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Manitoba Indigenous groups agree to work together on major infrastructure projects
WINNIPEG - Two Indigenous groups in Manitoba have agreed to work together on major infrastructure and development projects. It comes as the federal government looks to fast-track projects across the c...
Aug 13, 2025
François Legault taking crushing byelection loss to the PQ with 'humility'
QUEBEC CITY - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says he is taking Monday's byelection loss to the Parti Qubcois with humility. Legault's Coalition Avenir Qubec finished fourth in the Arthabaska riding wi...
Aug 13, 2025
Some BoC governors wonder, has the central bank already cut its rate enough?
OTTAWA - Newly released documents show some members of the Bank of Canada were wondering last month whether the central bank's benchmark interest rate is already low enough to support the Canadian eco...
Aug 13, 2025 Some members of the Bank of Canada's governing council wondered in July whether the central bank had already lowered its interest rate enough to support the economy through U.S. tariffs. A cyclist moves past the Bank of Canada building in Ottawa, Wednesday, July 30, 2025. (The Canadian Press)
'This is our livelihood': Farmers brace for hit from new China canola tariff
Farmer Bill Prybylski says China's planned tariff on canola seed wasn't factored into his business equations this year. The president of the Agricultural Producers Association of Saskatchewan says the...
Aug 13, 2025
Hudbay Minerals sells stake in Arizona copper mine to Mitsubishi
Shares in Hudbay Minerals Inc. surged after it announced a deal with Mitsubishi Corp. to sell a 30 per cent stake in an Arizona copper project the Toronto-based miner says will support U.S. national s...
Aug 13, 2025
Conservative MP calls on Ottawa to do more on wildfires, criticizes forest entry ban
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner says the federal government needs to do more to fight Canada's devastating forest fires. Speaking to reporters Wednesday in Ottawa, the Alberta MP accus...
Aug 13, 2025
Trump names Strait, Stallone and Kiss for Kennedy Center Honors and says he'll host the awards show
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump on Wednesday named country music star George Strait, "Rocky" actor Sylvester Stallone, singer Gloria Gaynor, the rock band Kiss and actor-singer Michael Crawfo...
Aug 13, 2025
Former justice minister Irwin Cotler calls on Israel to end war, starvation in Gaza
OTTAWA - Former Liberal justice minister Irwin Cotler has joined thousands of Jews calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to end the war and starvation in Gaza. The longtime human rights...
Aug 13, 2025
Ontario just shy of meeting target of four hours direct care for LTC residents
TORONTO - Ontario failed to meet its legislated target for getting long-term care residents an average of four hours a day of direct care by March of this year, the government concedes, though it came...
Aug 13, 2025
Former top general says reviewing medals for Afghan vets a 'no-brainer' for Carney
OTTAWA - A former top general who led the military during the Afghanistan conflict is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney's government to revisit the files of soldiers who served there to see if any of ...
Aug 13, 2025
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