Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Montreal's mayoral election is about affordability and the homeless -- and bike lanes
MONTREAL - In a recent debate on Radio-Canada, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, one of the leading candidates for mayor of Montreal, brought up comments made more than two years ago by a borough mayor compari...
Oct 27, 2025
Bank of Canada expected to cut key rate despite mixed inflation, jobs data
OTTAWA - Most economists expect the Bank of Canada will look past strong jobs data and signs of stubbornness on the inflation front to deliver a second consecutive interest rate cut this week. BMO chi...
Oct 27, 2025
Alberta government passes bill to use notwithstanding clause to end teacher strike
EDMONTON - Premier Danielle Smith's caucus worked into the wee hours of Tuesday morning to curtail debate and speedily pass a bill using the Charter's notwithstanding clause to order 51,000 striking t...
Oct 27, 2025
B.C. public service union announces tentative deal to end strike after 8 weeks
BURNABY - The B.C. General Employees' Union says it will recommend that its members vote to accept a tentative deal reached with the provincial government to bring an end to strike action, while a uni...
Oct 26, 2025
Quebecers have a chance to cast an early ballot ahead of Nov. 2 municipal election
MONTREAL - Advance polls are open across 1,100 Quebec municipalities, just one week shy of the provincewide Nov. 2 vote. Polls will be open today between noon and 8 p.m., but many citizens have not re...
Oct 26, 2025
NDP leadership candidates working on French ahead of first debate in Montreal
OTTAWA - The NDP leadership contenders are working on their French language skills as they prepare to meet for their first debate on Nov. 27 in Montreal, expected to be held primarily in French. The o...
Oct 26, 2025
Fear, relief, anguish: Reliving the emotion of the 1995 Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - Louise Harel cried only once during the 1995 Quebec referendum. It was in the middle of the campaign, when she saw internal polling that showed the sovereigntists in the lead. Then a Parti ...
Oct 26, 2025
Alberta's latest pipeline push dredges up ghosts of projects past
CALGARY - Few are as acquainted with Canada's graveyard of defunct oil pipelines as Alex Pourbaix, a former executive at the company behind the Keystone XL and Energy East proposals. "You can see the ...
Oct 26, 2025
Former New Brunswick premier says Tories must define party's values and identity
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Tories need to be united and have a clear Conservative identity, says former premier Blaine Higgs. The Progressive Conservative who served as New Brunswick's premier from...
Oct 26, 2025
Opponents in rural Nova Scotia challenge cabinet decision on whale sanctuary project
HALIFAX - A group of landowners in eastern Nova Scotia is speaking out for the first time about their opposition to an ambitious plan to build North America's first coastal refuge for whales retired f...
Oct 26, 2025
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