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Ontario and Manitoba ink deal to boost interprovincial trade
TORONTO - Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew signed an agreement Wednesday to boost the movement of goods and labour between the two provinces, including direct-to-consumer alcoh...
May 14, 2025
New housing minister says he'll 'leverage' his past as Vancouver mayor in new role
OTTAWA - Canada's new housing minister says he didn't have the tools he needed to address housing affordability issues when he was mayor of Vancouver - the country's most expensive housing market. Gre...
May 14, 2025
California governor outlines $12 billion deficit and freeze on immigrant health program access
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California is facing a $12 billion deficit that Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to help close by freezing enrollment in a state-funded health care program for immigrants living in Ca...
May 14, 2025
Tory MP, unions concerned about lack of labour minister amid Trump's tariffs
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Jamil Jivani sent a letter to the federal government Wednesday raising concerns about the lack of a labour minister in Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet at a time of econom...
May 14, 2025
No more blue wall, red wall: How electoral reform could stop regional election sweeps
OTTAWA - A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year - one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties - a...
May 14, 2025
Ontario electricity produced with rising percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power
TORONTO - Ontario's electricity is now being produced with the highest percentage of greenhouse-gas-emitting power since coal plants were operating in the province. The Independent Electricity System ...
May 14, 2025
Trump meets with Syria's insurgent-turned-leader in Saudi Arabia
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - U.S. President Donald Trump met with interim Syrian President Ahmad al-Sharaa in Saudi Arabia on Wednesday, the first encounter between the two nations' leaders in 25 years...
May 14, 2025
Saskatchewan firefighter groups concerned over building burn legislation
REGINA - Saskatchewan's legislature has passed a bill that opens the door for local governments to order firefighters to burn down derelict buildings, a move firefighters say they oppose. Bill 21, the...
May 13, 2025
Gender-based violence: N.S. committee hears distressing testimony from mother of four
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia legislative committee heard disturbing testimony Tuesday from a mother of four who described how her spouse allegedly subjected them to harassment while the police and courts s...
May 13, 2025
Here are the newcomers, familiar faces in Prime Minister Mark Carney's inner circle
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his new cabinet. Here is the list of all 28 Liberal cabinet members, as well as 10 secretaries of state. Returning members of cabinet: Anita Anand, mi...
May 13, 2025
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8:30 - Saskatchewan's mining sector is on a historic tear - record sales, soaring uranium prices, and global demand putt...
