Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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Extending pandemic jobs program aimed to cost extra $600 million, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says extending a pandemic measure designed to avoid layoffs at companies will cost the federal treasury almost $600 million over three years. Most of the extr...
Jul 08, 2021
Canada monitoring 'whole slew' of variants, says chief public health officer
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says the latest variant of interest in the COVID-19 pandemic has popped up in Canada in small numbers, but it's too early to know how widespread it...
Jul 08, 2021
Annamie Paul begins to raise the curtain on Green party's critic portfolios
OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul has begun to unveil her "shadow cabinet" nine months into her tenure. Paul revealed seven names Wednesday evening, with plans to roll out the rest this week. Neither...
Jul 08, 2021
B.C. premier says he will lobby PM to enlist military for wildfire prevention duty
COQUITLAM, B.C. - British Columbia Premier John Horgan says he will lobby Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to deploy Canada's military to help clear fire danger zones to prevent future wildfires. Trudeau...
Jul 08, 2021
Human rights complaint alleges First Nation adults with disabilities left behind
WINNIPEG - Three human rights complaints have been filed against the federal government alleging systemic discrimination and a failure to provide proper services to First Nations adults with disabilit...
Jul 08, 2021
New Democrats want special prosecutor on residential schools, crimes against children
OTTAWA - For years, Inuit have watched a priest they say abused children for decades recline in comfortable retirement in France. Time for that to end, two New Democrat members of Parliament said Thur...
Jul 08, 2021
Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency
TOKYO - Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban c...
Jul 08, 2021
Fans banned at Olympics; Tokyo under state of emergency
TOKYO - Fans were banned from the pandemic-postponed Tokyo Olympics which will open in two weeks, Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike said after meeting with IOC and Japanese organizers on Thursday. The ban c...
Jul 08, 2021
Ottawa, B.C. reach deal on child-care funding
COQUITLAM, B.C. - The federal government has reached a deal with British Columbia, the first in the Trudeau Liberals' bid to build a national daycare system, and a move longtime advocates marked as "v...
Jul 08, 2021
Wilson-Raybould not seeking re-election, blasts 'toxic and ineffective' Parliament
OTTAWA - Independent MP Jody Wilson-Raybould will not seek re-election in the next federal campaign, saying in a letter to her constituents on Thursday that Parliament has become "toxic and ineffectiv...
Jul 08, 2021
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