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Petition revives campaign to award Victoria Cross to Afghan war veterans
OTTAWA - A petition sponsored by a Liberal MP is reviving calls for a fresh look at whether veterans of the Afghanistan conflict should be reconsidered for Canada's top military honour. Liberal MP Pau...
Aug 12, 2025 A Canadian soldier surveys the landscape during a dawn patrol in the Dand district near Kandahar, Afghanistan on Monday, June 8, 2009. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Colin Perkel
Evacuations ordered as wildfire roars near Newfoundland's largest city
ST. JOHN'S - Residents near Newfoundland and Labrador's largest city were ordered to flee a wildfire Tuesday, as thousands of other people across the province faced the prospect of leaving or losing t...
Aug 12, 2025
Federal Liberals looking to provide 'certainty' to investors in fall budget
OTTAWA - Major institutional investors are asking the federal government to give them a reason to invest more at home in the upcoming fall budget, say the Liberal MPs leading budget consultations acro...
Aug 12, 2025
US and China extend trade truce another 90 days, easing tension between world's largest economies
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump extended a trade truce with China for another 90 days Monday, at least delaying once again a dangerous showdown between the world's two biggest economies. Trum...
Aug 11, 2025
B.C. court squelches Vancouver bylaw that forced ride-hailing firms to pay fees
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has invalidated a bylaw passed by the City of Vancouver that imposed a fee on ride-hailing companies working on city streets during peak hours. Uber Canada took the ...
Aug 11, 2025
New federal entity to prioritize Canadian-made, affordable housing projects
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's promised new entity to spur massive amounts of housing construction will prioritize the building of affordable housing and the use of Canadian materials, says a c...
Aug 11, 2025
B.C. to appeal landmark Aboriginal title ruling over land in Metro Vancouver
VANCOUVER - On Monday, members of the Cowichan Nation praised elders and those who have gone before them as they celebrated victory in a years-long legal fight to reclaim land on the Fraser River used...
Aug 11, 2025
Three candidates on ballot for Manitoba byelection
WINNIPEG - Three candidates are vying for a seat in Manitoba's legislature in the upcoming byelection in the Spruce Woods constituency. Elections Manitoba says Ray Berthelette is running for the gover...
Aug 11, 2025
Barrick Mining reports rise is Q2 profits despite US$1-billion writedown on Mali mine
TORONTO - Barrick Mining Corp. took a US$1.04-billion charge in its second quarter related to its loss of control of a gold mine in Mali, but still reported a rise in profit thanks to higher gold pric...
Aug 11, 2025
More than half of Canadians want cuts to the federal public service: Poll
OTTAWA - More than half of Canadians think the size and cost of the federal public service should be reduced in the coming years, a new Leger poll suggests. The poll suggests that 54 per cent of respo...
Aug 11, 2025 The Canadian flag flies over the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill on Friday, Feb. 14, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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