Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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Feds look to boost money-laundering penalties by 40 times
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to boost penalties for money laundering by 40 times as part of several measures it wants to roll out to crack down on the issue. The proposal would see th...
Dec 17, 2024 Money laundering has seen increased attention in recent years, including from the revelation that criminals in the U.S. used TD Bank to launder more than $969 million in illicit drug profits. (The Canadian Press)
Judge reluctantly gives government three more months to pass 'lost Canadians' bill
OTTAWA - An Ontario Superior Court judge has "reluctantly" given the federal government another three months to pass legislation aimed at granting citizenship to the so-called lost Canadians. That's a...
Dec 17, 2024
Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035
QUBEC - The Quebec government has adopted regulations banning the sale of most new gasoline-powered vehicles as of 2035. The rules, adopted Monday, apply to all "light-duty" vehicles, which the provin...
Dec 17, 2024
Rental supply gains help cool pace of rent growth in 2024: CMHC
The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the pace of rent growth cooled significantly this year amid Canada's largest gain of purpose-built rental supply in more than three decades. The federal hous...
Dec 17, 2024 The federal housing agency says the vacancy rate for purpose-built rental apartments sat at 2.2 per cent in October when the CMHC conducted the annual survey, up from the record low of 1.5 per cent last year. (The Canadian Press)
Housing crisis voted Canadian Press News Story of the Year
OTTAWA - Canada's housing shortage, widely recognized as a national crisis and the catalyst of significant immigration cuts, is The Canadian Press News Story of the Year. More than a quarter of 96 edi...
Dec 17, 2024
Justin Trudeau taking the time to reflect following Freeland departure
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking some time to reflect after Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation as finance minister, Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson said Tuesday. That comes a...
Dec 17, 2024
Halifax mayor says city is past the worst of its housing crisis, advocates disagree
HALIFAX - The worst of Halifax's homeless crisis is over, says the city's new mayor, who wants to see encampments closed as quickly as possible - even as homelessness advocates vigorously disagree tha...
Dec 17, 2024
After fanfare of Churchill Falls deal, Newfoundland urged to learn its dam lessons
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Energy observers in Newfoundland and Labrador are urging the provincial government to take a sober second look at a massive tentative deal announced last week with Quebec that promi...
Dec 17, 2024
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But t...
Dec 16, 2024
Judge rejects Trump’s bid to dismiss hush money conviction because of Supreme Court immunity ruling
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge Monday rejected President-elect Donald Trump's bid to have his hush money conviction dismissed because of the U.S. Supreme Court's recent ruling on presidential immunity. But t...
Dec 16, 2024
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8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...
