Murray Wood: Isn't it time for more 'we' than 'oui' in Rideau Hall?
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Biden sets record by commuting nearly 2,500 nonviolent drug sentences
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden announced Friday that he was commuting the sentences of almost 2,500 people convicted of nonviolent drug offenses, using his final days in office on a flurry of c...
Jan 17, 2025
Sask. schools want more funding for students needing 'intensive supports'
Schools in the province are seeing the number of students who need "intensive supports" rising, but the amount of funding earmarked to help those students isn't keeping pace. The special education dep...
Jan 17, 2025 The Saskatoon Publikc School Division is calling for an increase to funding for students who require "intensive supports." (650 CKOM file photo)
'We will not hesitate': Canada prepares to hit U.S. with billions in tariffs
WASHINGTON - Ottawa is ready to retaliate if U.S. president-elect Donald Trump slaps Canada with devastating tariffs, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised Friday - and his ministers say Republicans ...
Jan 17, 2025
Chrystia Freeland, Mark Carney emerge as top contenders in Liberal leadership race
OTTAWA - Less than five weeks after she resigned her cabinet seat over a dispute with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Chrystia Freeland has launched her campaign to replace him as the leader of the Lib...
Jan 17, 2025
Tech firms look to Europe for direction after prorogation wipes parliamentary bills
TORONTO - Canadian tech companies say they are patching together their own standards, mostly borrowed from European laws, to guide them through the limbo of prorogation. When Prime Minister Justin Tru...
Jan 17, 2025
U.S. tariffs could become catalyst to bolster Canadian food supply chains: experts
Experts say U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods could accelerate a push to ramp up domestic food processing and manufacturing, even as some companies consider moving operations south. But if real change is...
Jan 17, 2025
How an Ontario town's refusal to declare Pride month led to a years-long legal battle
When Douglas Judson asked the Township of Emo to declare June as Pride month and display a rainbow flag for a week in 2020, he never imagined the request would turn into a years-long legal dispute tha...
Jan 17, 2025
Biden won't enforce TikTok ban, official says, leaving fate of app to Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden won't enforce a ban on the social media app TikTok that is set to take effect a day before he leaves office on Monday, a U.S. official said Thursday, leaving its ...
Jan 16, 2025
Quick Sketch: Meet Liberal leadership candidate Mark Carney
OTTAWA - Mark Carney is a known commodity in Liberal circles. Party organizers have tried to convince the former central banker to run under the big red banner for the past decade. The international f...
Jan 16, 2025
Manitoba welcomes Gaza child seeking medical help, other provinces called to follow
WINNIPEG - A child from the Gaza Strip seeking medical treatment arrived Thursday in Winnipeg, supported in part by the Manitoba government, and a federal cabinet minister called on other provinces to...
Jan 16, 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...
