Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Canada adds surprise 60,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate steady at 7.1%
OTTAWA - The labour market added an unexpected 60,000 jobs in September, led by gains in the tariff-struck manufacturing sector. Statistics Canada said the unemployment rate held steady at 7.1 per cen...
Oct 10, 2025 Statistics Canada released employment figures for September. Workers inspect sheets of stainless steel after being pressed from coils, at Magna Stainless and Aluminum in Montreal on Thursday, Sept. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Influencers - not news outlets or politicians - 'dominated' election online: report
OTTAWA - Influencers had the "loudest voices" online in this spring's federal election, overtaking news outlets and politicians, says a new report. The report from the Canadian Digital Media Research ...
Oct 09, 2025 The report says it found "an information environment shaped by influencers, digital manipulation and disruption, political polarization, and weakened platform governance and accountability." (bernardbodo/Depositphotos.com)
Gaza peace plan agreed to, Canada calls for immediate and unimpeded aid
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has responded to news that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan that would pause fighting in Gaza. On the social media platform X, the pr...
Oct 09, 2025 Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held by Hamas in the Gaza Strip celebrate after the announcement that Israel and Hamas have agreed to the first phase of a peace plan, as they gather at a plaza known as the hostages square in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, Oct. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)
Justice minister rules out withdrawing legal submission on notwithstanding clause
Justice Minister Sean Fraser rejected calls from five premiers for Ottawa to withdraw its legal argument calling for limits on the use of the Constitution's notwithstanding clause. Fraser said it woul...
Oct 08, 2025 Minister of Justice Sean Fraser speaks to reporters ahead of a caucus meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Cadaver dogs fail to find remains in search for two missing Nova Scotia children
Two tracking dogs trained to search for human remains have failed to find any trace of two children reported missing from their rural Nova Scotia home more than five months ago, the RCMP said Wednesda...
Oct 08, 2025 Staff Sgt. Rob McCamon, acting officer major crime, speaks to reporters about the search for six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan, in Lansdowne Station, N.S., May 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward
LeBlanc says 'more detailed' trade talks with Trump are aimed at quick deals
Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc says Canada and the U.S. are working toward reaching sector-specific trade deals on steel, aluminum and energy. Speaking to reporters at the Canadian...
Oct 07, 2025 President Donald Trump and Prime Minister Mark Carney meet in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Trump says Carney will 'walk away very happy' from White House meeting on trade
President Donald Trump said Tuesday Canadians will "love" America again and Prime Minister Mark Carney would walk away "very happy" from their working meetings in the U.S. capital. In a rambling press...
Oct 07, 2025 President Donald Trump greets Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney, as he arrives at the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
Alberta Premier in Ottawa to push for federal partnership on energy projects
OTTAWA - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is in Ottawa this week, following up on her now week-old pledge to help fund the development of a proposal for a new oil pipeline to Canada's West Coast. Smith ...
Oct 07, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney is seen with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith at the start of a meeting in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 6, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Ottawa's drive for aid efficiency doesn't have to abandon values, aid official says
OTTAWA - As the Carney government moves to refocus foreign aid on what it sees as "effective" investment, a major recipient of Canadian development funds says Ottawa should strike a balance between pr...
Oct 07, 2025 A Rohingya refugee carries a food ration sack on his back from a distribution center in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, March 13, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)
Convoy leaders Lich, Barber to be sentenced for mischief from 2022 trucker protest
OTTAWA - "Freedom Convoy" leaders Tamara Lich and Chris Barber are expected to learn their sentences today nearly four years after the protest movement that blockaded downtown Ottawa for several weeks...
Oct 07, 2025 Freedom Convoy organizer Tamara Lich is seen with her lawyer Lawrence Greenspon outside the courthouse in Ottawa on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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8:30 - After another conservative MP crossed the floor to the Liberals earlier this week, we wanted to get thoughts from...