Murray Wood: Carney's Liberal majority will come because of floor crossers, not votes
Thanks to floor crossings, the Liberals only need to hold safe seats in Monday's byelections to get to majority status. ...
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Trudeau blames Taliban — not bureaucracy — for pace of evacuations from Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau blamed Taliban checkpoints rather than bureaucratic red tape and delays on Wednesday as his government continued to face questions about the pace of Canada's effort to evacuate...
Aug 18, 2021
Eight-lane tunnel under Fraser River to replace aging crossing in Metro Vancouver
RICHMOND, B.C. - An eight-lane tunnel under the Fraser River will replace an obsolete crossing that has frustrated Metro Vancouver drivers for decades. The B.C. government announced the new tunnel con...
Aug 18, 2021
'No hope left': Afghans in Canada who lived under Taliban say regime can't be trusted
MONTREAL - Quebecer Fakhria Rezaie was seven years old when her family fled Afghanistan and says her memories from life under the Taliban are horrific. Rezaie, 29, says the Taliban's takeover of Mazar...
Aug 18, 2021
COVID-19 cases more than double in the Northwest Territories in one day
YELLOWKNIFE - A long-term care home in the Northwest Territories declared a COVID-19 outbreak Wednesday and a hard-hit community asked for policing help as cases in the territory rise steeply. The N.W...
Aug 18, 2021
Military officer who led vaccine campaign faces sexual assault charge
OTTAWA - The military officer who led Canada's COVID-19 vaccine distribution campaign has been charged with one count of sexual assault. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin presented himself to police in Gatineau, ...
Aug 18, 2021
Taliban violently disperse rare protest, killing 1 person
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - The Taliban violently broke up a protest in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, killing at least one person as they quashed a rare public show of dissent. The militant group me...
Aug 18, 2021
O'Toole takes aim at Trudeau, Singh as inflation numbers shift focus of campaign
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau's political opponents took aim at him on the campaign trail Wednesday over the cost of living, facing broadsides from Conservatives for the decade-high pace of price growth and...
Aug 18, 2021
N.S. Tories make pandemic, health care top priorities as power transition begins
NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - During his first news conference as premier-designate a day after his party's election win, Nova Scotia Tory Leader Tim Houston said Wednesday his first order of business is keepin...
Aug 18, 2021
High-profile extradition case of Meng Wanzhou wraps up with reserved decision
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved her decision in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou, saying only she'll set a date for her ruling later. The end of th...
Aug 18, 2021
A look at Nova Scotia's new premier, Progressive Conservative Leader Tim Houston
For the first time since 2009, Nova Scotia will have a Progressive Conservative premier. Tory Leader Tim Houston led his party to victory with a campaign that promised to spend massively on health car...
Aug 17, 2021
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