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Once a Steve Martin catchphrase, Murray Wood says physical phone books are rapidly becoming relics of another age, but t...
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Snap election doesn't leave Ontario vulnerable amid trade war, Doug Ford insists
Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford insists Ontario is not vulnerable during a snap election campaign he called as a trade war with the United States looms, but opposition leaders say he's aband...
Feb 01, 2025
Why Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste dropped out of the Liberal leadership race
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia MP Jaime Battiste says his decision to drop out of the federal Liberal leadership race was partly motivated by a lack of money. The Indigenous politician from Cape Breton said Fr...
Feb 01, 2025
Saskatchewan Premier Moe says staying hopeful ahead of U.S. tariff threat
REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says he's staying hopeful that he won't wake up on Saturday morning to tariffs imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump. Trump's administration says the country w...
Jan 31, 2025
Manitoba law that restricts protests near abortion clinics comes into effect
WINNIPEG - A new Manitoba law restricting protests near clinics and hospitals where abortions are performed is to take effect Saturday. The NDP government introduced a bill last year that creates buff...
Jan 31, 2025
Alberta government overhauls board of health authority, appoints administrator
EDMONTON - Alberta's government says it has dismantled the board of Alberta Health Services - for the second time in nearly as many years - and appointed a high-ranking bureaucrat as administrator. Th...
Jan 31, 2025
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding
BOSTON (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in gran...
Jan 31, 2025
Second federal judge orders temporary pause to Trump administration efforts to freeze funding
BOSTON (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday ordered a temporary pause in Trump administration efforts to freeze federal funding in the latest twist over the spending of trillions of dollars in gran...
Jan 31, 2025
B.C. Premier Eby bemoans 'chaos' and 'confusion' as U.S. tariff threat looms
VICTORIA - As economists met British Columbia's Finance Minister Brenda Bailey around a Vancouver hotel conference table and online on Friday, one announced news fresh to hand, sending a ripple throug...
Jan 31, 2025
Trump administration fires prosecutors involved in Jan. 6 cases and moves toward ousting FBI agents
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration on Friday fired a group of prosecutors involved in the Jan. 6 criminal cases and demanded the names of FBI agents involved in those same probes so they can p...
Jan 31, 2025
Conservative fundraising for 2024 nearly doubles Liberal, NDP total
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party had a banner fundraising year in 2024, when it nearly doubled the combined total collected by the Liberals and NDP by raising almost $41.8 million. The Conservatives br...
Jan 31, 2025
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The home of Canada's prime minister is steeped in history and shouldn't be left in disrepair. Sarah Mills says the desig...
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