Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
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Democrats elect Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as national chair
OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Democrats on Saturday elected Ken Martin, the party leader in Minnesota, as the national chair, turning to a low-profile Midwestern political operative to coordinate their resist...
Feb 01, 2025
Man who attacked, set fire to homeless woman in Prince Albert gets statutory release
A man who attacked a homeless woman and set her on fire in Saskatchewan has been granted statutory release from prison with special conditions. Leslie Black, now 39, pleaded guilty to attempted murder...
Feb 01, 2025 Marlene Bird is shown in this undated handout provided by radio station CKBI. A Saskatchewan man who brutally attacked Bird and set her on fire more than a decade ago has been granted statutory release with conditions. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout CKBI)
Trudeau announces 25 per cent targeted retaliatory tariffs
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will hit back with steep, immediate retaliatory tariffs on American goods after U.S. President Donald Trump confirmed he is moving ahead with dev...
Feb 01, 2025
Snap election doesn't leave Ontario vulnerable amid trade war, Doug Ford insists
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford insists Ontario is not vulnerable during a snap election campaign he called as a trade war with the United States looms, but opposition leaders say he's aband...
Feb 01, 2025
Why Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste dropped out of the Liberal leadership race
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money. The Indigenous politician from Cape Breton said Fr...
Feb 01, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Moe says staying hopeful ahead of U.S. tariff threat
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's staying hopeful that he won't wake up on Saturday morning to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump's administration says the country w...
Jan 31, 2025
Manitoba law that restricts protests near abortion clinics comes into effect
WINNIPEG - A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday. The NDP government introduced a bill last year that creates buff...
Jan 31, 2025
Alberta government overhauls board of health authority, appoints administrator
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services - for the second time in nearly as many years - and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as administrator. Th...
Jan 31, 2025
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding
BOSTON (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in gran...
Jan 31, 2025
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding
BOSTON (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in gran...
Jan 31, 2025
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