Murray Wood: Police officers in the line of fire need more support from Ottawa.
Two RCMP officers were wounded in Melville, and officers have been killed in Montreal and Toronto. Murray Wood says the ...
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Chief of defence staff offers apology for military's history of racial discrimination
OTTAWA - The head of Canada's military formally apologized Thursday to the Canadian Armed Forces for the service's history of racist discrimination and vowed to improve the situation for racialized CA...
Oct 30, 2025
Five things you may not know about the 1995 Quebec referendum
MONTREAL - The 1995 referendum on independence took place 30 years ago on Thursday, when a razor-thin majority of Quebecers voted to stay in Canada. After a dramatic campaign during which the sovereig...
Oct 30, 2025
Ottawa's new climate strategy being developed 'behind closed doors,' AFN says
OTTAWA - Ottawa's new climate competitiveness strategy is being developed "behind closed doors," without input from First Nations, an Assembly of First Nations leader charged at a parliamentary commit...
Oct 30, 2025
Canada's Cyber Centre warns of hacktivists targeting water, energy systems
OTTAWA - The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security warns that hackers with an activist agenda have been tampering with online systems that control water, energy and agricultural facilities. An alert sent...
Oct 30, 2025
Federal government has spent more than $15M fighting Black class-action lawsuit
OTTAWA - The federal government has spent more than $15 million fighting a class-action lawsuit filed by Black public servants, documents filed in Parliament show. A document prepared by the Departmen...
Oct 30, 2025
Councillor says $100M project denied loan over Cowichan case, bank says not a factor
A Richmond, B.C., councillor says a company based in the city has been refused financing for what she says is a $100 million project because of uncertainty over their site due to the Cowichan Tribes A...
Oct 30, 2025
New Brunswick Liberals say gas prices to drop by about 8 cents a litre with tax cut
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's government says it's cutting a carbon tax that will reduce prices at the pump by about eight cents a litre, starting Dec. 1. Premier Susan Holt had promised during last y...
Oct 30, 2025
Seven things to watch for as PM Mark Carney meets Chinese President Xi Jinping
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday at a summit in South Korea, where he intends to talk about "a much broader set of issues than trade....
Oct 30, 2025
Senator tries again to put limits on prisons' use of solitary confinement
OTTAWA - Sen. Kim Pate has been fighting against prisons' use of solitary confinement since 2018, when the federal government committed to curbing the practice. She told The Canadian Press the situati...
Oct 30, 2025
Alberta students cut class, rally at legislature for teachers in strike-bill dispute
EDMONTON - Hundreds of students cut class Thursday to march and chant against Alberta's shutdown of a teachers strike in protests that saw Premier Danielle Smith compared to a cold-hearted, green-furr...
Oct 30, 2025
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