Murray Wood: Conservative floor crossers could hand Mark Carney a majority government
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Murray Wood: No blank cheques for blank slates
Murray Wood observes that a fledgling Saskatchewan political party - Saskatchewan United - wants you to send them money, but the party gives no indication of who is actually asking. Murray Wood delive...
Nov 24, 2025
Canada and G7 security partners to focus on disrupting transnational organized crime
OTTAWA - Interior and security ministers from Canada and the other Group of Seven countries are pledging to work together to aggressively fight transnational organized crime. Wrapping up a two-day mee...
Nov 24, 2025 Eureka police operation manager Oliver Huth shows a hiding place in a converted SUV car, in which drugs were smuggled, during a press conference of the State Criminal Police Office in Duesseldorf, Germany, Wednesday, May 3, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Norwegian defence company pitches Ottawa as Arctic partner in sub procurement
OTTAWA - As the international competition for Canada's lucrative submarine contract heats up, a Norwegian defence company is trying to sell Ottawa on its "alignment" with an Arctic near-neighbour. Kon...
Nov 24, 2025
'After all, they're family': Poll finds holiday gatherings still important for most
EDMONTON - The upcoming holiday gatherings with relatives may feel ripe for conflicts over politics, relationships, and social issues, but an online survey suggests a majority of Canadians still feel ...
Nov 23, 2025
Canada, India trade deal negotiations good news for Saskatchewan
by Dylan Robertson JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi are reviving attempts at a comprehensive trade deal, which both countries started negotiating in 20...
Nov 23, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney takes part in a bilateral meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during the G20 Summit in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Sunday, Nov. 23, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Justice minister says lack of respect causing issues for global unity
HALIFAX - Justice Minister Sean Fraser hammered home the message of strength through global unity and respect at the Halifax International Security Forum. Speaking at a panel Sunday morning, Fraser ta...
Nov 23, 2025
Carney says Canada upholding values but drops talk of 'feminist foreign policy'
JOHANNESBURG - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada no longer has a feminist foreign policy, but still wants to uphold values on the world stage that include LGBTQ+ rights and combating violence aga...
Nov 23, 2025
New Nunavut premier takes office as federal government pushes infrastructure drive
OTTAWA - As John Main settled in for one of his first interviews since being chosen as Nunavut's new premier, his phone rang while he was in the middle of a sentence. "Hi Doug," he said, taking a cong...
Nov 23, 2025
Currie Dixon sworn in as Yukon's 12th premier, appoints eight to cabinet
WHITEHORSE - Currie Dixon has been sworn in as the Yukon's next premier. Dixon's Yukon Party won 14 of 21 seats in the territory's legislative assembly in the Nov. 3 election, which saw the previously...
Nov 22, 2025
Hospital staff back to work after AUPE reaches tentative deal
EDMONTON - The union representing 16,000 hospital workers says it reached a tentative agreement with Alberta's health authority a minute before its members hit the picket lines Saturday morning. Sandr...
Nov 22, 2025
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