Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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If an election were called, how much fight do Conservative premiers have left?
OTTAWA - Few would disagree that living through a global pandemic for the past 16 months has been draining. That no doubt includes the country's premiers, who were repeatedly forced to make tough call...
Jul 11, 2021
Mayor: 90 deaths confirmed in Florida condominium collapse
SURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) - Authorities say they are making progress in the painstaking search for victims of the deadly building collapse in Florida last month. Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava...
Jul 11, 2021 (The Canadian Press)
B.C. urged to help rebuild Lytton to prevent great destruction from future fires
The wildfire-ravaged village of Lytton, B.C., could be rebuilt to set a new North American standard in resilience to better protect people and property from similar disasters fuelled by climate change...
Jul 11, 2021
Taliban victories prompt fresh questions, soul searching for Canadian veterans
OTTAWA - The shaky video pans right to left, looking down on a village with mountains in the background before turning to a green river valley with destroyed buildings in the foreground. A man is spea...
Jul 11, 2021
Harper urges global powers not to negotiate with incoming Iranian regime
Governments around the world should shun Iran's incoming president based on his long-standing record of human rights abuses, a former Canadian prime minister argued Saturday in a speech to an internat...
Jul 10, 2021
Finance minister says Canada is committed to proposed global corporate tax rate
VENICE, Italy - Canada stands firmly behind a two-pillar plan to enact sweeping reforms to the global corporate tax system and limit multinational companies' capacity to shop around for lower tax rate...
Jul 10, 2021
Ethiopia's ruling party wins national election in landslide
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) - Ethiopia's ruling Prosperity Party on Saturday was declared the winner of last month's national election in a landslide, assuring a second five-year term for Prime Ministe...
Jul 10, 2021
Robert E. Lee statue removed in Charlottesville
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - A statue of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was hoisted away from its place of prominence in Charlottesville on Saturday and carted off to storage, years after its threatene...
Jul 10, 2021
Pre-election spending limits on party ads don't apply without fixed voting day
OTTAWA - Canadian party leaders worked their way around the country this week, in what some see as a sure sign the pandemic is near its end, but also as proof that a federal election is on its way. Bu...
Jul 10, 2021
A look at Quebec's vaccine-passport system expected as of September
Quebec has announced its intention to impose a vaccine-passport system beginning in September that would require people to prove they are vaccinated to access non-essential businesses - such as bars a...
Jul 09, 2021
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