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B.C. Housing Minister Boyle rejects calls for repeal of high-density housing laws
VICTORIA - A coalition of municipalities in British Columbia is calling on the province to repeal housing legislation designed to increase supply through higher density, but the housing minister says ...
Dec 11, 2025
Indiana Republicans defy Trump and reject his House redistricting push in the state
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana's Republican-led Senate decisively rejected a redrawn congressional map Thursday that would have favored their party, defying months of pressure from President Donald Trump...
Dec 11, 2025
Justice Department again fails to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James, AP source says
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) - A grand jury declined for a second time to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, refusing to resurrect a mortgage fraud prosecution encouraged by Presid...
Dec 11, 2025
Nova Scotia premier defends widely-criticized cannabis crackdown order
HALIFAX - Premier Tim Houston is defending his government's crackdown on cannabis dispensaries, despite widespread and escalating criticism, saying he is concerned about the illegal market. The premie...
Dec 11, 2025
Landmark Alberta legislature sitting raises questions on politicians and rule of law
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's government has wrapped up a fall legislature sitting featuring landmark legislation that raised questions on where political authority should end and the ru...
Dec 11, 2025
Ottawa using AI to review public comments on its national AI strategy
OTTAWA - The federal government is using artificial intelligence to sort through public input on AI policy, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said Thursday. Solomon said an internally deve...
Dec 11, 2025
Alberta's auditor general recommends new system for health reporting, finds disparity
EDMONTON - Alberta's auditor general says the province needs a new framework for measuring and reporting the performance of its health-care system. Doug Wylie, in a new report Thursday, says the recom...
Dec 11, 2025
Rent growth slowed in 2025 as national vacancy rate continued to rise: CMHC
Canada's housing agency says the pace of rent growth ticked lower this year as vacancies continued rising, while increased rental supply also contributed to softer market conditions. Canada Mortgage a...
Dec 11, 2025
Ottawa's Indigenous advisers weren't told of pipeline deal with Alberta: Chief
OTTAWA - A member of the major projects office's Indigenous advisory council says he and his colleagues were not told in advance of the agreement the federal government signed with Alberta opening a p...
Dec 11, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on Thursday, July 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
Ontario legislature to take 14-week winter break, following 19-week summer break
TORONTO - Ontario's legislature is set to take a 14-week winter break, less than two months after resuming from a 19-week summer break, a move opposition politicians call undemocratic and "crazy." Mem...
Dec 11, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Floor crossing should be a choice between sitting as an independent or running in a byelection
Sarah Mills says floor crossing from any party in the House of Commons just one year into a mandate shouldn't be allowed...
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