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Canada bolsters Indo-Pacific presence with new defence pact with the Philippines
OTTAWA - Defence Minister David McGuinty has signed a defence co-operation agreement with the Philippines, on the final day of a visit meant to strengthen defence relations. The agreement will allow t...
Nov 02, 2025
Mark Carney's first budget plots a sharp departure from the past
by Craig Lord OTTAWA - Prime Minster Mark Carney's government is getting ready to table its first budget this week - one that will be markedly different from budgets of the past. "This one is importan...
Nov 02, 2025 Prime Minister Mark Carney jokes with Minister of Finance and National Revenue Francois-Philippe Champagne as they greet families before participating in an announcement at a community centre in Ottawa, on Friday, Oct. 10, 2025. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang)
N.S. opposes Supreme Court ruling to strike minimum sentences for child porn possession
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he has "grave concerns" about a federal Supreme Court decision to strike down mandatory minimum sentences for accessing or possessing child pornography. I...
Nov 02, 2025
Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week
TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Trade The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this week from businesses and states that say President Donald Tr...
Nov 02, 2025
How the U.S. Supreme Court's tariff decision could impact Canada
WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's tariff agenda is set to face a major legal hurdle in the U.S. Supreme Court this week but no matter the ruling, it will not spare Canada from all of the president's devasta...
Nov 02, 2025
PM Carney was advised to push back on Trump if provoked in April call, memo shows
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney was counselled to push back during an April call with Donald Trump if the U.S. president revived his complaints about border security, fentanyl from Canada or low d...
Nov 02, 2025
Former federal minister Soraya Martinez Ferrada elected mayor of Montreal
MONTREAL - Montrealers have chosen Soraya Martinez Ferrada, a Chilean refugee who became a federal minister, as their new mayor in a vote for change that has unseated the city's left-leaning governmen...
Nov 02, 2025
Former Kentucky Gov. Martha Layne Collins has died at 88
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - Martha Layne Collins, the first and only woman elected governor of Kentucky, died on Saturday. She was 88. The Democrat's most visible legacy is a sprawling Toyota auto assembly ...
Nov 01, 2025
Mom of soldier killed in Afghanistan named national Silver Cross Mother
OTTAWA - When Nancy Payne lays a wreath on Remembrance Day at the National War Memorial, it won't be the first time she's represented mothers of Canadian soldiers who have died in combat. But it will ...
Nov 01, 2025
'Hurricane Bob' Rae says he's leaving the United Nations with no regrets
OTTAWA - Bob Rae knows that as Canada's ambassador to the United Nations he had a habit of going off-message with Global Affairs Canada but he has no regrets. He says it created a healthy tension, eve...
Nov 01, 2025
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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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