Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Son of woman who inspired assisted dying law chooses to die on his own terms
OTTAWA - Price Carter is planning to die this summer. The 68-year-old has been diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. He knows it will take his life eventually; before it does, he intends to die on...
May 31, 2025
Two Ontario First Nations declare wildfire emergencies, plan evacuations
Two First Nations in Ontario's far north have declared states of emergency and are planning evacuations as wildfires threaten their communities. Leaders in Deer Lake First Nation, near the Manitoba bo...
May 30, 2025
Trump says he's going to double tariffs on steel to 50 per cent
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. - U.S. President Donald Trump said Friday that he's doubling the tariff rate on steel to 50 per cent, a dramatic increase that could further push up prices in the United States for a...
May 30, 2025 U.S. President Donald Trump speaks at the U.S. Steel Mon Valley Works-Irvin Plant, Friday, May 30, 2025, in West Mifflin, Pa. (AP Photo/David Dermer)
B.C. launches public safety program aimed at stopping non-violent street crime
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has launched a new public safety program aimed at reducing robbery, shoplifting, vandalism, property damage and other non-violent street crimes in high-traffic business ar...
May 30, 2025
Federal bill to bolster border security expected early next week
OTTAWA - The Liberal government plans to introduce legislation soon to strengthen border security in response to continuing pressure from the United States. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree ...
May 30, 2025
Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to release names of residential school priests
OTTAWA - The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation says it will soon release the names of 140 priests or brothers who worked in residential schools. Along with their names, the centre said in a...
May 30, 2025
Canada calls on Israel to abandon plans for new West Bank settlements
OTTAWA - Canada is calling on Israel to abandon plans unveiled Thursday to authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank which it says would be illegal. Israel captured the West Bank, alon...
May 30, 2025
New law forces B.C. legislator to quit her 'part-time' job as municipal councillor
VICTORIA - A B.C. Conservative legislator has lost what she called her "part-time" job as a councillor after a new law banning MLAs from also serving as municipal representatives came into effect. Mis...
May 30, 2025
Ottawa's plan to 'fast-track' infrastructure doesn't go far enough: Poilievre
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says the government's plan to circumvent the Impact Assessment Act to speed up key infrastructure projects doesn't go far enough. Taking questions from re...
May 30, 2025 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Friday, May 30, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Alberta government extends deadline for judge's investigation into contract scandal
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it's extending the deadline for a former judge to investigate allegations of high-level conflict of interest and arm-twisting in health care contracts. Former Mani...
May 30, 2025
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