Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Expert in B.C. says India-Pakistan tension at highest point since 1999
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia researcher in South Asian affairs said Thursday that concerns about the current India and Pakistan tensions are justified, given that the region has not seen conflicts t...
May 08, 2025
Up to 1,000 transgender troops are being moved out of the military in new Pentagon order
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Pentagon will immediately begin moving as many as 1,000 openly identifying transgender service members out of the military and give others 30 days to self-identify under a new di...
May 08, 2025
M&A may have to wait amid trade war, but WSP Global CEO sanguine as profits rise
MONTREAL - WSP Global Inc. remains largely insulated from tariff fallout and cost-cutting by the U.S. government, but acquisitions at the engineering giant may have to take a back seat amid broader ec...
May 08, 2025
Three MLAs are supporting a B.C. farming family whose 400 ostriches are to be culled
VICTORIA - A member of an ostrich farming family held back tears Thursday as she called on the provincial government to help stop the cull of their 400 birds. Katie Pasitney, spokesperson for Universa...
May 08, 2025
More details needed about Carney's plans to revamp foreign service, union head says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has vowed to invest in Canada's foreign service, arguing that diplomacy is becoming increasingly important in a dangerous world. A union official representing forei...
May 08, 2025
Ottawa, Indigenous capital group sign first-of-its-kind 10-year agreement
OTTAWA - Ottawa and the National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association have signed a first-of-its-kind, $514 million agreement to help boost entrepreneurship. Indigenous Services Canada says it's...
May 08, 2025
'Things to get off my chest': Alberta's former Speaker to vote, heckle as brief MLA
EDMONTON - Alberta's now-former Speaker of the legislature says he's excited to display some partisanship in his last days as an elected official. Nathan Cooper announced this week that he is to resig...
May 08, 2025
White House proposes overhauling the outdated US air traffic control system in the wake of crashes
The Trump administration proposed a major overhaul of the U.S. air traffic control system on Thursday in the wake of recent deadly plane crashes and technical failures that have put a spotlight on the...
May 08, 2025
Nova Scotia to speed up environmental reviews for clean energy projects
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is accelerating the environmental review process for a number of clean energy projects to meet its climate goals and get off coal by 2030. Under changes announced ...
May 08, 2025
Trump says he'll pull the nomination of Ed Martin for DC US Attorney after concerns of partisanship
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump said Thursday that he would pull his nomination of Ed Martin Jr. to be the top federal prosecutor for the nation's capital, bowing to bipartisan concerns about...
May 08, 2025
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