Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Shipping container of teddy bears pulled out of river near Montreal
MONTREAL - A shipping container full of teddy bears that fell into the St. Lawrence River near the Port of Montreal over the weekend has been successfully removed. An employee with the company Urgence...
Nov 26, 2024
B.C. health executive fired for refusing COVID-19 vaccine loses EI appeal
VANCOUVER - A Federal Court judge has dismissed an appeal by a "deeply religious" British Columbia health executive who said he was wrongfully denied employment insurance after being fired three years...
Nov 26, 2024
How Canada is reacting to Trump's threat to impose a 25% tariff
OTTAWA - Here's how notable Canadian politicians and business groups are reacting to U.S. president-elect's threat to impose a 25 per cent tariff on all goods coming from Canada: "The fact is we need ...
Nov 26, 2024 "This is a moment when Canada needs to be united. We need to be strong, and we need to be smart," said Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland. (The Canadian Press)
Closing First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635B: report
OTTAWA - Closing the First Nations infrastructure gap could generate $635 billion in economic output over the next seven years, a new report commissioned by the Assembly of First Nations said. The gap...
Nov 26, 2024
'Let's do this': Crowsnest Pass mayor wants proposed coal mine sooner than later
CROWSNEST PASS, Alta. - A mayor in southwestern Alberta is hoping for an immediate meeting with Premier Danielle Smith to discuss a coal project his community has voted in favour of being built. "The ...
Nov 26, 2024
Barrick Gold says four employees charged and detained pending trial in Mali
TORONTO - Barrick Gold Corp. says four employees at its Loulo-Gounkoto mine in Mali have been charged and detained pending trial. The Canadian gold miner says it refutes the charges, but did not say w...
Nov 26, 2024
‘Who profits on hunger?’ Inuit send pleading emails to minister about food costs
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - People in Nunavut and northern Labrador have been writing to Canadian government officials this year to say grocers were charging exorbitant prices despite receiving a federal subsi...
Nov 26, 2024
Boissonnault's former company suspended from federal procurement
OTTAWA - The federal government is barring a company previously co-owned by a Liberal MP and former minister from bidding on contracts with the federal government. Global Health Imports, which was co-...
Nov 26, 2024
Canada's financial intelligence agency aiming to provide crucial info in real time
OTTAWA - Canada's financial intelligence agency says it is modernizing with the aim of providing valuable information to police and security officials in real time - or as close to that goal as it can...
Nov 26, 2024
Five things to know about Donald Trump's tariff threats against Canada
Donald Trump posted to Truth Social on Monday that he plans to sign an executive order imposing a 25 per cent tariff on all products coming into the United States from Canada and Mexico. Here are five...
Nov 26, 2024
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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