Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Quebec Liberals say province needs own constitution to affirm 'who we are'
MONTREAL - The Quebec Liberal Party is proposing that the province adopt its own constitution, a project it says will be "unifying." On Monday, members of the party's policy commission - Julie White a...
Aug 12, 2024
Chinese mining firm subsidiary disputes Ottawa's review of Peruvian gold mine deal
A subsidiary of a Chinese state-owned mining firm says Canada is wrongly considering a national security review in its agreement to purchase a gold and copper mine in Peru. In May, Vancouver-based Pan...
Aug 11, 2024
Controversial councillor 'created an environment of fear': Pickering, Ont. council
PICKERING, ONT. - The mayor of a southern Ontario city and five out of six municipal councillors are condemning the last member of the group for appearing on an online show they say promotes hate spee...
Aug 11, 2024
Celine Dion's management says singer never endorsed Trump campaign's use of song
Pop superstar Celine Dion is pushing back against a video of her purportedly used at a campaign rally for U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance. A statement shared to...
Aug 10, 2024
'Not forgotten': Family, advocates reflect 10 years after death of Tina Fontaine
WINNIPEG - When Elroy Fontaine thinks about his older sister, Tina Fontaine, his mind takes him to a park in Winnipeg's Point Douglas neighbourhood. It's where the two would sometimes hang out togethe...
Aug 10, 2024 Tina Fontaine's death was the catalyst for the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. (CP)
Trump plane heading to Montana rally was diverted but landed safely nearby, airport staff says
BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) - Former President Donald Trump headed to Montana for a Friday night rally in hopes of ousting the state's Democratic senator, but his plane first had to divert to an airport on th...
Aug 09, 2024
Manitoba NDP accuse Tory of failing to disclose a government contract
WINNIPEG - Manitoba New Democrats are accusing a member of the Progressive Conservatives of violating ethics guidelines - a charge the Tories say is false. Mike Moyes, the NDP's caucus chair, has file...
Aug 09, 2024
RCMP union, Sask. communities call for pause on marshals service
REGINA - Saskatchewan's plan for a new policing service offers little information for the mayor of Warman, is too vague for the mayor of Wolseley, and the reeve of the Rural Municipality of Kelvington...
Aug 09, 2024 Saskatchewan's plan for a new policing service offers little information for the mayor of Warman, is too vague for the mayor of Wolseley, and the reeve of the Rural Municipality of Kelvington calls it a "waste of money." (The Canadian Press)
B.C. risks 'carpet' of rotting apples without help after co-op's closure: growers
With less than a week to go before gala apples will be ready to be picked in British Columbia, the president of the provincial fruit growers' group worries about a devastating season without a way for...
Aug 09, 2024
Canada imposes sanctions on anniversary of fraudulent 2020 Belarus election
OTTAWA - Canada imposed sanctions on 10 people and six entities on the anniversary of the fraudulent 2020 presidential elections in Belarus, Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly said in a statement Fr...
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8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...
