Murray Wood: Federal gun initiatives take aim at small business
Darryl Schemenauer is closing down his Regina gun store after 35 years, and he puts the blame squarely on the federal Li...
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G7 security ministers in Ottawa to talk drugs, organized crime, migrant smuggling
by Jim Bronskill OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree plans to meet his Group of Seven counterparts and others in Ottawa today to discuss problems including transnational organized crim...
Nov 22, 2025 Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree waits to appear before the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security on Parliament Hill in Ottawa Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Ottawa is 'rebooting' its relationship with the tech industry, advocates say
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney told a business crowd in Montreal recently that the federal government got a bit of outside help on a major piece of innovation policy in the recently passed federa...
Nov 22, 2025
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, former Trump loyalist, says she is resigning from Congress
WASHINGTON (AP) - Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, a loyal supporter-turned-critic of President Donald Trump who faced his political retribution if she sought reelection, said Friday she is res...
Nov 21, 2025
Supreme Court blocks order that found Texas congressional map is likely racially biased
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday temporarily blocked a lower court ruling that found Texas' 2026 congressional redistricting plan pushed by President Donald Trump likely discriminate...
Nov 21, 2025
Alberta teachers union welcomes classroom complexity proposals, demands funding
EDMONTON - The head of the Alberta Teachers' Association says a report on classroom aggression and complexity largely vindicates its longstanding calls for more support and money to fix the problem. J...
Nov 21, 2025
Immigration minister extends pause on new private refugee sponsorships to 2027
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Lena Diab has extended the pause on new applications through the Private Sponsorship for Refugees Program for another 12 months as the department works to clear its backl...
Nov 21, 2025
Vote recount reaffirms Progressive Conservative majority in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S - A recount in an electoral district near St. John's, N.L., has reaffirmed the Progressive Conservatives' slim majority win in last month's provincial election. Newfoundland and Labrador's ...
Nov 21, 2025
Canadian workers' free speech fears persist two years after Israel-Hamas war began
During the Israel-Hamas war, a Canadian paramedic was fired, a teacher was put on extended leave and a doctor's residency was suspended. All of them said they were penalized for criticizing Israel on ...
Nov 21, 2025
Carney in South Africa as concerns grow over U.S. boycott of G20
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney is in South Africa for a G20 summit overshadowed by a U.S. boycott - and as critics of Canada's Africa strategy closely watch Carney's first trip to the regio...
Nov 21, 2025
Ottawa to put $29 million toward developing a defence lab in Dartmouth, N.S.
DARTMOUTH - Canada's Defence Minister David McGuinty says Ottawa will spend more than $29 million on a new space across the harbour from downtown Halifax for classified research projects. McGuinty say...
Nov 21, 2025
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