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Second week of campaign underway amid criticism, leaks within Conservative ranks
OTTAWA - As the 2025 federal election campaign begins its second week, U.S. President Donald Trump and another round of tariffs expected on April 2 could again sidetrack most of Canada's political dis...
Mar 30, 2025 Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre and his wife Anaida Poilievre arrive for a campaign stop at Western Forest Products Duke Point Sawmill, in Nanaimo, B.C., on March 28, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck)
Raffi says he's working on a song about democracy written for kids
VANCOUVER - Children's singer Raffi says he's planning a song about democracy written especially for young listeners. The "Baby Beluga" creator says the idea came to him about a week ago, and since th...
Mar 30, 2025
Sewage leaks into Calgary's Bow River; mayor says city's water is still safe to drink
CALGARY - Calgary Mayor Jyoti Gondek is reassuring residents of the city that their water is safe to drink after announcing a sewage pipe underneath the Bow River had to be shut down due to a leak. Go...
Mar 29, 2025
Manitoba electricity rates could rise 10.9 per cent over three years
WINNIPEG - Manitoba residents could see their electricity rates rise by 3.5 per cent in each of the next three years if an application by Manitoba Hydro is approved. The Crown corporation says billion...
Mar 29, 2025
Quebec university publishes guidelines for staff, students travelling to the U.S.
MONTREAL - Universit de Montral has issued a series of guidelines this week to students and staff who will be travelling to the United States for academic purposes amid what it described as growing an...
Mar 29, 2025
Busy day for Carney, Poilievre targets criminal 'monsters' on campaign trail
OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Mark Carney on Friday promised a new $5 billion infrastructure fund to accelerate big projects in his quest to make much of his campaign about nation building and making Canada...
Mar 29, 2025 Liberal Leader Mark Carney smiles as he speaks at a campaign event at the Port of Montreal on Friday March 28, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn)
Disciplinary hearing results in admonishment for former Canada coach John Herdman
A disciplinary committee hearing into John Herdman, triggered by the Olympic drone-spying scandal, has concluded with the former Canada coach receiving a written admonishment. The disciplinary hearing...
Mar 28, 2025
US Naval Academy ends affirmative action in admissions
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) - The U.S. Naval Academy will no longer consider race, ethnicity or sex as a factor for admission to the service institution, a response to an executive order by President Donald T...
Mar 28, 2025
Trump commutes the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President Donald Trump commuted the sentence of Ozy Media co-founder Carlos Watson, a White House official said Friday, just before Watson was due to report to prison for ...
Mar 28, 2025
Manitoba to look at potential outreach efforts for U.S. researchers, says Kinew
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says his government is looking at ways to recruit scientists and researchers from the United States. Discussions continued Friday with provincial and territorial ...
Mar 28, 2025
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