday, February 9, 2026.
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