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No evidence federal election was affected by foreign interference, commissioner says
OTTAWA - Canada's elections commissioner says she has no evidence the result of the federal election in April was affected by foreign interference, disinformation or voter intimidation. In a prelimina...
Jun 25, 2025 Commissioner of Canada Elections Caroline Simard is pictured on Parliament Hill Thursday, March 2, 2023 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Former B.C. finance minister says Conservative nomination process needs examination
OTTAWA - A longtime B.C. MLA who was barred from running for the Conservative party in the April election said the Tories need to do a deep dive into their nomination processes - but he has little fai...
Jun 25, 2025
NS Power expands offer of free credit monitoring for customers after cyberattack
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power says it is offering five years of free credit monitoring to all past and current customers in response to a recent cyberattack. The private utility had initially offered tw...
Jun 25, 2025
Nova Scotia won't buy air conditioners for low-income people with health issues
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia woman on income assistance who succeeded in forcing the province to pay for her air conditioner says she's frustrated other low-income people won't get the same relief. "I feel...
Jun 25, 2025
Google urges CRTC to use restraint with Online Streaming Act
OTTAWA - Google asked the federal broadcast regulator Wednesday to exercise caution and restraint in regulating online platforms. Representatives from Google, which owns YouTube, appeared before a CRT...
Jun 25, 2025
StatCan says two-bedroom asking rents highest in Vancouver in Q1
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says Vancouver saw the highest average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the first quarter. The average asking price in B.C.'s largest city for a two-bedroom unit w...
Jun 25, 2025
Health agency says 72 sickened with salmonella after eating recalled salami
TORONTO - Seventy-two people have fallen ill after eating salami recalled due to possible salmonella contamination. The Public Health Agency of Canada released an updated notice on an outbreak of salm...
Jun 25, 2025
Ottawa won't release its budget for Canada Day festivities in the capital
OTTAWA - The federal government has set a budget for Canada Day programming in the National Capital Region this year but is refusing to say what it is. The budget for Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa...
Jun 25, 2025 A construction crane is seen as a cloud of smoke hovers above the ground during a fireworks show on Canada Day in Ottawa on Monday, July 1, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Carney says Canada to spend 5% of GDP on defence by 2035
THE HAGUE - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada and its NATO allies have all agreed to hike their defence-spending target to five per cent of annual GDP by 2035. Carney says Canada can no longer re...
Jun 25, 2025 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, middle, takes part in a meeting of the North Atlantic Council during the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Senate under pressure to deal with Carney's major projects bill quickly
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's controversial major projects bill could be in for a speedy trip through the Senate this week. Bill C-5 will be introduced at first reading in the upper chamber to...
Jun 25, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney, left to right, speaks with former prime ministers Kim Campbell, Stephen Harper and Justin Trudeau ahead of King Charles delivering the speech from the throne in the Senate in Ottawa on Tuesday, May 27, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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