Murray Wood: The Saskatchewan farmer who heard a cry and reacted heroically
Murray wood says Cody Glenn came upon a horrific crash on a Saskatchewan highway and had to make a split-second decision...
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'Great champion of Indigenous Peoples,' B.C. judge, politician, Thomas Berger dies
VANCOUVER - Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died of cancer at the age of 88. Berger's daug...
Apr 29, 2021
Transat AT reaches $700-million aid deal with federal government
MONTREAL - Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million, nearly half of which will go toward refunding travellers for flights cancelled during the...
Apr 29, 2021
Conservatives say record $8.47M raised so far in 2021 as election possibility looms
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it raised a record $8.47 million in the first three months of 2021. The party says that breaks the record it set back in the first quarter of 2019 when i...
Apr 29, 2021
Worker fears getting COVID-19 without sick leave, wants B.C. to act
VANCOUVER - Avtar Badesha says he fears getting COVID-19 or being exposed to the virus because he couldn't support his family without any paid sick leave during quarantine. The 33-year-old power engin...
Apr 29, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, April 29, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 262,161 new vaccinations administered for a total of 12,826,26...
Apr 29, 2021
Cabinet's ability to award Buy American exemptions 'strenuously limited,' Biden says
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden set some Canadian pulses racing again Wednesday with more tough Buy American talk, telling Congress he has "strenuously limited" cabinet members from granting exemptio...
Apr 29, 2021
Former UN human rights chief Louise Arbour tapped to review military sex misconduct
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is tapping former Supreme Court justice and UN high commissioner for human rights Louise Arbour to lead what it is billing as an independent review of the milit...
Apr 29, 2021
Union denounces federal back-to-work legislation to reopen Port of Montreal
OTTAWA - The spokesman for a union representing striking dockworkers at Montreal's port called on Thursday for an end to contentious scheduling practices before the workers are forced back on the job....
Apr 29, 2021
Biden's declaration: America's democracy 'is rising anew'
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden declared Wednesday night that "America is rising anew" as he called for an expansion of federal programs to drive the economy past the pandemic and broadly extend the ...
Apr 28, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, April 28, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 262,161 new vaccinations administered for a total of 12,8...
Apr 28, 2021
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8:30 - Executive members of the federal public service have also returned to work full-time in the office today. We chec...
