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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What happens to Trump’s tariffs now that a court has knocked them down?
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump has audaciously claimed virtually unlimited power to bypass Congress and impose sweeping taxes on foreign products. Now a federal court has thrown a roadblock ...
May 29, 2025
Thieves gain access to about 140,000 social insurance numbers in NS Power database
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Power's CEO says up to 140,000 social insurance numbers could have been stolen by cyber-thieves who recently hacked into the utility's customer records. Peter Gregg said in an in...
May 29, 2025
Last-minute changes to Ontario mining bill are not good enough, First Nations say
TORONTO - Last-minute changes to a controversial Ontario mining bill are not good enough and ignore a central plea to work together on drafting legislation, First Nations said Thursday. Grand Chief Al...
May 29, 2025
Nova Scotia mum on why it won't release findings from environmental racism panel
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is refusing to release recommendations from a panel tasked with examining environmental racism in the province, and the minister responsible isn't saying why. Just...
May 29, 2025
A timeline of U.S. President Donald Trump's trade war with Canada
For over a year before the November 2024 presidential election, Donald Trump had been signalling plans to impose across-the-board tariffs if he won the United States presidency. Trump was elected on N...
May 29, 2025
Conservative Senate leader criticizes $330K rebrand of high-speed rail project
MONTREAL - The Senate opposition leader says it was "irresponsible" for a federal Crown corporation to spend $330,000 on a rebranding exercise. Conservative Sen. Leo Housakos says the decision to pay ...
May 29, 2025 A Via Rail train is seen on tracks in Dorval, Que., as it heads out of Montreal on May 23. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Canada 'not out of the woods' yet after court rules against some of Trump's tariffs
While Ottawa is welcoming a U.S. federal court decision that would block President Donald Trump's fentanyl-related tariffs against Canada, experts say local businesses are "not out of the woods" yet. ...
May 29, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump engage in a meeting at the White House in Washington, D.C., Tuesday, May 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ontario MPPs to get raises after 16-year freeze; bill to establish new pension plan
TORONTO - Ontario members of provincial parliament are getting big raises and access to a pension plan, under legislation introduced by Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy and passed with the support ...
May 29, 2025
Humanitarian group pauses aid trucks bound for Gaza, citing Israeli restrictions
OTTAWA - Aid groups say Ottawa has fallen silent as Palestinians face a growing risk of famine in the Gaza Strip - and as one Canadian humanitarian organization pauses aid delivery after accusing Isra...
May 29, 2025
Federal judge extends order blocking Trump administration ban on foreign students at Harvard
BOSTON (AP) - A federal judge on Thursday extended an order blocking the Trump administration's attempt to bar Harvard University from enrolling foreign students. U.S. District Judge Allison Burroughs...
May 29, 2025 Ryan Enos, a government professor at Harvard University, speaks at a protest against President Donald Trump's recent sanctions against Harvard in front of Science Center Plaza on Tuesday, May 27, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham)
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