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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Conservative campaigns weave tangled webs of allegations as race intensifies
OTTAWA - With 10 days to go to sign up voters for the federal Conservative leadership race, all four contenders are intensifying efforts to shore up support. Erin O'Toole and Peter MacKay appear locke...
May 05, 2020
Fix on Friday to finally let moms-to-be receive CERB, Qualtrough tells MPs
OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will become eligible Friday for a key benefit - without jeopar...
May 05, 2020
Virtual sittings have MPs doing things not allowed in House of Commons
OTTAWA - A stuffed deer head made a cameo appearance Tuesday during a virtual gathering of members of Parliament. The deer head, replete with antlers, was mounted on the wall behind Conserva...
May 05, 2020
Revamp of classification system seen as key to cementing assault-style rifle ban
OTTAWA - Gun-control advocates and the Trudeau government see a coming overhaul of the firearms classification system as key to cementing the recent federal move to ban assault-style rifles. The ...
May 05, 2020
Trudeau, Duclos must send transparency message during pandemic: info czar
OTTAWA - The federal information czar wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell government agencies they must strive to be transparent and accountable as they wrestle with the fallout from COVI...
May 05, 2020
First right whales in Gulf of St. Lawrence trigger some fisheries closures
OTTAWA - North Atlantic right whales made their first appearance of 2020 in Canadian waters last weekend, prompting an immediate but temporary closure of fixed-gear fisheries in the are...
May 05, 2020
Whistleblower: US failed to prepare, sought quick virus fix
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration failed to prepare for the onslaught of the coronavirus, then sought a quick fix by trying to rush an unproven drug to patients, a senior government scientist alle...
May 05, 2020
Federal government earmarking $77M to keep food-processing industry safe
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe, but at least one union says the cash doesn't address the real problem....
May 05, 2020
Scientists concerned focus on COVID-19 disrupting regular health research funds
OTTAWA - Canada's health-research granting agency has postponed its usual funding competition due to COVID-19, sparking concern the lack of money could disrupt work on cures that aren't related to the...
May 05, 2020
National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming
REGINA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming. Perry Bellegarde noted Tuesday that there's been a steady r...
May 05, 2020
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8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...
