Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Auditor finds gaps in federal government's cybersecurity shield as threats multiply
OTTAWA - The federal auditor found "significant gaps" in the government's cybersecurity services, monitoring efforts and responses to active attacks on information systems. In a report tabled in Parli...
Oct 21, 2025
Senate bill sets guidelines for use of notwithstanding clause in federal laws
MONTREAL - A bill introduced in the Senate seeks to set rules on how the federal government can adopt laws that override certain parts of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Sen. Peter Harder...
Oct 20, 2025
N.B. premier planned to spend first year on health care, education. Then tariffs hit.
FREDERICTON - Instead of focusing on health care, education and housing, New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt was forced in her first year in office to divert her attention to the effects of U.S. tariffs....
Oct 20, 2025
B.C. to add unpaid leave for 'catastrophic' illness, injury: Eby
The British Columbia government has proposed changes to the province's Employment Standards Act to allow up to 27 weeks of unpaid leave each year for people facing a "catastrophic" illness or injury. ...
Oct 20, 2025
Average home price must fall in Canada to restore affordability, minister says
OTTAWA - Federal Housing Minister Gregor Robertson says the average price of housing - not necessarily individual home values - must fall to restore affordability in Canada. Robertson was before the H...
Oct 20, 2025
Alberta government to introduce bill limiting who can run in provincial elections
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government is planning to introduce legislation this fall to limit who can run in provincial elections. Government house leader Joseph Schow says the change...
Oct 20, 2025
Liberals, Greens, NDP call on Poilievre to apologize over RCMP comments
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre returned to the House of Commons Monday afternoon to a chorus of calls from across the aisle for him to apologize over comments he made last week about th...
Oct 20, 2025
Poilievre calls on Carney to keep federal deficit under $42B in coming budget
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is demanding that Prime Minister Mark Carney cut taxes and keep the federal deficit under $42 billion in the coming budget. It seems clear the latter will...
Oct 20, 2025
Ottawa hasn't defined 'national interest' under major projects law
The federal government has not issued specific criteria to define the "national interest" under its new major projects law, despite calls from MPs to do so. The Building Canada Act intends to select p...
Oct 20, 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, responds during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
B.C. Conservative Amelia Boultbee quits caucus, leader Rustad questions her 'health'
VICTORIA - Legislator Amelia Boultbee has quit the British Columbia Conservative caucus and is calling on leader John Rustad to resign, saying he told her to "get the F out." Boultbee is the fifth MLA...
Oct 20, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The prime minister needs to live by his own bilingual rules
Sarah Mills says Mark Carney largely speaking French in his call to astronaut Jeremy Hansen breaks a standard he set whe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 9
8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
