Murray Wood: Arrest in 2001 Saskatoon assault case should make perpetrators worried
A 52-year-old man has been charged in connection with a 2001 sexual assault allegation in Saskatoon. Murray Wood says he...
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Government expects fewer questions on foreign aid from weakened NDP: briefing note
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada briefing note suggests the department expects fewer questions in the House of Commons about possible cuts to foreign aid because of the much-reduced NDP caucus. "A dec...
Nov 03, 2025
Ottawa urged to keep Canadian weapons out of Sudan's civil war
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to visit the United Arab Emirates, human rights advocates are calling on his government to do more to stop the flow of weapons from the UAE to a militia...
Nov 03, 2025
Finance minister says budget will offer no surprises, make 'generational investments'
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says there will be "no surprises" when he tables a federal budget Tuesday that he promises will offer "generational investments." Champagne told a...
Nov 03, 2025
Election day in the Yukon: Vote includes non-binding electoral reform question
WHITEHORSE - Yukon residents go to the polls today in a territorial election where voters are also being asked for their say on possible electoral reform. The Yukon Liberals went into the race as a mi...
Nov 03, 2025 Voters and poll workers are shown at a Whitehorse polling station during the Yukon election on Monday April 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
B.C. forestry summit called as industry being hammered by U.S. fees
VANCOUVER - Politicians from B.C. and Ottawa will meet in Vancouver today for a forestry summit on how to prop up the industry in the face of American fees and tariffs topping 50 per cent. Federal pol...
Nov 03, 2025 Dominic LeBlanc, President of the King’s Privy Council for Canada and minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernmental Affairs, Internal Trade and One Canadian Economy, speaks with reporters at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Halloween display depicts municipal politicians hanging from a noose in Manitoba
A group representing more than a dozen Manitoba municipalities says RCMP are investigating a gruesome Halloween display the group believes was meant to intimidate local politicians. Ivan Normandeau, p...
Nov 03, 2025 Ivan Normandeau, president of Association of Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities, says the decor at a home's yard in the muncipality of Taché, about 40 kilometres southeast of Winnipeg, is intimidating, as shown in this handout image. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout - Ivan Normandeau
Four things on Quebec's municipal elections
MONTREAL - Voters in roughly 1,100 municipalities across Quebec chose their local leaders on Sunday. Here are four things to know about the province's municipal election results. Montrealers have vote...
Nov 02, 2025
B.C. First Nation members vote in favour of treaty, moving toward self-governance
TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA - A First Nation from the northwest coast of British Columbia has voted in favour of a constitution and a treaty that it says opens a path to a new era of self-government. Th...
Nov 02, 2025
Canada bolsters Indo-Pacific presence with new defence pact with the Philippines
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty has signed a defence co-operation agreement with the Philippines, on the final day of a visit meant to strengthen defence relations. The agreement will allow t...
Nov 02, 2025
N.S. opposes Supreme Court ruling to strike minimum sentences for child porn possession
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he has "grave concerns" about a federal Supreme Court decision to strike down mandatory minimum sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography. I...
Nov 02, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Let's hope lessons are learned this construction season
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