Sarah Mills: Snowbirds' grounding is a chance for Liberal government to stand behind its words
We are told the Snowbirds will return. We are told that the plan is to get new planes quickly. Sarah Mills says now, the...
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Federal Reserve signals end to inflation fight with a sizable half-point rate cut
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates that helped tame inflation...
Sep 18, 2024
Canada needs strategy reboot at a time of geopolitical turmoil: former ambassadors
WASHINGTON - Five former Canadian ambassadors to the United States have signed an open letter calling on Ottawa to adopt a plan to deepen co-operation with its closest neighbour, saying Canada needs a...
Sep 18, 2024
Canada abstains in UN motion calling on Israel to end occupation in Gaza
OTTAWA - Canada abstained today from a high-profile United Nations vote demanding that Israel end its "unlawful presence" in the Gaza Strip and the occupied West Bank within a year. Canada's ambassado...
Sep 18, 2024
Ottawa is further reducing the number of international student permits
OTTAWA - The Liberal government will slash the number of international student visas it issues by another 10 per cent. The government says the new target for 2025 and 2026 will be 437,000 permits. In ...
Sep 18, 2024
Nova Scotia NDP accuse government of prioritizing landlord profits over renters
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's NDP are accusing the government of prioritizing landlords over residents who need an affordable place to live, as the opposition party tables a bill aimed at addressing the hou...
Sep 18, 2024
N.B. election: Parties' answers on treaty rights, taxes, Indigenous participation
FREDERICTON - The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick distributed a survey on Indigenous issues to political parties ahead of the provincial election, which is scheduled to kick off T...
Sep 18, 2024
Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez to seek Quebec Liberal leadership
OTTAWA - Federal Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez is expected to resign from cabinet to seek the leadership of the Quebec Liberal party. A federal Liberal source who was not authorized to speak publ...
Sep 18, 2024
New Brunswick Indigenous group says Tory position on treaty rights 'troublesome'
FREDERICTON - The six chiefs of the Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick have released results from a pre-election questionnaire sent to the province's political parties, saying they are "particularly d...
Sep 18, 2024
Bloc Québécois won't support Pierre Poilievre's non-confidence motion
OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is ruling out the possibility that Canadians will be plunged into an early election next week, signalling Wednesday their intention to vote against a Conservative motion of n...
Sep 18, 2024
Transport Canada orders plan to remove huge tidal power moorings left near N.S. town
HALIFAX - Transport Canada has ordered a bankrupt tidal power company and a bankruptcy trustee to produce a plan to remove four huge moorings abandoned in the water near Walton, N.S. The four moorings...
Sep 18, 2024
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Murray Wood: Is this the end of the Snowbirds, or just this era?
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