Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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No person had 'fairer hearing,' government lawyer tells Meng Wanzhou extradition case
VANCOUVER - There has been no misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would justify a stay of proceedings, a lawyer for Canada's attorney general told the British Colu...
Aug 10, 2021
Group finishes six-week walk to honour children, survivors of residential schools
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., "ground zero for where the truth broke out...
Aug 09, 2021
Two more key officials depart Green Party amid staffing upheaval as election looms
OTTAWA - A pair of top officials are departing the Greens as financial strain and internal strife continue to take a toll on the party ahead of a likely election this year. Leader Annamie Paul's inter...
Aug 09, 2021
How U.S. citizens can make travelling from U.S. to Canada as painless as possible
WASHINGTON - Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents can now enter Canada for non-essential purposes for the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two count...
Aug 09, 2021
Meng's legal team argues for stay in proceedings as remedy to 'abuse' in case
VANCOUVER - The only way for the Canadian justice system to protect its integrity after hearing arguments about widespread misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou is for pr...
Aug 09, 2021
Liberal government urged not to reinstate top military commander McDonald
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is being urged not to reinstate Admiral Art McDonald as Canada's top military commander even though police did not lay any charges after a six-month investigati...
Aug 09, 2021
UN report 'must sound death knell' for fossil fuels as Canada faces climate urgency
OTTAWA - The secretary-general of the United Nations says a new report "must sound the death knell for coal and fossil fuels," raising renewed questions about Canada's climate plan and the long-term v...
Aug 09, 2021
Liberal MPs Adam Vaughan, Will Amos, Karen McCrimmon won't run for re-election
OTTAWA - Liberal MPs Adam Vaughan, Will Amos and Karen McCrimmon won't be running in the next federal election. That brings to 12 the number of incumbent Liberals who won't be seeking re-election. But...
Aug 09, 2021
Manitoba signs on to federal government's $10-a-day child-care plan
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is signing on to the federal government's plan to implement $10-a-day child care for families by 2023. "It is no exaggeration to say this is the largest child-care deal ever struck...
Aug 09, 2021
UN report: Earth warming likely to pass limit set by leaders
BERLIN - Earth's climate is getting so hot that temperatures in about a decade will probably blow past a level of warming that world leaders have sought to prevent, according to a report released Mond...
Aug 09, 2021
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