Murray Wood: Leadership race rules no win for the NDP
The NDP are on the hunt for a new federal party leader, but it comes with a unique set of rules. Murray Wood takes issue...
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Competition Bureau raises concerns over Bunge-Viterra deal
GATINEAU, Que. - The Competition Bureau says it is likely that Bunge Ltd.'s US$8.2-billion deal to acquire Viterra Ltd. would "substantially" reduce competition in the grain and canola oil markets. In...
Apr 23, 2024 (Daniel Reech/980 CJME)
Trump meets with a senior Japanese official after court session in his hush money trial
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump is meeting with another foreign leader while he's in New York for his criminal hush money trial. The presumptive GOP nominee was hosting former Japanese...
Apr 23, 2024
Canadian Olympic Committee joins Centre for Sport and Human Rights
The Canadian Olympic Committee has become the first national Olympic committee in the world to join the Centre for Sport and Human Rights. The centre based in Switzerland launched in 2018 to promote h...
Apr 23, 2024
Richmond Mayor Stoney drops Virginia governor bid, will run for lieutenant governor
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - Democratic Richmond Mayor Levar Stoney announced Tuesday he is dropping his bid for Virginia governor in 2025, avoiding a nomination contest with U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger, and...
Apr 23, 2024
The Latest | Pecker says he wanted to keep tabloid's agreement with Trump 'as quiet as possible'
NEW YORK (AP) - Former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker testified Tuesday that he offered to be the "eyes and ears" of Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, a pledge that led to an agreem...
Apr 23, 2024
Doctors ask Liberal government to reconsider capital gains tax change
OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association is asking the federal government to reconsider its proposed changes to capital gains taxation, arguing it will affect doctors' retirement savings. Kathleen Ro...
Apr 23, 2024
Quebec farmers have been protesting since December. Is anyone listening?
SHERBROOKE, Que. - On Monday morning in Sherbrooke, Que., dozens of tractors slowly rolled along a stretch of road between the regional offices of Quebec's farmers association and the Agriculture Depa...
Apr 23, 2024
Large study shows caribou herds in Alberta, B.C., growing from wolf culls, cow pens
Fresh research suggests western Canada's once-dwindling caribou numbers are finally growing. But the same paper concludes the biggest reason for the rebound is the slaughter of hundreds of wolves, a p...
Apr 23, 2024
Trudeau in Saskatoon today highlighting budget's youth, education, health measures
SASKATOON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be in Saskatoon today. An itinerary released by his office says he will make an announcement this morning to highlight measures focused on youth, educati...
Apr 23, 2024
As Blinken heads to China, these are the major divides he will try to bridge
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken is starting three days of talks with senior Chinese officials in Shanghai and Beijing this week with U.S.-China ties at a critical point over numero...
Apr 22, 2024
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