Murray Wood: Who's hot and who's not
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Newfoundlanders who fled cod moratorium are returning — and creating a housing crunch
NEW-WES-VALLEY - The affordable housing complex Mike Tiller is hoping for is unlike anything else in his community. The sleek, modular buildings with sloping roofs and wide windows pose a sharp contra...
Jul 31, 2025
Alberta government to learn from ruling on Ontario bike lane law: minister
AIRDRIE - Alberta's transportation minister says the province plans to learn from an Ontario court ruling that found a law seeking to remove some Toronto bike lanes to be unconstitutional. Devin Drees...
Jul 30, 2025
Eby calls softwood lumber dispute "canary in the coal mine" of U.S. protectionism
VICTORIA - Premier David Eby says the federal government cannot forget about the fate of British Columbia's softwood lumber industry as the deadline for a trade deal between the United States and Cana...
Jul 30, 2025
Ottawa says it wants to improve income assistance program on First Nation reserves
The federal government says it is committed to working with Mi'kmaq First Nations in Nova Scotia to improve the income assistance program - though Ottawa has yet to provide details on the progress of ...
Jul 30, 2025
Diabetes Canada calls for federal government to reset pharmacare program
OTTAWA - Advocates for people with diabetes want the federal government to restructure what they see as a flawed pharmacare program. Glenn Thibeault, executive director of government affairs with Diab...
Jul 30, 2025 This Jan. 3, 2009 file photo shows a person with diabetes testing his blood sugar level in Kamen, Germany. (AP Photo/Joerg Sarbach, File)
Migrant worker calls proposed spike in housing cost payroll deduction 'wickedness'
OTTAWA - An Ontario migrant farm worker says there is "wickedness" in a federal government proposal that could allow employers to charge workers upwards of 30 per cent of their income for housing. The...
Jul 30, 2025 Migrant workers pick strawberries at a farm in Pont Rouge Que., on Aug. 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
PM Carney says trade talks with U.S. may not end by Aug. 1 deadline
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Wednesday that Canada's negotiations with the United States might not conclude by Donald Trump's Aug. 1 deadline as the president added new trade measur...
Jul 30, 2025
Bank of Canada holds key rate at 2.75% but opens door to future cuts
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada left its policy rate unchanged Wednesday but said future cuts may be warranted as U.S. tariffs continue to cloud the outlook. The central bank's policy rate remains at 2.75...
Jul 30, 2025
'Canada will win' race to bring LNG to Asian markets, B.C. Premier David Eby says
KITAMAAT VILLAGE - British Columbia Premier David Eby says Canadian values will help the country "win this race" to deliver liquefied natural gas to Asian markets, even as U.S. President Donald Trump ...
Jul 29, 2025
Tax data suggests lethal Canadian arms still being exported to Israel
OTTAWA - Israeli customs data suggests lethal Canadian arms are still being exported regularly to Israel, despite Ottawa's claim that it has halted such shipments. "Canadian military products are deep...
Jul 29, 2025 Yara Shoufani of Palestinian Youth Movement speaks alongside Alex Paterson with Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East, left, and Corey Balsam of Independent Jewish Voices during a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, July 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Guest host Tamara Cherry hears from Carla Beck on protecting the province. She also discusses AI bots, cutting fuel tax,...