Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
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Japan's parliament elects Sanae Takaichi as nation's first female prime minister
TOKYO (AP) - Japan's parliament elected ultraconservative Sanae Takaichi as the country's first female prime minister Tuesday, a day after her struggling party struck a coalition deal with a new partn...
Oct 21, 2025 Lawmakers applaud as Sanae Takaichi, center, is elected as Japan's new prime minister during the extraordinary session of the lower house, in Tokyo, Japan, Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Russia's new energy assault pushes Ukrainians into another winter of blackouts
SHOSTKA, Ukraine (AP) - As the lights went out in her hometown, 40-year-old Zinaida Kot could not help but think about her next dialysis treatment for kidney disease. Without electricity, the machine ...
Oct 21, 2025 Kids walk along a dark residential street during a rolling blackout, Thursday, Oct. 16, 2025, in Shostka, Ukraine. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Canada's scientific study of oceans may be vulnerable to foreign adversaries: report
OTTAWA - Canadian ocean research is among the scientific fields that could be vulnerable to foreign espionage, theft or misuse because people overlook its value to adversaries, says a report commissio...
Oct 21, 2025 This 5,500-kilogram weather buoy will be used to record and transmit meteorological and oceanographic using sensors to continuously gather and transmit live data about wind speed and behaviour to researchers. The buoy is locally designed and manufactured and the first of its kind in B.C. waters part of a unique University of Victoria project to help remote B.C. coastal communities replace or reduce their diesel requirements. The unveiling took place at Port Hope Maritime shipyard in Victoria, B.C., on Wednesday, November 10, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
Toronto Blue Jays fans say ALCS Game 7 is like a Canadian heritage moment
To the sound of car horns and chants, thousands of Blue Jays fans poured into the streets of Toronto on Monday night celebrating the team's first World Series berth in more than 30 years. In a nail-bi...
Oct 21, 2025 Johnny Prokos poses at his dad’s hotdog stand on the east side of Rogers Centre in Toronto, on Monday, Oct. 20, 2025. He describes the stadium as a second home to him and his dad and has been to over 500 games. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cassidy McMackon
Amazon cloud outage takes down many online services around the world
LONDON (AP) - A problem with Amazon's cloud computing service disrupted internet use around the world Monday, taking down a broad range of online services, including social media, gaming, food deliver...
Oct 20, 2025
Average home price must fall in Canada to restore affordability, minister says
Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the average price of housing - not necessarily individual home values - must fall to restore affordability in Canada. Robertson was before the House of C...
Oct 20, 2025
Ottawa hasn't defined 'national interest' under major projects law
The federal government has not issued specific criteria to define the "national interest" under its new major projects law, despite calls from MPs to do so. The Building Canada Act intends to select p...
Oct 20, 2025 Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Court challenge to federal election result in Quebec riding won by single vote begins
The lawyer for a former Bloc Qubcois MP who lost her riding by a single vote in the April federal election says a do-over is required. A three-day hearing began this morning in St-Jrme, Que., where Na...
Oct 20, 2025 Bloc Québécois candidate Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné speaks in the oyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Thursday, May 15, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Liberals say new anti-fraud measures coming with federal budget
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals say they plan to direct banks to have new policies and procedures in place to detect and prevent fraud. The proposed legislative amendments would require that banks obtai...
Oct 20, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney jokes with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne as they greet families before participating in an announcement at a community centre in Ottawa on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Louvre remains closed one day after jewel heist
PARIS (AP) - The Louvre remained closed Monday, a day after historic jewels were stolen from the world's most-visited museum in a daring daylight heist that prompted authorities to reassess security m...
Oct 20, 2025 Soldiers patrol as people queue to enter the Louvre museum that remains closed for the day after Sunday's jewels robbery, Monday, Oct. 20, 2025 in Paris. (AP Photo/Emma Da Silva)
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