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Trump extends TikTok shutdown deadline for fourth time after reaching framework deal with China
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump formally extended the deadline to keep the social media app TikTok available in the United States until Dec. 16, giving time to complete the framework of the d...
Sep 16, 2025
Liberals will table the federal budget on Nov. 4, Champagne says
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says the government will table the federal budget on Nov. 4. The long-awaited spending plan will be the federal Liberals' first under Prime Ministe...
Sep 16, 2025
Suspect in Charlie Kirk killing is charged with murder as prosecutor says DNA found on rifle trigger
PROVO, Utah (AP) - Prosecutors brought a murder charge on Tuesday against the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk and outlined evidence including a text message confession to his partner and a n...
Sep 16, 2025
Richmond, B.C., Mayor Brodie won't seek re-election after 25 years in the role
The mayor of Richmond, B.C., won't be seeking re-election next year after 25 years in the role, saying there are upcoming issues that will require leadership and hard work. Malcolm Brodie said in a st...
Sep 16, 2025
Conservative bill would extend sanctions to target relatives of human rights abusers
OTTAWA - Conservative MP James Bezan tabled a bill on Tuesday seeking to reform Ottawa's sanctions regime to target immediate family members of human rights abusers and tackle transnational repression...
Sep 16, 2025
Man facing extradition after migrant family froze to death at Canada-U.S. border
Another man has been arrested in connection with a human smuggling operation that saw a migrant family freeze to death on the Canada-U.S. border near Emerson, Man. Fenil Patel was arrested Sept. 5 on ...
Sep 16, 2025
Ottawa extends taxpayers' ombudsman's term for another 2 years
OTTAWA - The federal government is keeping the taxpayers' ombudsman in his role for another two years as Ottawa tries to get tax services in Canada back up to speed. Finance Minister Franois Philippe ...
Sep 16, 2025
AFN chiefs warn federal budget cuts will hurt First Nations
OTTAWA - First Nations chiefs are warning Ottawa that any cuts to federal funding for their communities will only make it harder for them to move Ottawa's major projects agenda forward. Assembly of Fi...
Sep 16, 2025
Federal 'clerical error' puts N.S. mom and daughter's legal status at risk
HALIFAX - Since the school year began, Diana Caldern has spent most weekday afternoons driving her 14-year-old daughter to the Halifax junior high school she should be attending, timing their visits w...
Sep 16, 2025
NDP seeking to scrap labour code section that lets Ottawa shut down strikes
OTTAWA - NDP MP and labour critic Alexandre Boulerice said Tuesday his party plans to table a private member's bill this fall to scrap a section of the Canada Labour Code that lets the government shut...
Sep 16, 2025
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Evan talks with Premier Moe about his trip to China and the current state of canola tariffs, Ray Wilgenbusch about the M...
