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Tories accuse Liberals of shutting down public debate in parliamentary committees
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs say the Liberals wasted no time in shutting down public debate at two House of Commons committees after securing their parliamentary majority this week. On Tuesday, the healt...
Apr 29, 2026
Kevin Warsh heads to full Senate vote after Trump's nominee for Fed Chair is approved in committee
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate Banking Committee voted on party lines Wednesday to approve Kevin Warsh as the next chair of the Federal Reserve to replace Jerome Powell, a long-time target of President ...
Apr 29, 2026
Newfoundland and Labrador budget projects $688-million deficit
ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's new budget is projecting a $688.5-million deficit for the 2026-27 fiscal year with no end in sight to annual shortfalls. The province's Progressive Conservativ...
Apr 29, 2026
Myles Gray death hearing delayed as lawyer for officer appointed provincial judge
VANCOUVER - A public hearing in Vancouver into the police-involved death of Myles Gray in 2015 has again been delayed after a lawyer representing one of the seven Vancouver officers under investigatio...
Apr 29, 2026
Trump pursues new import taxes to replace the tariffs the Supreme Court rejected
WASHINGTON (AP) - When the Supreme Court killed his favorite tariffs in February, President Donald Trump promptly rolled out temporary import taxes to replace them. But those stopgap levies expire in ...
Apr 28, 2026
New consent system for Nova Scotians to opt in for clinical trials and other research
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston says the province is poised to become a world leader when it comes to offering residents the opportunity to easily take part in medical research. Houston anno...
Apr 28, 2026
Canadian sport scores $755 million from federal government
OTTAWA - The federal government is adding $755 million in sport funding as part of its spring economic update. Finance Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the money's purpose is to expand access...
Apr 28, 2026 Canada's Ivanie Blondin, Isabelle Weidemann and Valerie Maltais celebrate on the podium after winning the gold medal in the final of the women's team pursuit speedskating race at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette)
Ottawa outlines plans to tackle financial crime, ban crypto ATMs
OTTAWA - The federal government plans to ban cryptocurrency ATMs as part of a suite of measures in its spring economic statement targeting financial crimes. The government says scammers use the ATMs t...
Apr 28, 2026
Feds outline $4.3B for Indigenous education, health in spring economic update
OTTAWA - The federal government is promising $4.3 billion for First Nations education, Inuit food security and Indigenous child welfare in its spring economic update. Much of the funding cited in the ...
Apr 28, 2026
Liberals table first fiscal document in seven years that won't need opposition votes
OTTAWA - The Liberal government released a spring economic update Tuesday closely focused on boosting investment and job training. While the document contains measures that likely would face pushback ...
Apr 28, 2026
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