Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Ministers McGuinty, Anand announce more than $200 million in funding for Ukraine
OTTAWA - The government is pledging another $235 million in funding for Ukraine, with National Defence Minister David McGuinty and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand announcing Canada's latest commi...
Dec 03, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a closing press conference with Minister of Foreign Affairs Anita Anand, left and Minister of National Defence David McGuinty following the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands on Wednesday, June 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Miller says government needs to start Indigenous consultation on B.C. pipeline
Heritage Minister Marc Miller says his government needs to "sit down and start working now" on consultation with Indigenous communities and stakeholders about a possible new pipeline in B.C. "The work...
Dec 02, 2025 Marc Miller is sworn in as minister of Canadian identity and culture and minister responsible for Official Languages as Prime Minister Mark Carney looks on, at a cabinet swearing in ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
Chiefs vote to reject changes to B.C. coastal oil tanker ban
First Nations chiefs voted unanimously Tuesday to press the government to uphold the oil tanker ban off the northern British Columbia coast and withdraw an agreement signed last week that clears a pat...
Dec 02, 2025 Assembly of First Nations (AFN) National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak, left, and Willie Moore Regional Chief for Manitoba, hold a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Prada finalizes purchase of fashion rival Versace for $1.4 billion, launching new era
MILAN (AP) - The Prada Group closed the purchase of Milan fashion rival Versace in a $1.375 billion cash deal that puts the fashion house known for its sexy silhouettes under the same roof as Prada's ...
Dec 02, 2025 Customers look at a Prada shop window, in Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2025. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Activists, politicians mark World AIDS Day urging criminal reform
by Dylan Robertson Activists marked World AIDS Day on Monday by calling on the federal government to honour a Trudeau government promise to reform the laws on HIV disclosure, and to provide enough fun...
Dec 01, 2025 People watch a World AIDS Day event in Kisama, on the outskirts of Kohima, the capital of the northeastern Indian state of Nagaland, on Sunday, Dec. 1, 2024. (Yirmiyan Arthur/AP)
Canadian watched childhood home burn in Hong Kong blaze
VANCOUVER - Toronto resident Paul Chow was devastated when the apartment where he grew up made international news this week after a raging inferno tore through seven highrise towers in Hong Kong, leav...
Nov 29, 2025 People hold flowers and line up near the site to mourn the victims of the deadly Wednesday fire at Wang Fuk Court, a residential estate in the Tai Po district of Hong Kong's New Territories on Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Chan Long Hei)
Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since war began, Gaza ministry says
By Wafaa Shurafa And Samy Magdy DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) - Gaza's Health Ministry said on Saturday that the Palestinian death toll has surpassed 70,000 since the Israel-Hamas war began. The toll...
Nov 29, 2025 A tent sheltering displaced Palestinians stands atop rubble left by Israeli air and ground operations in Gaza City Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
What to know about the apartment tower fire in Hong Kong
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong firefighters made a final push to try and find victims and any possible survivors from the city's worst fire in memory, going apartment-to-apartment in the high-rise complex...
Nov 28, 2025
Alberta pipeline MOU has potential to benefit Sask., experts say
A new agreement between Alberta and the federal government has Saskatchewan business analysts watching closely, saying the partnership signalled a political and economic shift that could open the door...
Nov 28, 2025 The MOU between Alberta and the government of Canada could lay the groundwork for a possible pipeline to Asia in the future.(dgdimension/Depositphotos.com)
Steven Guilbeault quitting cabinet following pipeline deal
Culture Minister Steven Guilbeault is resigning from Prime Minister Mark Carney's cabinet after Ottawa signed a memorandum of understanding with Alberta on a proposed new pipeline. A Liberal source wi...
Nov 27, 2025 Minister of Canadian Identity and Culture Steven Guilbeault makes his way to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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