Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Conservative Rustad says private property rights, Indigenous title cannot coexist
VICTORIA - Conservative Party of B.C. Leader John Rustad says "Indigenous rights and private property rights cannot coexist" and called on the Supreme Court of Canada to resolve the conflict as soon a...
Sep 25, 2025
Banking regulator warns of rising risks as geopolitical winds shift
TORONTO - Security risks are rising as geopolitical and technological landscapes shift and industry needs to adapt quickly, the head of Canada's banking regulator warned on Thursday. Superintendent of...
Sep 25, 2025
Five things to know about Canada Post's future after Ottawa announces reforms
Mail service is halted at Canada Post after unionized workers announced Thursday they are on a countrywide strike - the latest eruption in a labour dispute that has been going on for nearly a year. Th...
Sep 25, 2025
Fact File: COVID-19 fuelled drop in life expectancy, contrary to podcast claims
In September, a clip from a January 2024 episode of the "Joe Rogan Experience" podcast resurfaced online. Rogan's guest, the comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, claimed Canada experienced an "unprecedented" dr...
Sep 25, 2025
Quebec scraps forestry bill after pushback from Indigenous leaders, environmentalists
QUBEC - The Quebec government is scrapping a contentious forestry reform bill that has sparked opposition from Indigenous leaders and environmental groups. Quebec Premier Franois Legault announced the...
Sep 25, 2025
Business loans, tax cuts part of new Manitoba economic development plan
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is changing some business tax credits and offering a new loan program as part of its plan to boost economic development. Premier Wab Kinew says the government is con...
Sep 25, 2025
Canada Post union launches strike as Ottawa moves to end most door-to-door mail
OTTAWA - The Canadian Union of Postal Workers is declaring a countrywide strike, hours after Ottawa announced door-to-door mail delivery will end for nearly all Canadian households within the next dec...
Sep 25, 2025
Branch of Montreal light-rail network to open in November, the other delayed to 2026
MONTREAL - Two new lines for Montreal's fully automated light-rail network, known as the REM, won't open as planned this fall. Instead, only the Deux-Montagnes branch connecting downtown's central sta...
Sep 25, 2025
Tariffs, government spending, gas prices - what's driving inflation right now?
OTTAWA - MPs returned to the House of Commons earlier this month to confront an old problem - inflation - which is now being driven by new forces. Many consumers are still reeling from the decades-hig...
Sep 25, 2025 A sign advising shoppers of tariffs impacts is seen in a grocery store in Ottawa on Wednesday, April 2, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Police probe threats of violence aimed at businesses linked to B.C. ostrich cull
Businesses across British Columbia linked or thought to be associated with a planned cull of about 400 ostriches have been "flooded" with calls and emails with "language intended to intimidate," the R...
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