Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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Canada to host U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson, other officials from G7 and Ukraine
OTTAWA - U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson will be in the Ottawa region this week for a gathering of his peers from most G7 countries and Ukraine. Speaker of the House of Commons Francis Scarpaleggia wi...
Sep 02, 2025
EPA should not have been blocked from terminating 'green bank' funds, appeals court says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration was handed a win by a federal appeals court on Tuesday in its effort to freeze billions of dollars and terminate contracts for nonprofits to run a "green ban...
Sep 02, 2025
Prime Minister Mark Carney huddles with cabinet in Toronto ahead of fall sitting
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney headed to Toronto on Tuesday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet ahead of the fall legislative sitting. It's Carney's second cabinet retreat since win...
Sep 02, 2025
Auto board scandal: Legault says more accountability needed, casts blame elsewhere
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault testified on Tuesday that he was kept in the dark about hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns at the auto insurance board, laying most of the blame...
Sep 02, 2025
Ottawa sets 100-day timeline to fix CRA delays, service issues
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says he wants to address headaches at the Canada Revenue Agency in 100 days. Champagne says in a letter to the chair of Parliament's finance commit...
Sep 02, 2025 Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne speaks to reporters as he arrives at a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Thursday, June 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle
Toronto traffic, transit congestion likely to worsen with in-office mandates: experts
TORONTO - Greater Toronto commuters are likely bracing for traffic and transit congestion to worsen over the coming months as a number of major employers get ready to increase in-office days. Even bef...
Sep 02, 2025
Quebec has turned down funds aimed at addressing systemic racism in the courts
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn't agree with the program's approach. The federal gov...
Sep 02, 2025
Talks seek ways to restart negotiations with B.C. government workers: minister
As thousands of British Columbia government workers hit the picket lines Tuesday, the province's finance minister said there had been communication with the union to convince its team to come back to ...
Sep 02, 2025
Trump says he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Monday he's awarding former New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani the Presidential Medal of Freedom, announcing the honor two days after his political ally was ...
Sep 01, 2025
New Brunswick minister who was diagnosed with brain tumour returns to cabinet
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick minister who took time off to get treatment for a brain tumour will be returning to work with a new portfolio. Premier Susan Holt says Alyson Townsend will now serve as m...
Sep 01, 2025
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