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Quebec replaces digital technology minister who resigned over auto board scandal
QUBEC - Quebec Premier Franois Legault replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister Friday after a scandal with the auto insurance board's online platform forced the resignation of ric C...
Feb 28, 2025
Advocates decry proposal to fine air travellers who breach confidentiality
MONTREAL - Passenger rights advocates are raising alarm bells about a proposed rule change that would give the country's transport watchdog new powers to penalize air travellers. The Canadian Transpor...
Feb 28, 2025
Quebec could extend religious symbols ban to school staff other than teachers
MONTREAL - The Quebec government might extend its ban on religious symbols following a report on the state of secularism in several public schools. Education Minister Bernard Drainville announced Frid...
Feb 28, 2025
Ottawa posts $21.7 billion deficit for April-to-December period
OTTAWA - The federal government posted a budgetary deficit of $21.7 billion for the April-to-December period of its 2024-25 fiscal year. The result compared with a deficit of $23.6 billion for the sam...
Feb 28, 2025
Trump calls Freeland 'a whack' and Poilievre 'not a MAGA guy' as tariff threat looms
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump weighed in this week on domestic Canadian politics, firing insults at Chrystia Freeland and saying Pierre Poilievre is not a "MAGA guy" as his deadline to impo...
Feb 28, 2025
Doug Ford's Ontario PCs win re-election, with tariff threats approaching
TORONTO - Doug Ford's Progressive Conservatives won't have long to sit back and bask in the glow of winning a third majority government, with an imminent tariff threat around the corner. The Tories wo...
Feb 28, 2025
Large number of Canadian public servants breaking remote work rules
OTTAWA - Large numbers of public servants working in the federal government's three biggest departments aren't following Ottawa's three-days-per-week office work rule, federal data shows. The federal ...
Feb 28, 2025
'Not a priority': Critics say Alberta falls short on health-care, education spending
EDMONTON - Critics say the Alberta government's proposed health-care and education spending in its new budget won't address long-standing problems in either sector. "Public education, once again, with...
Feb 28, 2025
Canada could be barred from a future peacekeeping mission in Ukraine, expert says
OTTAWA - Canada may have difficulty taking part in a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine after a future ceasefire because it has clearly taken a side in the conflict, an international affairs expert sugge...
Feb 28, 2025
Here's how the PCs' win in Ontario's snap vote stacks up against elections past
The Progressive Conservatives have won a third consecutive majority government in Thursday's snap vote - a feat accomplished for the first time in more than 50 years of Ontario elections. The last tim...
Feb 27, 2025
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Evan talks with Dr. Sylvain Charlebois about what Canadian counter tariffs being lifted means for prices at the grocery ...