Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Budget officer blasts lack of detail in Liberals' $100B stimulus plan
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog is raising red flags over the lack of details in the Liberal government's $100-billion stimulus plan, suggesting Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's phone is lik...
Dec 10, 2020
Delay in pandemic-related rise in homelessness gives feds time to prevent it: report
OTTAWA - A government-commissioned report says the effect of COVID-19 on the number of homeless people in Canada won't be felt for three to five years, giving policy-makers a chance to prevent the pan...
Dec 10, 2020
New effort aims to zero in on illicit dealings tied to online child exploitation
OTTAWA - Canada's anti-money laundering agency is flagging some telltale signs that a financial transaction could be linked to online child sexual exploitation. The federal Financial Transactions and ...
Dec 10, 2020
Syrian refugees overcoming war memories brought back by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Five years after the first of them arrived in Canada, tens of thousands of Syrian refugees have had to adapt to COVID-19 lockdowns that brought back the memories of war horrors and upset the ...
Dec 10, 2020
Books, physical rigour stoke hope for Kovrig as 'two Michaels' mark two jailed years
OTTAWA - In his darkest moments, Michael Kovrig draws strength from knowing that his fellow Canadians and people around the world are working to free him and Michael Spavor from their respective Chine...
Dec 10, 2020
Premiers 'very disappointed' PM wouldn't talk health-care funding at meeting: Legault
OTTAWA - Premiers expressed disappointment Thursday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused to accede to their demand for an immediate infusion of at least $28 billion more each year in annual fed...
Dec 10, 2020
Woman says she'd clean toilets to work at B.C. care home and see husband
VANCOUVER - Lynne Smith's daily visits to a long-term care home ended abruptly after a COVID-19 outbreak three weeks ago but she jumped at the chance to work at the facility that is hiring family memb...
Dec 10, 2020
China restricts US official travel to Hong Kong
BEIJING - China is imposing restrictions on travel to Hong Kong by some U.S. officials and others in retaliation for similar measures imposed on Chinese individuals by Washington, the Foreign Ministry...
Dec 10, 2020
Trump's election fight puts embattled Texas AG in spotlight
AUSTIN, Texas - A lawsuit that President Donald Trump is now calling "the big one" in his effort to overturn the outcome of the presidential election is helmed by an embattled Texas ally who is likewi...
Dec 09, 2020
Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III says greed hinders aid to poor
WASHINGTON - Retiring Rep. Joe Kennedy III used his farewell speech from Congress on Wednesday to deride the "great lie of our times" that the government lacks the resources and will to help people in...
Dec 09, 2020
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