Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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Costs mounting as feds try to clear existing Phoenix backlog by March 2025
OTTAWA - Ottawa expects to spend another $963 million to deal with the Phoenix pay system debacle that has plagued the public service since 2016, and can't yet say what the final price tag will be to ...
Jul 09, 2024
Chiefs pass resolution reversing course on forensic audit of AFN
OTTAWA - The Assembly of First Nations passed an emergency resolution at its general assembly in Montreal Tuesday calling off a forensic audit that had been pushed by former national chief RoseAnne Ar...
Jul 09, 2024
Montreal to hold public consultations on how to better manage services for homeless
MONTREAL - The City of Montreal says it will hold public consultations on how to better integrate services for homeless people with surrounding neighbourhoods. The announcement comes as Montrealers li...
Jul 09, 2024
Former US Sen. Jim Inhofe, defense hawk who called human-caused climate change a 'hoax,' dies at 89
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Former Sen. Jim Inhofe, a conservative known for his strong support of defense spending and his denial that human activity is responsible for the bulk of climate change, has died....
Jul 09, 2024
Cap on for-profit centres hampering growth of $10-a-day child-care system: Ontario
TORONTO - Ontario municipalities have been forced to turn down thousands of child-care spaces in the $10-a-day system because of a limit on the percentage of for-profit spaces in the province's deal w...
Jul 09, 2024
Jonathan Pedneault resigns from Green Party, leaving Elizabeth May as sole leader
OTTAWA - The man who ran alongside Green Party Leader Elizabeth May in the hopes of one day becoming the party's co-leader announced on Tuesday he is stepping away from his current role as her deputy....
Jul 09, 2024
Mayor of town where Munro lived would 'consider' amending monument honouring her
CLINTON, ONT. - For the mayor of the municipality where Alice Munro spent much of her adult life, the monument honouring her outside the local library should be left unchanged - an affirmation that fo...
Jul 09, 2024
Trudeau attends NATO leaders' summit as Russia escalates aggression toward Ukraine
WASHINGTON, D. C. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was on the defensive about Canada's defence spending Tuesday as he gave a speech ahead of the NATO leaders' summit in Washington, D.C. Trudeau spoke t...
Jul 09, 2024
AFN national chief says child welfare reform deal reached with Ottawa
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations said Tuesday that she has received a draft offer from Ottawa to overhaul First Nations child-welfare systems, but insists she cannot say pu...
Jul 09, 2024
CFIA recalls brands of almond, cashew, coconut and oat milk due to Listeria concerns
OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says numerous Silk and Great Value brand plant-based refrigerated beverages are being recalled due to Listeria concerns. The agency's recall applies to Sil...
Jul 08, 2024
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8:30 - Another MP just crossed the floor to the Liberal Party, just weeks away from three critical byelections where the...
