Murray Wood: Is this one of those times when money might be better in the government's pockets?
Windfall profits on oil are prompting a break in the federal fuel excise, but Saskatchewan isn't following suit. Murray ...
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MPs call on feds to bring back bill criminalizing coercive behaviour in relationships
OTTAWA - MPs on the House of Commons status of women committee called on the federal government Tuesday to criminalize coercive behaviour in intimate relationships. The committee members, representing...
Nov 25, 2025
Quebec to extend religious symbols ban, outlaw university prayer rooms in new bill
MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism minister says the province needs tighter rules to keep religion out of the education system - and even out of public places. More than six years after the Quebec governm...
Nov 25, 2025
Manitoba's plan to tackle meth to include co-ordination, new resources: Kinew
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was applauded by municipal leaders Tuesday as he promised a crackdown on the distribution of methamphetamines, although details of the plan have yet to be reveale...
Nov 25, 2025
Five more Alberta UCP legislature members facing recall, bringing total to 14
EDMONTON - Elections Alberta has issued recall petitions against five more members of Premier Danielle Smith's United Conservative Party caucus, bringing the total to 14. The new total means that almo...
Nov 25, 2025
Women's groups criticize Liberals over delay of key firearms measure
OTTAWA - More than a dozen women's advocacy groups chastised the Liberals on Tuesday for failing to bring into force a key provision in firearms legislation passed almost two years ago. The measure wo...
Nov 25, 2025
Federal, provincial governments raked in more than $5.4B in cannabis tax revenue
OTTAWA - Ottawa and the provinces raked in more than $5.4 billion in cannabis tax revenue since the drug was legalized for recreational use in October 2018. The federal government has collected $1.2 b...
Nov 25, 2025
Hodgson says Ottawa is close to providing clarity on B.C. tanker ban
OTTAWA - Energy and Natural Resources Minister Tim Hodgson said on Monday the government is getting close to being able to provide clarity on whether Ottawa would repeal the West Coast oil tanker ban....
Nov 25, 2025 Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson rises during Question Period on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Monday, Nov. 24, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Accessibility office in limbo as it calls out federal government's failures
OTTAWA - The federal Office of Public Service Accessibility is in limbo months after it produced a document accusing the government of falling behind on supports for public servants with disabilities....
Nov 25, 2025 Government office buildings are seen on Friday, July 29, 2022, in Gatineau, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Saskatchewan government says budget on course to record $427M deficit at year's end
REGINA - This year's Saskatchewan budget is sinking deeper into the red, mainly due to the cost of fighting the summer's wildfires and higher health-care expenses. Finance Minister Jim Reiter, in a mi...
Nov 25, 2025
Meta pitching app store age verification law to Liberal government
OTTAWA - Meta has been lobbying the federal government for new rules to implement age verification at the app store level - which would place the burden on companies like Apple and Google, not individ...
Nov 25, 2025
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Sarah Mills: The president has tested the faithful
The may be some who worship U.S. President Donald Trump, but like the Beatles before him, Sarah Mills says the president...
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The Evan Bray Show - Wednesday, April 15
8:30 - With a clear majority now secured, Mark Carney no longer has to bargain to survive confidence votes and can focus...