Murray Wood: A party 100 years in the making
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Canada Post set to reduce frequency of letter mail delivery: minister
Public Works and Procurement Minister Jol Lightbound says Canada Post will reduce the frequency of door-to-door letter mail delivery in an effort to shore up its finances. The minister announced today...
Sep 25, 2025
Parliamentary budget watchdog forecasts sharp rise in deficit to $68.5B this year
The parliamentary budget officer said Thursday he expects the coming fall budget will reveal a sharp increase in Ottawa's deficit that puts the government's previous fiscal anchors in jeopardy. Ottawa...
Sep 25, 2025 Jason Jacques, interim parliamentary budget officer, appears at the Standing Committee on Government Operations and Estimates on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Paris court sentences Nicolas Sarkozy to 5 years in prison for criminal conspiracy
PARIS (AP) - A Paris court on Thursday sentenced former French President Nicolas Sarkozy to five years in prison after finding him guilty of criminal conspiracy in an alleged scheme to finance his 200...
Sep 25, 2025
Former bank employee faces charges after allegedly accessing prime minister's data
A former Royal Bank of Canada employee faces criminal charges after allegedly accessing the personal information of Prime Minister Mark Carney. Ibrahim El-Hakim, 23, of Ottawa, is charged with fraud o...
Sep 24, 2025 A Royal Bank of Canada sign and a Canada flag are pictured in Ottawa on Thursday, June 27, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Interim stay of cull order turns despair to joy on B.C. ostrich farm
The mother and daughter at the centre of a movement to save their flock of 400 ostriches from a cull order had just finished a sombre and tearful prayer alongside supporters at their farm in British C...
Sep 24, 2025 Katie Pasitney, the daughter of one of the owners of the Universal Ostrich Farms in Edgewood, B.C., celebrates with a supporter after learning that an interim stay order was granted by the Supreme Court of Canada on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, delaying the culling of 400 of the farm’s ostriches. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Aaron Hemens
CFL rule changes receive mixed reviews on Parliament Hill
By Nick Murray in Ottawa Some MPs threw a flag at the Canadian Football League rule changes announced this week, while others welcomed them as a way to bring the game to a larger audience. Read more: ...
Sep 23, 2025
Canada pledges $60M for Haiti, with most cash contingent on UN approval of U.S. plan
OTTAWA - Canada has pledged $60 million to help Haiti fight back brazen criminal gangs, with most of the funding contingent on the United Nations supporting an American plan to expand a police mission...
Sep 23, 2025
Next phase of government's assault-style firearm buyback to begin in Nova Scotia
The federal government says it will begin a buyback of assault-style firearms from individual owners with a pilot project in Nova Scotia. The pilot will be open to eligible firearm owners in select ar...
Sep 23, 2025 Minister of Public Safety Gary Anandasangaree rises during question period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday Sept. 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Man who represented himself is found guilty of trying to assassinate Trump at Florida golf course
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) - The man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump at a Florida golf course last year tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen shortly after being found guilty of all count...
Sep 23, 2025 This courtroom sketch shows U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon listening to Ryan Routh during his trial where he is charged with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump last year at a golf course in South Florida, Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2025, in Fort Pierce, Fla. (Lothar Speer via AP)
Privacy watchdogs say TikTok's efforts to protect kids were 'inadequate'
Federal and provincial privacy authorities say TikTok's efforts to keep children off the platform and prevent the collection and use of their sensitive personal information were "inadequate." The priv...
Sep 23, 2025
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Sarah Mills: There are echoes of Brexit in the Albert separation issue
A referendum over whether Alberta should separate from Canada is looming closer, and Sarah Mills says there are similari...
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