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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Donald Trump meeting in Florida, source says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau met with U.S. president-elect Donald Trump at his Mar-a-Lago estate Friday night, a source confirmed to The Canadian Press. Trudeau's plane landed in West Palm B...
Nov 29, 2024
Hit man offered $100,000 to kill Montreal crime reporter covering his trial
MONTREAL - Political leaders and press freedom groups on Friday were left shell-shocked after Montreal news outlet La Presse revealed that a hit man had offered $100,000 to have one of its crime repor...
Nov 29, 2024
Trudeau noncommittal on expanding rebate beyond 'working Canadians'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau does not appear willing to budge on his plan to send a $250 rebate to "hardworking Canadians," despite pressure from the opposition to give the money to seniors ...
Nov 29, 2024
Prime Minister Trudeau adds $7.1 million to P.E.I. school food program
MOUNT STEWART, P.E.I. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau travelled to a public school in eastern Prince Edward Island Friday where he announced $7.1 million in federal support over three years for the Is...
Nov 29, 2024
'Serious commitment' toward N.S. mass shooting recommendations, says committee
HALIFAX - The head of the committee monitoring how governments and the RCMP are responding to the inquiry into the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia is reporting some progress on key issues, including...
Nov 29, 2024
Federal government posts $13B deficit in first half of the fiscal year
OTTAWA - The Finance Department says the federal deficit was $13 billion between April and September. That compares to an $8.2 billion deficit over the same period last year. Read More: Provincial def...
Nov 29, 2024
Supreme Court clears way for B.C. to include other governments in opioid lawsuit
B.C. Attorney General Niki Sharma says a Supreme Court of Canada victory has cleared a "pathway" for governments across the country to go after opioid makers and distributors for damages arising from ...
Nov 29, 2024
RCMP review body calls for complaint policy revamp due to long wait times
A federal oversight body is calling for changes to how Nunavut RCMP handle complaints from the public, starting with fixing investigation turnaround times that should take months but sometimes stretch...
Nov 29, 2024
Alberta taking federal government to court over impact assessment law
EDMONTON - Alberta is taking the federal government to court, saying Ottawa has failed to follow through on what Premier Danielle Smith calls necessary changes to a law governing resource development....
Nov 29, 2024
LGBTQ+ Africans look to Canada for help as anti-gay laws expand
MOMBASA - Astraeus O'Levin is tired of strangers telling her they want to kill her. In 2015, as a transgender woman, she left the scrutiny of her family in western Kenya, seeking peace and new opportu...
Nov 29, 2024
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WITH GUEST HOST TAMARA CHERRY 8:30 - The conflict between the US and Iran has escalated again, with American forces carr...
