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Israeli envoy pushes back as Ottawa calls out 'disturbing' food restrictions on Gaza
OTTAWA - The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid is calling on Israel to stop restricting the flow of food aid to the Gaza Strip - while Israel's ambassador is pushing back on Ottawa's suggestion that ...
Jun 03, 2025
Newark mayor sues New Jersey's top federal prosecutor after arrest at immigration detention site
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Newark Mayor Ras Baraka sued New Jersey's top federal prosecutor on Tuesday over his arrest on a trespassing charge at a federal immigration detention facility, saying the Trump-ap...
Jun 03, 2025
Opposition MPs add call for a spring economic update to throne speech
OTTAWA - Government whip Mark Gerretsen insists nothing went wrong with a throne speech sub-amendment vote that now calls on the government to table an economic update before Parliament breaks for the...
Jun 03, 2025 Liberal MP Mark Gerretsen, now the government whip, makes his way to a Liberal Party caucus meeting in West Block on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Newfoundland voters concerned after apparent voter mistakes void hundreds of ballots
ST. JOHN'S - Two voters in Newfoundland say they hope Elections Canada can learn from a dramatic judicial recount that revealed hundreds of people in their riding may have marked their ballots in the ...
Jun 03, 2025
Duty free stores look for financial support as cross-border traffic drops
OTTAWA - An association representing duty free stores and a group of 15 mayors from border cities have written a letter to the federal government asking for financial support and clarity on export rul...
Jun 03, 2025
Liberal government legislation to further tighten Canada-U.S. border expected today
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree is expected to introduce a bill today spelling out the federal government's next steps on border security. The recent throne speech promised legisla...
Jun 03, 2025 A truck drives past the passenger entry point at the U.S. and Canada border in Surrey, B.C., on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
Review of B.C. home-sharing program for adults with developmental disabilities
The British Columbia government is commissioning an independent review of the province's home-share program, months after an inquest into the starvation death of a woman with Down syndrome in a Port C...
Jun 02, 2025
Manitoba Opposition Tories agree to speed passage of free trade bill before summer
WINNIPEG - Manitoba politicians reached a deal to speed passage of a free trade bill Monday, hours before the legislature was to break for the summer. More than 30 other bills were also set to be appr...
Jun 02, 2025
Olympic champion kayaker Adam van Koeverden steps to helm of Canadian sport
Olympic champion paddler Adam van Koeverden is the latest politician to step into the leadership of sport in Canada. The MP for Burlington North-Milton West in Ontario was appointed Secretary of State...
Jun 02, 2025
B.C. primary care review underway, part of NDP's confidence deal with Greens
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government has launched a review of its primary health care system, in accordance with the ruling New Democrats' confidence agreement with the Green Party. The assessme...
Jun 02, 2025
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