Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
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Longtime Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's resignation takes effect today
OTTAWA - Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland's resignation as a member of Parliament takes effect today as she takes up a new voluntary role advising the Ukrainian government. Freeland's absence...
Jan 09, 2026 Chrystia Freeland appears before the House of Commons transport committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, Aug. 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Minnesotans continue to grapple with fatal ICE shooting
Demonstrations and vigils are expected to continue in Minneapolis today as the community grapples with the fallout from the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer....
Jan 09, 2026
Venezuela to release a 'significant number' of prisoners as gesture to 'seek peace'
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuela will release a "significant number" of Venezuelan and foreigners imprisoned in the country, the head of Venezuela's national assembly said Thursday. Jorge Rodrguez,...
Jan 08, 2026
Minneapolis protesters vent their outrage after an ICE officer kills a woman
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by a federal officer taking part in the Trump administration's latest immigration crackdown, with protesters...
Jan 08, 2026 Protesters gather outside the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building, Thursday, Jan. 8, 2026, in Minneapolis, Minn. (AP Photo/Tom Baker)
RCAF commander reports progress on filling recruitment, retention gaps
A substantial entry level pay hike for pilots and the acquisition of new and advanced aircraft are "absolutely" helping to shore up Royal Canadian Air Force pilot retention and morale, says the force'...
Jan 08, 2026
Denmark sees talks with the US as a chance for 'the dialogue that is needed' over Greenland
Denmark has welcomed a meeting with the U.S. next week to discuss President Donald Trump's renewed call for the strategic, mineral-rich Arctic island of Greenland to come under American control. "This...
Jan 08, 2026 Vice President JD Vance arrives at Pituffik Space Base in Greenland, March 28, 2025. (Jim Watson/Pool via AP, File)
Calls for caution as Carney prepares to meet Xi amid new global political order
Former Hong Kong pro-democracy legislator Albert Chan Wai-yip is a longtime critic of China, who has accused its government of "crimes against humanity" after a crackdown on dissent in the Chinese spe...
Jan 08, 2026 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping gesture toward their seats at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju on Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Minneapolis on edge after fatal shooting of woman by ICE officer
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis was on edge Thursday following the fatal shooting of a woman by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer taking part in the Trump administration's latest immigrati...
Jan 08, 2026
Big streamers challenging financial disclosure rules in CRTC Cancon decision
Large foreign streaming companies are fighting a decision by the federal broadcast regulator to modernize its definition of Canadian content. They are challenging a portion of the CRTC's November deci...
Jan 07, 2026 A Netflix sign is displayed atop a building in Los Angeles on Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
First Nations chiefs alarmed by feds' lack of commitment to protecting source water
Some First Nations chiefs say Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty's recent refusal to commit to source water protections in a promised clean water bill shows the government is sidelining the...
Jan 07, 2026 Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty speaks during a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Monday, Dec. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
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