Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
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Liberal leadership race: A look at the potential candidates
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are running their first leadership race in more than a decade and their shortest in the party's modern history to replace Justin Trudeau. He announced Jan. 6 that he will...
Jan 10, 2025
Yvonne Jones, longtime Liberal MP for Labrador, retiring from federal politics
HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY, N.L. - Yvonne Jones, Liberal member of Parliament for Labrador, says she won't be running in the next federal election. Jones has been public about her past battles with breast...
Jan 10, 2025
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly off to Washington next week to talk tariffs
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government's efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada....
Jan 10, 2025
Human rights group asks Canada to declare another genocide in Sudan
OTTAWA - A prominent human rights group is calling on Ottawa to follow the U.S. and declare that recent actions by Sudan's paramilitary force amount to genocide. The Raoul Wallenberg Centre for Human ...
Jan 10, 2025 In April, the advocacy group released a detailed report arguing that Sudan's paramilitary force had been targeting ethnic groups while using arms from the United Arab Emirates. (The Canadian Press)
Carney looking to launch Liberal leadership bid next week, Joly declines to run
OTTAWA - Former Bank of Canada governor Mark Carney signalled through his campaign team Friday that he will launch his bid to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as leader of the Liberal party late ...
Jan 10, 2025
Canadian plane fighting L.A. fires out of service after colliding with drone
Authorities in Los Angeles say a Quebec water bomber is out of service after colliding with a drone while fighting wildfires Thursday. A pair of Quebec water bombers and their crews have been helping ...
Jan 10, 2025
Provincial health plans to cover primary care by nurse practitioners: Health Min.
TORONTO - Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says provincial and territorial health plans will cover primary care provided by nurse practitioners, pharmacists and midwives. Holland says regulated he...
Jan 10, 2025
Liberals will remove 'fraudulent' memberships, as some register pets
OTTAWA - A federal Liberal spokesman says the party can and will remove "fraudulent profiles" from its list of electors eligible to vote for its next leader. Parker Lund's comment came after multiple ...
Jan 10, 2025
In the news today: Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Analysts expect jobless rate edged up in December Statistics Canada will release the country's job report for ...
Jan 10, 2025
Civil society groups push to ensure effectiveness of coming border agency watchdog
OTTAWA - The fight for an independent review body to keep an eye on Canada's border agency may be over, but there are lingering concerns in civil society circles about how much bite the new watchdog w...
Jan 10, 2025
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