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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Poilievre pledges to restore 'promise of Canada' in campaign-style speech
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre began a speech on Saturday with a quote from the country's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, pledging to create a united, rich nation "instead of making us a tribu...
Feb 15, 2025
After seven years of PC representation, can Liberals turn Eglinton-Lawrence red?
TORONTO - When Vince Gasparro's daughter suddenly fell ill last year, the "total chaos" he witnessed in the emergency department of a Toronto hospital spurred his desire to enter electoral politics. E...
Feb 15, 2025
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
NEW YORK (AP) - Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ...
Feb 14, 2025
Fentanyl 'czar' isn't a czar at all, as Brosseau officially named as a commissioner
OTTAWA - Canada's new fentanyl czar, it turns out, isn't a czar at all. The federal government named Kevin Brosseau to the position earlier this week but made it official in an order-in-council publis...
Feb 14, 2025
Anger, chaos and confusion take hold as federal workers face mass layoffs
NEW YORK (AP) - Workers across the country responded with anger and confusion Friday as they grappled with the Trump administration 's aggressive effort to shrink the size of the federal workforce by ...
Feb 14, 2025
A running list of Ontario election promises in campaign for snap Feb. 27 vote
TORONTO - A running list of election promises announced by the Ontario Progressive Conservatives, NDP, Liberals and Greens in the province's snap election campaign. The vote is set for Feb. 27. Progre...
Feb 14, 2025
Alberta cabinet minister calls for health minister to be removed amid scandal
EDMONTON - Alberta Health Minister Adriana LaGrange is facing a renewed call to step down over allegations of high-level corruption in health contracts -- but this time the call is coming from one of ...
Feb 14, 2025
Two Alberta private surgery clinic contracts in limbo amid allegations in scandal
EDMONTON - Alberta's health ministry says two proposed private surgery clinics at the centre of allegations of high-level government corruption remain in limbo. "At this time, no agreements have been ...
Feb 14, 2025
Trudeau silent as Poilievre, Freeland rebuff Trump's call for Russia to rejoin G7
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pushing back on U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Russia be allowed back into the G7 - an idea the Liberals haven't commented on, despite t...
Feb 14, 2025
B.C. minimum wage increases by 45 cents per hour starting June 1
VICTORIA - The British Columbia government says the province's lowest-paid workers are getting a wage boost to keep pace with inflation. The Ministry of Labour says the minimum wage will increase from...
Feb 14, 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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Evan speaks with Shaun Semple after Regina City Council approved the Brandt/REAL District purchase deal on Wednesday, th...
