Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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N.S. patients waited for more than 70 hours in the ER for hospital admission
HALIFAX - An NDP member of the Nova Scotia legislature says some patients at a hospital waited more than 70 hours in the emergency room before they were admitted. In a letter to the health minister, P...
Nov 05, 2025
Researchers find microplastics in the tails of lobsters caught off Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - The lead researcher of a new study assessing microplastics in lobsters says the research can serve as a warning that plastic pollution is landing on people's dinner plates. The study, publis...
Nov 05, 2025
Jacob Frey fends off democratic socialist's challenge to win 3rd term as Minneapolis mayor
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Minneapolis Democratic Mayor Jacob Frey defeated democratic socialist Omar Fateh and 13 other challengers Wednesday during the final round of counting in the city's ranked-choice vo...
Nov 05, 2025
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante sends message against cynicism as she meets successor
MONTREAL - Montreal Mayor Valrie Plante delivered a message against political polarization and cynicism on Wednesday as she met her successor at city hall during her final days in the city's top job. ...
Nov 05, 2025
Ontario fiscal update may focus on infrastructure, jobs
TORONTO - Ontario is set to table a fiscal update Thursday that is expected to focus in part on infrastructure and protecting jobs, while this week's federal budget has renewed calls for the province ...
Nov 05, 2025
No core funding increase in budget keeps sport "bleeding to death" says freestyle CEO
The head of Freestyle Canada says he understands that this week's federal budget was designed to navigate the country's choppy economic waters. But Peter Judge says the medal hauls that Canadians have...
Nov 05, 2025
Ex-hydro researcher tells spying trial he wasn't given opportunity to defend himself
MONTREAL - A former researcher with Quebec's hydro utility on trial for economic espionage was applying for work in China and elsewhere because he was having difficulties on the job and wasn't sure ab...
Nov 05, 2025
Global Affairs says Canada exploring possible postwar role in Gaza Strip
OTTAWA - With Canadian military personnel already deployed to Israel to monitor the ceasefire, the federal government says it's scoping out how it can best support Palestinians in Gaza in the event a ...
Nov 05, 2025
Indigenous leaders say federal budget falls short on health care, education
OTTAWA - The federal budget fails to offer the investments in health and education their communities desperately need, some Indigenous leaders said Wednesday, a day after the Liberals tabled the lates...
Nov 05, 2025
Federal budget offers measures to cut telecom costs, citing lack of competition
OTTAWA - The federal government says it plans to take measures aimed at increasing competition in Canada's telecommunications sector and lowering consumers' cellphone and internet costs. Ottawa outlin...
Nov 05, 2025
OPINION
Sarah Mills: Canada is getting a taste of FIFA's World Cup demands
Sarah Mills says a full motorcade with a police escort for the FIFA president is unnecessary, but it shows that the orga...
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