Murray Wood: Of Easter bunny bells and Juicy Fruit gum
For Murray Wood, Easter brings to mind grandma's practical advice about repurposing, and some of life's little lessons.
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Build Canada Homes aims to build 4,000 housing units on federal land: Carney
OTTAWA - The newly created Build Canada Homes agency will oversee plans to build 4,000 homes on six federally owned sites, as part of a $13 billion agency budget to speed up affordable home building, ...
Sep 14, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney walks up the stairs as he tours a new modular home being built by Caivan Homes, at an announcement for the new federal agency Build Canada Homes, in Ottawa on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Sask. copper mine one of five major projects announced by Carney
A Saskatchewan copper mine project is getting a final push from the federal government. While in Edmonton, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced five projects on the federal government's fast-track lis...
Sep 11, 2025
Carney's major project list includes LNG development, nuclear power, mining
An expansion to the Port of Montreal and work to double liquefied natural gas production in B.C. are among five projects to be considered first for fast-track approval under the federal government's m...
Sep 11, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney delivers opening remarks at the Liberal caucus in Edmonton on Wednesday Sept. 10, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Amber Bracken)
Authorities search for conservative activist Charlie Kirk's killer but provide little about motive
OREM, Utah (AP) - Authorities searched on Thursday for a sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk, a conservative activist and close ally of President Donald Trump, with one bullet and then slipped away a...
Sep 11, 2025 Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News via AP)
Tensions flare inside and outside TIFF theatre showing Oct. 7 documentary
TORONTO - Tensions flared both inside and outside a Toronto International Film Festival screening of a documentary about a retired Israeli general's Oct. 7 rescue mission, with protesters clashing on ...
Sep 11, 2025 Police gather in anticipation of Pro-Palestinian protesters outside of Roy Thomson Hall during Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
South Korean shipyard sweetens its submarine sales pitch to Canada
OTTAWA - One of two finalists in the competition to build the Royal Canadian Navy's next fleet of submarines is pitching multiple industrial partnerships and economic benefits in the hopes of sealing ...
Sep 11, 2025 A model of a Hanwha KSS-III submarine is seen at the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries annual defence industry trade show, CANSEC, in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
Bill Daly: NHL expects decision on Hockey Canada five 'in the relatively near future'
NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly says he expects a decision soon from the league on the status of five former Hockey Canada players acquitted at trial in a high-profile sexual assault case. Michael M...
Sep 09, 2025 A composite image of five photographs show former members of Canada's 2018 World Juniors hockey team, left to right, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube and Carter Hart as they individually arrived to court in London, Ont., Wednesday, April 30, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne)
Federal government hasn't heard directly from China on EV tariffs, minister says
Canada's agriculture minister says any decision to ease tariffs on electric vehicles from China would have to take into consideration impacts on other sectors. Heath MacDonald says the government hasn...
Sep 09, 2025 Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Heath MacDonald rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Friday, June 20, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
New data shows the US job market was much weaker than thought in 2024, and this year as well
WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. job market was much weaker in 2024 and early this year than originally reported, adding to concerns about the health of the nation's economy. Employers added 911,000 fewer j...
Sep 09, 2025 A construction worker carries steel decking at the site of a construction of a housing project, Thursday, July 31, 2025, in Portland, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Kiko weakens into a tropical storm but still could create dangerous surf in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - Hurricane Kiko has weakened into a tropical storm but still could create life-threatening surf and rip currents in Hawaii, forecasters said. The storm was forecast to pass to the north...
Sep 09, 2025 This Satellite image provided by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) shows Hurricane Kiko on Sunday, Sept. 7, 2025 near the Hawaiian Islands. (NOAA via AP)
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8:30 - Canada's industrial carbon tax is set to rise again, and it's sparking a lot of debate about what that means for ...