Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Metro Vancouver housing figures underscore massive gap in affordable units
VANCOUVER - The latest housing report from Metro Vancouver underscores the significant gap between current affordable rentals and the number of units required to prevent more people from falling into ...
Apr 25, 2025
Ex-US Rep. George Santos sentenced to over 7 years in prison for fraud and identity theft
CENTRAL ISLIP, N.Y. (AP) - Disgraced former U.S. Rep. George Santos was sentenced Friday to over seven years in prison, sobbing as he learned his punishment for the crimes that led to his expulsion fr...
Apr 25, 2025
ICE is reversing termination of legal status for international students around US, lawyer says
The federal government is reversing the termination of legal status for international students after many filed court challenges around the U.S., a government lawyer said Friday. Judges around the cou...
Apr 25, 2025
Quebec government says 'Go Habs Go!' expression is part of province's identity
MONTREAL - The Quebec government has stepped in to defend the phrase "Go Habs Go!" as the provincial language watchdog takes heat for objecting to the English word "go." In a statement Friday, Quebec'...
Apr 25, 2025
Ontario's new mining bill is a 'vendetta' against species at risk: environmentalists
TORONTO - Ontario is moving to gut protections for endangered plants and animals as part of a mining bill, environmental groups say, with some calling it the most comprehensive attack on the province'...
Apr 25, 2025
Canada's envoy to Vatican: Pope Francis funeral will unite a rare range of humanity
OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to the Holy See says the Vatican will be the capital of the world Saturday during the funeral of Pope Francis, who earned the respect of vastly different people. Joyce Nap...
Apr 25, 2025 People wait in line to enter St. Peter's Basilica to view Pope Francis lying in state, at the Vatican, Friday, April 25, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Andrew Medichini
Ottawa posts $19.3-billion deficit for April-to-February period of 2024-25
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $19.3 billion for the April-to-February period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $17.3 billion reported fo...
Apr 25, 2025
Tuition frozen, grants rise in two-year funding deals for Nova Scotia universities
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's 10 universities have signed new two-year conditional funding agreements with the provincial government that include an undergraduate tuition freeze and an increase in operating...
Apr 25, 2025
Leaders echo messages in final push to election day
OTTAWA - Federal party leaders hit the hustings Friday with election day fast approaching, as Mark Carney of the Liberals focused on U.S. tariff threats in a steel town and Conservative Leader Pierre ...
Apr 25, 2025
Manitoba bill to add gender expression to human rights code draws praise, criticism
WINNIPEG - Dozens of people lined up Thursday night to air opposition to and support for Manitoba's plan to add gender expression to the human rights code - a move that would include protections for p...
Apr 24, 2025
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