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Political fundraising dries up following spring election surge, data shows
OTTAWA - Fresh political fundraising data shows partisan donors closed their wallets over the summer months after shelling out to fill party war chests for the spring election. The new figures publish...
Oct 31, 2025
'Exploitative' trucker loophole to addressed in upcoming budget
OTTAWA - Finance minister Franois-Philippe Champagne will use Tuesday's federal budget to close a tax loophole critics say is exploiting workers and creating unfair labour practices in the trucking in...
Oct 31, 2025
Trump says Carney apologized for Reagan ad, talks still paused
WASHINGTON - U.S President Donald Trump said Prime Minister Mark Carney apologized for an advertisement paid for by the Ontario government that halted trade talks. "I like (Carney) a lot but, you know...
Oct 31, 2025
Analysts say Carney-Xi meeting set right tone, urge caution on next steps
OTTAWA - Some analysts say Prime Minister Mark Carney's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping might set the right tone in moving the bilateral relationship forward, though they also urge caution. ...
Oct 31, 2025
New N.L. premier releases resignation note from man who quit Quebec energy deal panel
ST. JOHN'S - Newfoundland and Labrador's new premier has published a resignation letter from an accountant who quit a panel overseeing the province's energy negotiations with Quebec's hydro utility, d...
Oct 31, 2025
Finance Department says Ottawa posted $11.1B deficit for April-to-August period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a deficit of $11.1 billion for the April-to-August period of its 2025-26 fiscal year. In its monthly fiscal monitor report, the Finance Department says the resul...
Oct 31, 2025
Weak GDP report unlikely to sway Bank of Canada to more rate cuts: economists
OTTAWA - The Canadian economy was showing more cracks in August, but most economists weighing in on the latest data say they don't think the Bank of Canada will respond with more rate cuts anytime soo...
Oct 31, 2025
Carney says meeting with Xi marks turning point in Canada-China relationship
GYEONGJU - Prime Minister Mark Carney walked away from a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday with an invitation to China, but no movement on the trade issues that have plagued the rela...
Oct 31, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the start of a meeting in Gyeongju, Friday, Oct. 31, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld)
Manitoba homelessness adviser to leave job after less than a year service
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government's senior adviser on homelessness is leaving her position after roughly 10 months on the job. Tessa Blaikie Whitecloud will, as of Dec. 1, be president and CEO of the...
Oct 30, 2025
First Nation buying two more B.C. casinos, including Richmond's River Rock
NANAIMO - The Snuneymuxw First Nation announced Thursday that it is buying two British Columbia casinos, including the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond. A statement from the Nanaimo-area nation sa...
Oct 30, 2025
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Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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