Murray Wood: Conservatives need to broaden appeal as Liberals form government
Wood says the Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives need to hope that Prime Minister Mark Carney stumbles or start appe...
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Alberta's chief medical officer out as contract ends, province looking for successor
EDMONTON - Alberta is seeking a new chief medical officer of health as the government says Dr. Mark Joffe's contract has expired. Health Minister Adriana LaGrange's office said in an email Tuesday tha...
Apr 15, 2025
B.C. accepting only 1,100 new immigrant applications, nominations to focus on health
The odds of new applications from immigrants being accepted into British Columbia's nominee program this year have dropped to near zero for anyone other than health workers or entrepreneurs. The provi...
Apr 15, 2025
Saskatchewan health minister quashes claim of babies going to U.S. for medical care
REGINA - Saskatchewan's health minister has rejected accusations from a nurses union and the Opposition NDP that some babies from Regina's neonatal intensive care unit were sent to North Dakota for ca...
Apr 15, 2025
Nova Scotia auditor general credits government on progress fulfilling recommendations
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia auditor general Kim Adair said Tuesday the provincial government has made substantial progress toward acting on recommendations she made from 2020 to 2022. In the first followup ...
Apr 15, 2025
New facility to house asylum seekers in Toronto with mental health services on site
TORONTO - A new facility designed to house and support refugees and asylum seekers in Toronto is set to open next month with a focus on addressing mental health issues. The Canadian Mental Health Asso...
Apr 15, 2025
Manitoba premier touts increased trade with Europe, possible second Hudson Bay port
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew expressed an openness Tuesday to a potential second port on Hudson Bay as a tool to help ramp up trade with Europe amid trade disputes with the United States. It ...
Apr 15, 2025
Nova Scotia moves forward with plan for municipalities to protect coastlines
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is offering municipalities a blueprint on how they can protect the province's 13,000 kilometres of coastline. Environment Minister Tim Halman was in Sydney, N.S., ...
Apr 15, 2025
Ottawa announces help for businesses hurt by U.S. tariffs
OTTAWA - Federal Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne has announced help for Canadian businesses affected by the trade dispute with the U.S., giving them time to adjust their supply chains. The...
Apr 15, 2025
Tariffs and Trump loom large in Ontario's agenda-setting throne speech
TORONTO - The economic uncertainty created by U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs permeated Ontario's throne speech Tuesday, a ceremonial offering intended to set the new provincial government's age...
Apr 15, 2025
Trump administration freezes $2.2 billion in grants to Harvard over campus activism
BOSTON (AP) - The federal government says it's freezing more than $2.2 billion in grants and $60 million in contracts to Harvard University, since the institution said Monday it won't comply with the ...
Apr 14, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Saskatchewan NDP seems to still be in election mode
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