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Recount underway in rural Newfoundland riding where Liberal had 12-vote lead
ST. JOHN'S - A judicial recount is underway in a rural Newfoundland riding where the Liberals finished with a 12-vote lead. The recount in the Terra Nova-The Peninsulas riding in central Newfoundland ...
May 12, 2025 A vote sign is taped to the wall at a polling station on federal election day in Vancouver, on Monday, April 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ethan Cairns
AFN chief calls for review of natural resource deals amid talk of Alberta separation
EDMONTON - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is calling for a federal review of nearly century-old natural resource transfer agreements in response to Alberta's government opening th...
May 12, 2025
Deputy attorney general who defended Trump in hush money trial named acting librarian of Congress
NEW YORK (AP) - Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, who represented Donald Trump during his 2024 criminal trial, has been appointed acting librarian of Congress, the Justice Department said Monday. ...
May 12, 2025
Ontario hospitals spent over $9B on agency staff over 10 years, study finds
TORONTO - Ontario hospitals spent more than $9 billion on nurses and other staff from for-profit agencies in a 10-year period, a new study concludes. The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives study,...
May 12, 2025
US touts 'substantial progress' in tariff talks with China, but details are still scarce
GENEVA (AP) - The lead U.S. negotiator in trade talks with China cheered "a great deal of productivity" in resolving differences between the world's two leading economic powers, after officials wrappe...
May 11, 2025
Recount sees Liberals take Quebec riding of Terrebonne by single vote
TORONTO - The Liberals inched another seat closer to a majority government on Saturday, after a judicial recount left their candidate as the winner in the Quebec riding of Terrebone by a margin of jus...
May 11, 2025 Elections Canada signage is pictured near an advance polling station in Ottawa, on Friday, April 18, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby)
Ottawa looks to off-load costly, seldom-used mobile hospitals bought for Covid-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - The federal government expects to spend about $7 million this fiscal year to store and maintain four custom-made, portable hospitals that cost taxpayers more than $200 million to buy - facili...
May 11, 2025 A field hospital in the parking lot of Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto on Wednesday, March 31, 2021. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: HBC Hudson's Bay is expected to return to court Tuesday to seek permission to extend its creditor protection, curr...
May 11, 2025
'We're Canadians': Some Albertans divided about separation in cross-province checkup
EDMONTON - Row after row of Canadian flags fly high atop tall poles over manicured lawns in a southern Alberta town that's also home to the province's premier, her husband and their dog. Kathleen Sokv...
May 11, 2025
Quebec sovereigntists watch Alberta referendum talk with optimism, disdain
MONTREAL - As Alberta flirts with the possibility of a referendum on separation, Quebec sovereigntists are watching with interest - and a healthy dose of skepticism. Some are hoping a wave of separati...
May 11, 2025
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