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Carney confirms Liberals won't proceed with capital gains tax change
OTTAWA - Days before he's expected to call a federal election, Prime Minister Mark Carney is confirming he won't move ahead with a key Liberal tax policy. The Prime Minister's Office says a plan to hi...
Mar 21, 2025
Ottawa to provide $1.5 billion for Metro Vancouver's transit service over a decade
VANCOUVER - The federal government has committed more than $1.5 billion over 10 years for Metro Vancouver's beleaguered transit network, but a public transit advocate says it still leaves a massive fu...
Mar 21, 2025
Syrian-Canadians hopeful as Ottawa takes initial steps, but urge more action
OTTAWA - Canadians with ties to Syria say it's time for Ottawa to drop sanctions on the country and help nudge its new leaders toward a democratic, pluralistic future. Those with roots in the country ...
Mar 21, 2025
Nova Scotia NDP questions lack of pharmacare deal with Ottawa
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia still hasn't signed on to the federal government's pharmacare plan, and the province's Opposition New Democrats are wondering why. NDP Leader Claudia Chender said Friday that pha...
Mar 21, 2025
U.S. limits Canadian access to border-straddling library, citing security concerns
STANSTEAD, Que. - For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Que., have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vt., to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House - no passport req...
Mar 21, 2025
New Brunswick premier proposes 'free-trade zone' in Atlantic Canada
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt is proposing a free-trade zone for goods and services within Atlantic Canada to help the region withstand United States' tariffs. In a letter Thursday to...
Mar 21, 2025
Poilievre outlines plan to boost apprenticeships, training for trades workers
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre announced a plan Friday to boost training and employment for workers in the skilled trades. Speaking at a news conference in Ottawa Friday morning, Poilie...
Mar 21, 2025
Nearly half of landslides during B.C. disaster linked to logging, wildfire: study
VANCOUVER - Nearly half of the landslides, debris flows and washouts that occurred during British Columbia's atmospheric river disaster in November 2021 originated in areas that had been logged or bur...
Mar 21, 2025
Carney, premiers seek plan for national energy, trade corridor
OTTAWA - Canada's new prime minister and its premiers agreed Friday to pursue plans to move more energy across the country, tear down internal trade barriers and build big projects faster. "It is high...
Mar 21, 2025
Liberals revoke Arya's nomination, after removing him from leadership race
OTTAWA - Liberal MP Chandra Arya says his nomination to run for the party again in his Ottawa riding has been revoked. The 62-year-old has represented the city's Nepean seat since 2015. The decision t...
Mar 20, 2025
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