Murray Wood: Feint by numbers?
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MPs call on feds to bring back bill criminalizing coercive behaviour in relationships
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee called on the federal government Tuesday to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships. The committee members, representing...
Nov 25, 2025
Women's groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
OTTAWA - More than a dozen women's advocacy groups chastised the Liberals on Tuesday for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure wo...
Nov 25, 2025
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has issued recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new total means that almo...
Nov 25, 2025
Ontario to strengthen dangerous driving laws in honour of father killed this year
TORONTO - Dangerous driving penalties are set to soon be strengthened in Ontario, as the government has tabled a bill in honour of a father of three who was killed by an alleged dangerous driver. Andr...
Nov 25, 2025
Federal, provincial governments raked in more than $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue
OTTAWA - Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. The federal government has collected $1.2 b...
Nov 25, 2025
Ontario NDP asks integrity commissioner to investigate labour minister
TORONTO - The leader of Ontario's NDP is asking the province's integrity commissioner to investigate the labour minister, alleging he breached ethics rules in handing out skills training funding. Labo...
Nov 25, 2025
Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government
OTTAWA - Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level - which would put the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individua...
Nov 25, 2025 The Facebook app, center, appears on a mobile phone screen on Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023, in New York. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Farmers will lobby Ottawa for $50K guaranteed annual income pilot program
HALIFAX - A farmers advocacy group says it plans to lobby the federal government for a guaranteed annual income of $50,000. The idea by the National Farmers Union came from its annual convention, held...
Nov 25, 2025 Carrots are harvested at Mas & Fils Jardiniers, in Saint-Michel, Que., on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. The 4th generation family-run vegetable business has an annual production of 10,000 tonnes specializing in growing carrots, leeks and beets which it supplies to Canada and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Accessibility office in limbo as it calls out federal government's failures
OTTAWA - The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities....
Nov 25, 2025
Saskatchewan government says budget on course to record $427M deficit at year's end
REGINA - This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires and higher health-care expenses. Finance Minister Jim Reiter, in a mi...
Nov 25, 2025
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Sarah Mills: CUSMA negotiations are telling in what is not being said
Like most negotiations, Canada and the U.S. are laying their cards on the table publicly, but Sarah Mills says in Canada...
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8:30 - On Saturday night, a shooter opened fire at the White House correspondents' dinner, targeting U.S. President Dona...
