Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
Every Friday, Murray Wood takes a look at the week's news and decides who's hot... and who's not. This week's list inclu...
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Will Mark Carney be Canada's first unelected prime minister?
OTTAWA - Mark Carney's leadership campaign said he's fundraised a whopping $4.5 million during the Liberal party's short, two-month race to replace outgoing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Carney was c...
Mar 09, 2025 If Mark Carney wins the Liberal leadership race today, he would eventually be sworn in as prime minister without holding a seat in Parliament. (Canadian Press files)
From Fort Smith to global finance and back, Carney's not your usual politician
OTTAWA - Even when Mark Carney was still in high school, his friends bugged him about whether he would become prime minister one day. His answer was one fit for a future politician: to never confirm n...
Mar 09, 2025
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: Canada-U.S. trade The ongoing uncertainty on the trade front is expected to carry on. Canada and Mexico won a repr...
Mar 09, 2025
Mark Carney to become next PM after sweeping Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals elected Mark Carney to lead their party into the next election in a resounding first-ballot victory on Sunday, putting him on track to soon become the next prime minister of ...
Mar 09, 2025
Premier hopes identification of remains found at landfill helps family move forward
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's premier says he has spoken with the family of an Indigenous woman murdered by a serial killer, and he hopes the confirmation that her remains have been found during a search at a...
Mar 08, 2025
Ironworkers Local 97 calls for 'immediate end' to Temporary Foreign Worker program
Uncertainty and the threat of looming tariffs against Canada by U.S. President Donald Trump is putting Canadian jobs at risk, and the federal government should shelve its Temporary Foreign Worker prog...
Mar 08, 2025
Ottawa inks initial contract for new River-class destroyers with Irving
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government signed an initial deal with Irving Shipbuilding for the Royal Canadian Navy's new River-class destroyers. The implementation contract is worth $8 billion for th...
Mar 08, 2025
Anti-Trump demonstrators rally in cities across Quebec for women's rights
MONTREAL - Protesters flooded several blocks in downtown Montreal on Saturday, chanting "shame on you" on the doorstep of the United States Consulate. It was one of more than a dozen demonstrations he...
Mar 08, 2025
Ottawa announces 2nd domestic contract for polar icebreaker
OTTAWA - Ottawa has unveiled two major domestic shipbuilding contracts for new polar icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard to use in the Arctic. The federal government says it is awarding Davie Shi...
Mar 08, 2025
Banning guns 'will not stop criminal acts,' says Sask. government
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has outlawed another 179 firearm varieties, adding to the list of prohibited guns it considers too dangerous for use by hunters or sport shooters. The government says a...
Mar 08, 2025 A restricted gun licence holder holds a AR-15 in 2020. The Liberal government has outlawed another 179 firearm varieties, adding to the list of prohibited guns it considers too dangerous for use by hunters or sport shooters. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
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