Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Canadian travellers to feel effect of U.S. flight cuts caused by government shutdown
MONTREAL - Some Canadian travellers bound for America will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country's aviation network, prompting regu...
Nov 06, 2025
Pathways to humanitarian permanent residency tighten as Ottawa focuses on economy
OTTAWA - The federal government is cutting the number of spots available in its refugee humanitarian and permanent residency streams for next year. The updated immigration levels plan released this we...
Nov 06, 2025
Liberal MP Jaime Battiste fined $600 for breaching elections financing law
OTTAWA - An elections watchdog fined Nova Scotia Liberal MP Jaime Battiste and his financial agent $600 each for a series of elections law violations - including a donation of funds to Battiste's own ...
Nov 06, 2025
From 1.5 million to 'as many homes as we can': Ontario faces home building realities
TORONTO - Ontario is lowering projections for new home construction levels in its fall economic statement, putting the government further away from building 1.5 million homes in 10 years - a goal the ...
Nov 06, 2025
Chicago judge says Border Patrol official lied about threats before restricting agents' use force
CHICAGO (AP) - A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday issued an extensive injunction restricting federal agents' use of force, saying Thursday that a top Border Patrol official leading an immigration ...
Nov 06, 2025
Ontario to scrap legal requirement to set and update climate target
TORONTO - The Ontario government is moving to scrap requirements that it set an emissions target and update its climate plan, wiping out key measures for holding the government to account on efforts t...
Nov 06, 2025
Ontario still short of long-term care bed goal, data in fiscal update show
TORONTO - Ontario has built nearly 6,700 long-term care beds with another 18,000 beds in the pipeline, a far cry from the province's goal to add 58,000 new or upgraded beds by 2028, numbers released i...
Nov 06, 2025
Trump has options if the Supreme Court blocks him from imposing 'emergency' tariffs
WASHINGTON - Countries around the world - Canada included - are waiting anxiously as the U.S. Supreme Court considers whether President Donald Trump has the authority to continue using his favoured ta...
Nov 06, 2025
Premier Moe and Gainer Gopher join forces to support CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders
REGINA - Saskatchewan's premier is teaming up with the province's largest, most-huggable rodent to cheer on the Green Riders in the CFL's Western final this weekend. Premier Scott Moe, with Saskatchew...
Nov 06, 2025
Surge in reports of wrongdoing to Quebec anti-corruption police
MONTREAL - Quebec anti-corruption police are reporting a surge of nearly 30 per cent in the number of reports of wrongdoing they received in the 2024-2025 fiscal year. The police force, known as UPAC,...
Nov 06, 2025
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