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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Elections Alberta says second legislature member, Angela Pitt, facing recall petition
EDMONTON - A second member of the Alberta legislature is facing a citizen-led petition to recall her from her job. Chief electoral officer Gordon McClure, speaking Monday to a legislature committee, s...
Nov 03, 2025
Former Bloc MP who lost by single vote says she will appeal to Supreme Court
MONTREAL - The former Bloc MP who lost her Quebec riding by a single vote is taking the matter to the Supreme Court of Canada. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagn says she will appeal a recent Quebec Superior C...
Nov 03, 2025
Data stored in Canada can be subject to foreign courts, government paper warns
OTTAWA - A new government white paper on digital sovereignty says Ottawa can't maintain full control over its data if its data storage supplier is subject to the laws of another country. It warns the ...
Nov 03, 2025
Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded in November
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) - President Donald Trump's administration said Monday that it will partially fund SNAP after two judges issued rulings requiring it to keep the nation's largest food aid program ...
Nov 03, 2025
Carney asked Ford 'a couple of times' to pull anti-tariff ad, premier says
TORONTO - Prime Minister Mark Carney called Doug Ford "a couple of times" from Asia to ask him to pull an ad campaign that's being blamed for ending trade talks with the United States, the Ontario pre...
Nov 03, 2025
Sweden to send its royals, industry chiefs in delegation to Canada this month
OTTAWA - Sweden is sending a large delegation of some of its most prominent people to Canada later this month as it seeks closer ties across the Arctic. Rideau Hall says Gov. Gen. Mary Simon will welc...
Nov 03, 2025
Government expects fewer questions on foreign aid from weakened NDP: briefing note
OTTAWA - A Global Affairs Canada briefing note suggests the department expects fewer questions in the House of Commons about possible cuts to foreign aid because of the much-reduced NDP caucus. "A dec...
Nov 03, 2025
Ottawa urged to keep Canadian weapons out of Sudan's civil war
OTTAWA - As Prime Minister Mark Carney prepares to visit the United Arab Emirates, human rights advocates are calling on his government to do more to stop the flow of weapons from the UAE to a militia...
Nov 03, 2025
Finance minister says budget will offer no surprises, make 'generational investments'
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says there will be "no surprises" when he tables a federal budget Tuesday that he promises will offer "generational investments." Champagne told a...
Nov 03, 2025
Election day in the Yukon: Vote includes non-binding electoral reform question
WHITEHORSE - Yukon residents go to the polls today in a territorial election where voters are also being asked for their say on possible electoral reform. The Yukon Liberals went into the race as a mi...
Nov 03, 2025 Voters and poll workers are shown at a Whitehorse polling station during the Yukon election on Monday April 12, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Mark Kelly
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