Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
Louise Arbour brings much more than French skills to her role as the king's representative, but she also has taken contr...
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Ottawa posts $21.7 billion deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $21.7 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $23.6 billion for the sam...
Feb 28, 2025
Trump calls Freeland 'a whack' and Poilievre 'not a MAGA guy' as tariff threat looms
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in this week on domestic Canadian politics, firing insults at Chrystia Freeland and saying Pierre Poilievre is not a "MAGA guy" as his deadline to impo...
Feb 28, 2025
Doug Ford's Ontario PCs win re-election, with tariff threats approaching
TORONTO - Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won't have long to sit back and bask in the glow of winning a third majority government, with an imminent tariff threat around the corner. The Tories wo...
Feb 28, 2025
Large number of Canadian public servants breaking remote work rules
OTTAWA - Large numbers of public servants working in the federal government's three biggest departments aren't following Ottawa's three-days-per-week office work rule, federal data shows. The federal ...
Feb 28, 2025
'Not a priority': Critics say Alberta falls short on health-care, education spending
EDMONTON - Critics say the Alberta government's proposed health-care and education spending in its new budget won't address long-standing problems in either sector. "Public education, once again, with...
Feb 28, 2025
Canada could be barred from a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, expert says
OTTAWA - Canada may have difficulty taking part in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine after a future ceasefire because it has clearly taken a side in the conflict, an international affairs expert sugge...
Feb 28, 2025
Here's how the PCs' win in Ontario's snap vote stacks up against elections past
The Progressive Conservatives have won a third consecutive majority government in Thursday's snap vote - a feat accomplished for the first time in more than 50 years of Ontario elections. The last tim...
Feb 27, 2025
A look at re-elected Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford
Doug Ford, leader of the Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, has secured a third majority mandate after calling a snap election four weeks ago. Born: Nov. 20, 1964. Early years: Ford was born a...
Feb 27, 2025
Here's the latest on the Ontario provincial election
The Progressive Conservatives will form a third consecutive majority government in Ontario after a snap winter election. Here are the latest developments. All times eastern. --- 11:15 p.m. The early e...
Feb 27, 2025
Alberta government appoints Martin Long as new infrastructure minister
EDMONTON - Alberta has a new minister of infrastructure. Martin Long has been appointed to the cabinet post after the previous minister resigned earlier this week. Long, the member for West Yellowhead...
Feb 27, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Betty Nippi-Albright did the honourable thing by choosing to sit as independent
Sarah Mills says Betty Nippi-Albright's departure from the Sask. NDP has not forced a byelection, nor has she sought dea...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, May 7
Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...
