Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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AFN head urges support for child welfare deal, says they won't get better from Tories
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is urging chiefs to vote in favour of a landmark child welfare deal with Ottawa, saying she doesn't think a better agreement would be possi...
Oct 16, 2024
NDP's Carla Beck promises 800 health-care workers, improved conditions
REGINA - Saskatchewan New Democratic Leader Carla Beck says she would hire 800 new front-line health-care workers over four years if her party wins the election on Oct. 28. Beck says those positions w...
Oct 15, 2024 Saskatchewan NDP Leader Carla Beck says the positions would be filled by staff in areas that are of highest need. (Canadian Press files)
Sikh groups call for Indian consulates to be shut down in Vancouver, Toronto
Representatives of a British Columbia Sikh temple whose president was shot dead last year, as well as the Sikh independence group he was involved in, say their communities won't feel safe until India'...
Oct 15, 2024
Former Alberta justice minister Kaycee Madu to be sanctioned by law society
EDMONTON - A former Alberta justice minister is to be sanctioned after the provincial law society determined he "undermined respect for the administration of justice" when he phoned Edmonton's police ...
Oct 15, 2024
Harris works to energize Black male voters and denounces Trump support of 'stop and frisk'
DETROIT (AP) - Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris warned Tuesday that Republican Donald Trump would try to "institutionalize" harsh policing tactics that disproportionately affect Black men...
Oct 15, 2024
Labour minister proposes 90-day strike freeze, special mediator at Port of Montreal
MONTREAL - Federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon is proposing a special mediator in contract talks at the Port of Montreal for a three-month period during which strikes and lockouts would be off th...
Oct 15, 2024
Rapper turned Sask. NDP candidate says sorry for lyrics called misogynistic
REGINA - A former Saskatchewan rapper turned political candidate apologized Tuesday for lyrics that the incumbent Saskatchewan Party has criticized as misogynistic. Phil Smith, the NDP candidate for E...
Oct 15, 2024 Phil Smith is the NDP candidate for Estevan-Big Muddy. (Submitted)
Alberta government launches $7M ad campaign against incoming federal emissions cap
EDMONTON - Alberta's government has launched a national ad campaign targeting the federal government's incoming emissions cap for the oil and gas sector. Premier Danielle Smith said Tuesday it's a de ...
Oct 15, 2024
Trudeau appoints Daniel Rogers new head of Canada's spy agency
OTTAWA - A veteran of Canada's national security systems has been named the new head of the national spy agency. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has appointed Daniel Rogers as the new director of the Ca...
Oct 15, 2024
Bilingual Quebec communities lose bid to suspend application of language law rules
MONTREAL - Bilingual Quebec municipalities have lost their bid to have several parts of the government's French-language reform suspended while their case makes its way through the courts. The communi...
Oct 15, 2024
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