Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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UNAIDS chief urges Carney not to cut foreign aid, global health funding
OTTAWA - The head of the United Nations' HIV/AIDS program is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to reverse his government's planned cuts to foreign aid and global health funding. "My message to Prime M...
Nov 30, 2025
Unions, community groups rally in Montreal against Quebec government policies
MONTREAL - Quebec's major labour unions marched in downtown Montreal Saturday, their members expressing anger over the Quebec government's legislative agenda which includes a number of measures aimed ...
Nov 29, 2025
No return timeline for hundreds displaced by smouldering Toronto highrise fire
TORONTO - Evacuees from two Toronto highrises are without a timeline for return as firefighters try to battle a smouldering fire caught between the buildings. Officials say firefighters still don't ha...
Nov 29, 2025
Study says Canada is too lax on civilian oversight of the military
OTTAWA - Canada maintains a low level of civilian oversight of the military due to Parliament's rigid party discipline, according to a new book that compares it with fourteen other democracies. That c...
Nov 29, 2025
Pipeline deal gets downbeat play at Alberta UCP convention, separation talk
EDMONTON - Alberta's watershed pipeline deal with Ottawa wasn't front and centre Friday when Premier Danielle Smith spoke with United Conservative Party faithful at their annual convention. Smith took...
Nov 29, 2025
B.C. dairy milk testers on strike, call for fair mileage compensation: union
BURNABY - The BC General Employees Union says dairy milk testers in the province have started job action. The union says it represents dairy production technicians employed by Lactanet, and they began...
Nov 28, 2025
Feds set to open new co-ordination centre for disaster response
OTTAWA - Canada will soon have a new operations centre to help co-ordinate countrywide disaster response. Government officials on Friday offered media outlets a tour of the new facility, which is expe...
Nov 28, 2025
Alberta's Smith says recall petitions distracting from government's 'amazing' work
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says recall petitions against 14 of her caucus members have become a distraction from the "amazing" things her government is doing. Smith made the comment whi...
Nov 28, 2025
Manitoba signs on to Ontario memorandum aimed at boosting power transmission
WINNIPEG - Manitoba is renewing its call for a national electricity grid that would move more power between provinces and territories and help the province's exports. Premier Wab Kinew says it's a goo...
Nov 28, 2025
Ontario exempting training centres from municipal and planning laws
TORONTO - Companies and unions building worker training centres using money from Ontario's embattled Skills Development Fund could soon bypass planning laws, raising "significant concerns" for the pro...
Nov 28, 2025
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