Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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Conservative MP resigns seat so Poilievre can run in Alberta byelection
OTTAWA - Alberta Conservative Damien Kurek says he has officially resigned as an MP. Kurek promised just after the April election that he would vacate his seat in the Battle River-Crowfoot riding to a...
Jun 17, 2025 Conservative MP for Battle River-Crowfoot Damien Kurek rises in the House of Commons on Wednesday, May 28, 2025 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Bank of Canada weighed June rate cut — but trade uncertainty kept it on hold
OTTAWA - New meeting records show the Bank of Canada's top decisionmakers were weighing an interest rate cut earlier this month but didn't feel like they knew enough about how the tariff dispute with ...
Jun 17, 2025
Canadian Grand Prix signs Formula One contract extension through 2035
MONTREAL - The Canadian Grand Prix is staying on the Formula One calendar until at least 2035. Octane Racing Group - the Canadian GP promoter, which is owned by Bell - and various government officials...
Jun 17, 2025
Watchdog says military police still resisting civilian oversight
OTTAWA - The military police watchdog says resistance to civilian oversight in the Canadian Forces Provost Marshal's office "worsened" last year. The Military Police Complaints Commission released a r...
Jun 17, 2025
Brad Lander, NYC comptroller and mayoral candidate, is arrested outside immigration court
NEW YORK (AP) - New York City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Brad Lander was arrested by federal agents at an immigration court Tuesday as he was trying to accompany a person out of a co...
Jun 17, 2025
Alberta doctors association raises concerns over premier limiting free COVID vaccines
EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta doctors is joining health-care unions in raising concerns over Premier Danielle Smith's decision to charge most Albertans for a COVID-19 vaccination th...
Jun 17, 2025
National chief slams House committee for limiting witnesses on major projects bill
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations slammed the committee of MPs studying the government's major projects bill on Tuesday for failing to invite more witnesses. Bill C-5 would ...
Jun 17, 2025
Lack of appropriate safeguards led to 23andMe data breach, joint investigation finds
OTTAWA - Canada's privacy watchdog says inadequate security measures opened the door to a data breach discovered two years ago at genetic testing company 23andMe. Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresn...
Jun 17, 2025 Federal privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne, left, and U.K. information commissioner John Edwards hold a press conference at the National Press Theatre in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Around 80,000 Canadians in the Middle East amid Israel-Iran conflict: Global Affairs
There are approximately 3,500 Canadians in Iran and another 6,700 in Israel amid an escalating conflict between the two countries, Global Affairs Canada says, as some of them are stuck in the region o...
Jun 17, 2025
Trump will sign an order extending deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to sell app
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump will sign an executive order this week to extend a deadline for TikTok's Chinese owner to divest the popular video sharing app, the White House announced Tuesd...
Jun 17, 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...
