Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban
OTTAWA - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said on Monday the government is getting close to being able to provide clarity on whether Ottawa would repeal the West Coast oil tanker ban....
Nov 25, 2025 Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Accessibility office in limbo as it calls out federal government's failures
OTTAWA - The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities....
Nov 25, 2025 Government office buildings are seen on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Gatineau, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Migrants rights groups call on government to withdraw border security bill
OTTAWA - Migrant advocacy groups say the federal government should drop its border security bill C-12, calling the legislation an open door to violations of their rights. The bill includes a host of i...
Nov 24, 2025 A Canada Border Services Agency vehicle is seen at the Rainbow Bridge border crossing in Niagara Falls, Ont., on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
B.C. activists who tested and sold heroin and meth launch constitutional challenge
VANCOUVER - A constitutional challenge by founders of a Vancouver "compassion club" who were found guilty of drug trafficking is expected to begin today at the British Columbia Supreme Court. Jeremy K...
Nov 24, 2025 A tested supply of cocaine, heroin and methamphetamine is readied for distribution to drug users after a gathering to remember those who died from a suspected illicit drug overdose, in Vancouver, on Wednesday, February 9, 2022. The Drug User Liberation Front (DULF), Vancouver Area Network of Drug Users (VANDU) and B.C. Association of People on Opiate Maintenance distributed a tested supply of illicit drugs to users after the gathering in a call for a safer drug supply. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
At G20, Canada joins Europe and Japan in rejecting Trump's Ukraine plan
by Dylan Robertson JOHANNESBURG - At the G20 on Saturday, the world's most influential nations gathered in South Africa to work around Washington's disruptive foreign policy, reaching consensus on iss...
Nov 22, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney arrives in Johannesburg, South Africa, to attend the G20 Summit, Friday, Nov. 21, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick)
Canada Post says another bailout needed as it continues to bleed cash
After starting the year with a $1-billion federal loan, Canada Post said it will need another bailout by early 2026 as the Crown corporation bleeds cash, putting it on track for its worst fiscal year ...
Nov 21, 2025 Vehicles sit idle at a Canada Post delivery depot, in Burnaby, B.C., on Monday, Sept. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
Students and teachers in B.C. grizzly attack responded 'heroically': Chief
What was to be a short afternoon field trip for about 20 students and staff of a school in Bella Coola, B.C., became a "traumatic event" where four people were badly hurt when a grizzly attacked witho...
Nov 21, 2025 A grizzly bear roams near Beaver Lake in Yellowstone National Park, Wyo. on July 6, 2011. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Jim Urquhart
UK politician sentenced to over 10 years for accepting bribes to make pro-Russia statements
LONDON (AP) - A hard-right British politician and former ally of Reform U.K. leader Nigel Farage was sentenced Friday to ten and a half years in prison for accepting bribes to make favorable statement...
Nov 21, 2025 Former leader of Reform UK in Wales Nathan Gill, arrives at the The Old Bailey, London, Friday Nov. 21, 2025. (James Manning/PA via AP)
How crypto raiders tortured B.C. family with waterboarding, sex assault, in $2M heist
PORT COQUITLAM - When a woman answered a knock at the door of her home in Port Moody, B.C., in the spring of 2024, she was met by two men in Canada Post uniforms who said they had a package to deliver...
Nov 21, 2025 In this June 1, 2021, file photo, a woman walks past an advertisement for the Bitcoin cryptocurrency in Hong Kong. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)
Advocacy groups urge parents to avoid AI toys this holiday season
They're cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship - but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children's and consumer advocacy groups, and are urging parents...
Nov 20, 2025 This image provided by The Public Interest Network shows artificial intelligence-powered toys tested by consumer advocates at PIRG. (Rory Erlich/The Public Interest Network via AP)
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