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Author Robert Munsch shares more details on dementia diagnosis in CBC interview
Beloved children's author Robert Munsch shared more details about his dementia diagnosis in a CBC News interview he said would be his "last hurrah." The "Love You Forever" author was diagnosed with de...
Dec 10, 2025
Inside the Ring of Fire: A tale of two First Nations and a road that could change everything
WEBEQUIE AND NESKANTAGA FIRST NATIONS - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - I. THE WARNING The ancestors knew. First Nation elders understood the south would march north eventually. The...
Dec 10, 2025
Why northern First Nations still rely on diesel fuel - and what could power the coveted Ring of Fire
NESKANTAGA FIRST NATION - This story was supported by the Pulitzer Center. - The fumes coming through the walls of Neskantaga First Nation's nursing station warned of a crisis with a familiar smell. D...
Dec 10, 2025
Pro-Palestinian activist Yves Engler barred from running for NDP leadership
OTTAWA - Self-described "agitator" Yves Engler says he has been denied entry into the NDP leadership race. Engler says in a statement this morning he wants the party's federal council to overturn a de...
Dec 10, 2025 Media personnel film the NDP French language leadership debate, in Montreal on Thursday, November 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Bank of Canada leaves key interest rate unchanged at 2.25%
The Bank of Canada has left its key interest rate unchanged at its final rate decision of the year. The policy rate remains at 2.25 per cent after the Bank of Canada lowered it by a quarter point in O...
Dec 10, 2025 The Bank of Canada is pictured in Ottawa on Friday, March 3, 2023. The Bank Canada kept its key interest rate target on hold at 4.5 per cent on Wednesday. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alberta legislature passes bill invoking Charter override for fourth time
EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA - Alberta's governing United Conservatives stayed up into the early pre-dawn hours of Wednesday morning to pass a bill that marks the fourth time in under two months they hav...
Dec 10, 2025
In the news: U.S. security strategy doesn't meddle in Canadian politics: Hoekstra
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed ... U.S. not meddling in Canadian politics: Hoekstra U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying conce...
Dec 10, 2025
Kelvin Goertzen, former Manitoba cabinet minister and premier, won't run again
WINNIPEG - Kelvin Goertzen, a veteran Manitoba politician who briefly served as premier, has announced he will not run in the next election. Goertzen, 56, said after 22 years in the legislature, he wa...
Dec 10, 2025
B.C. murder suspect had risk factors on confidential police intimate violence tool
VANCOUVER - A confidential document that is used by police to assess risk in intimate partner violence cases lists a range of considerations to help determine if a suspect should be held in custody, s...
Dec 10, 2025
Hoekstra downplays fears of Trump administration meddling in Canada's politics
OTTAWA - U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra is downplaying concerns America's new national security strategy could lead to his government supporting political movements in Canada. The national se...
Dec 10, 2025
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