Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Canadian virus research hub in Saskatoon turns 50 amid concerns over U.S. funding
SASKATOON - One of Canada's premier vaccine centres celebrates its 50th birthday this week, but researchers say it comes amid unease over U.S. policy changes and funding cuts that threaten to upend th...
Sep 25, 2025 Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) researchers demonstrate work in a Containment Level 2 lab during a tour of the building on the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Sask. on Thursday, August 21, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Liam Richards
Tariffs, government spending, gas prices — what's driving inflation right now?
OTTAWA - MPs returned to the House of Commons earlier this month to confront an old problem - inflation - which is now being driven by new forces. Many consumers are still reeling from the decades-hig...
Sep 25, 2025
More pickets by B.C.'s public sector workers at liquor stores to pressure for talks
VICTORIA - The union representing public sector workers in British Columbia is putting more pressure on government finances while curbing the public's access to alcohol. The B.C. General Employees' Un...
Sep 25, 2025
Almost 2,000 student employees cut from federal government in the last fiscal year
OTTAWA - The number of students working for the federal government fell almost 20 per cent between 2024 and 2025. Data provided by the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat shows 9,120 students were em...
Sep 25, 2025
Shaughnessy Cohen Prize goes to history professor's book on postwar prime ministers
The Writers' Trust of Canada says a history professor from the University of Regina has won this year's Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing. Raymond B. Blake took home the award at the Polit...
Sep 24, 2025
Jobs Minister Kahlon says B.C. will try to capture rising federal military spending
VICTORIA - British Columbia's Jobs Minister Ravi Kahlon says the province is joining federal efforts to develop an "industrial strategy around national defence and sovereignty." Kahlon, who was speaki...
Sep 24, 2025
Federal judge refuses to reinstate eight former inspectors general fired by Trump administration
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge refused on Wednesday to reinstate eight former inspectors general who filed a lawsuit after the Trump administration fired them with no warning and little explanation...
Sep 24, 2025
Kimmel is back on ABC to big ratings, but some affiliates still refuse to air his show
NEW YORK (AP) - Jimmy Kimmel is back on his ABC late-night show, but it's still a mystery when - or if - viewers in cities such as Washington, Seattle and St. Louis will be able to see him again on th...
Sep 24, 2025
N.S. government says newly introduced bill will reduce red tape, encourage business
HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government is introducing a bill it says would eliminate red tape and encourage business activity, particularly in the natural resources sector. Tim Halman, who serves as bot...
Sep 24, 2025
NDP MP urges caution as Canada moves to mend trade relationship with China
OTTAWA - An NDP member of Parliament who has been a target of Chinese foreign interference says the federal government should be cautious as it tries to mend its trade relationship with Canada's secon...
Sep 24, 2025
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Murray Wood: The day Canada Became a nation
April 9, 1917 was Easter Monday. On that date, 109 years ago, Canadian soldiers made history at Vimy Ridge. Murray Wood ...
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