Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
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City of Ottawa converts unused office space to interim housing for asylum seekers
OTTAWA - The City of Ottawa has converted unused office space in a downtown building into transitional housing for 140 asylum seekers - just blocks from Parliament Hill. Mayor Mark Sutcliffe says it's...
Jul 03, 2025
Climate justice advocate joins race for B.C. Greens leadership
VICTORIA - The B.C. Green Party says a 24-year-old advocate for climate justice and Indigenous solidarity has joined the party's leadership contest. Emily Lowan is the second person to announce their ...
Jul 03, 2025
Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Andrew Furey steps down from legislature
ST. JOHN'S - Former Newfoundland and Labrador premier Andrew Furey has stepped down from his seat in the legislature. Furey announced his decision on social media, thanking the people he represented i...
Jul 03, 2025
The House gives final approval to Trump's big tax bill and sends it to him to sign
WASHINGTON (AP) - House Republicans propelled President Donald Trump's $4.5 trillion tax breaks and spending cuts bill to final congressional passage Thursday, overcoming multiple setbacks to approve ...
Jul 03, 2025
'Political petting zoo': Politicos arrive to flip pancakes at Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - The first political pancakes were flipped Thursday as party leaders from around Canada gather for the Calgary Stampede -- a can't-miss event for politicos trying to shore up support for elec...
Jul 03, 2025
Automakers 'cautiously optimistic' on EV mandate changes after meeting with Carney
OTTAWA - The head of an organization representing automakers said he's "cautiously optimistic" after meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to urge him to repeal the electric vehicle sales mandate. C...
Jul 03, 2025
Defence spending to add 'staggering' sum to deficit by 2035, think tank warns
OTTAWA - The C.D. Howe Institute predicts Ottawa's recently announced spending plans - which include a much bigger defence budget - will drive its deficits markedly higher in the coming years. In a ne...
Jul 03, 2025
Anti-landmine advocates urge Canada to try keeping Ukraine, others in Ottawa Treaty
OTTAWA - Canadian advocates are urging Ottawa to protect the 1997 treaty Canada brokered to stop the use of landmines, as six countries on Europe's eastern flank move toward using the explosive weapon...
Jul 03, 2025 Suleiman Khalil, 21, who lost his leg in a landmine explosion while harvesting olives with his friends in a field, walks outside his home in the village of Qaminas, east of Idlib, Syria, Wednesday, April 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)
New supply management law won't save the system from Trump, experts say
OTTAWA - A new law meant to protect supply management might not be enough to shield the system in trade talks with a Trump administration bent on eliminating it, trade experts say. "It's certainly mor...
Jul 03, 2025 Cows are milked at a dairy farm in Granby, Que., on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
If Newfoundland hydrogen companies pivot, government says it will collect royalties
ST. JOHN'S - Despite a lagging market for green hydrogen, the Newfoundland and Labrador government says it still plans to collect royalties from the province's nascent renewable energy industry. Steve...
Jul 03, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...
