Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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Senior Nova Scotia bureaucrats appointed to review pay package for politicians
HALIFAX - A panel of senior Nova Scotia government bureaucrats will examine the pay packages for members of the legislature, which have not increased since before they were frozen nearly a decade ago....
Dec 19, 2024
'Running in fear': Documents depict chaos, confusion over Reclaiming Canada event
When the organizer of the We Unify Reclaiming Canada event contacted officials about booking the Victoria Conference Centre, he touted invitees from across the political spectrum, including liberal lu...
Dec 19, 2024
NDP seeks distance from Liberals, sees fight in next election is with Conservatives
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh began 2024 by propping up Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's minority government. He is ending the year calling for Trudeau's resignation. Singh's gradual effort to limi...
Dec 19, 2024
New Ontario Science Centre at Ontario Place to open in 2029, auditor general says
TORONTO - The timeline for opening a permanent new Ontario Science Centre appears to have been delayed, with infrastructure officials telling the auditor general's office the centre is expected to be ...
Dec 19, 2024
Government funding plan collapses as Trump makes new demands days before shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump abruptly rejected a bipartisan plan Wednesday to prevent a Christmastime government shutdown, instead telling House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republicans ...
Dec 18, 2024
Survivors' Secretariat warns it's at risk of bankruptcy without funding decision
OTTAWA - An organization that works to document what happened at a notorious residential school says it's at risk of going bankrupt by the end of the month unless Canada makes a decision on whether it...
Dec 18, 2024
Mik'maq elver fishers hope quotas create safety on N.S. rivers, but critics doubtful
HALIFAX - Indigenous elver fishers who once were at odds with federal fisheries officers say they're hopeful that a new plan to provide them quotas this season will create more peace on the water. Ear...
Dec 18, 2024
Saskatchewan NDP to push for reprimand of health minister who broke conflict rules
REGINA - Saskatchewan's Opposition NDP has demanded Health Minister Jeremy Cockrill apologize for breaching conflict-of-interest rules when a window company with family ties did business with the prov...
Dec 18, 2024
Senate passes defense bill that will raise troop pay and aims to counter China's power
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate passed a defense bill Wednesday that authorizes significant pay raises for junior enlisted service members, aims to counter China's growing power and boosts overall milita...
Dec 18, 2024
Trudeau weighs his options as his path to stay on as prime minister narrows
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is considering his options after Chrystia Freeland's bombshell resignation Monday heightened calls for him to step down. Freeland resigned as finance minister on...
Dec 18, 2024
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