Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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B.C. ombudsperson: Open meetings in municipal governments 'not optional'
British Columbia's ombudsperson has released a draft of his updated guide to open meetings at municipal governments, saying that such meetings are "not optional" and are legally required to ensure pub...
Sep 11, 2025
Quebec environmental lawyers group sues Ottawa over major projects bill
MONTREAL - A group of environmental lawyers says it has filed a lawsuit in Quebec Superior Court challenging the validity of the federal government's major projects law. Centre qubcois du droit de l'e...
Sep 11, 2025
Carney says federal government will sign more pharmacare deals with provinces
OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is committed to signing pharmacare deals with all provinces and territories, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, ending months of speculation about the pr...
Sep 11, 2025
Utah governor pleads for public's help in finding person who shot Charlie Kirk on university campus
OREM, Utah (AP) - The shooter who assassinated conservative activist Charlie Kirk and then vanished off a roof and into the woods remained at large more than 24 hours later Thursday as federal investi...
Sep 11, 2025
PQ leader praises Alberta Premier Danielle Smith for standing up to Ottawa
CALGARY - The leader of the Parti Qubcois says he sees possible areas of co-operation with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith if he's elected Quebec's premier next year. Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who beca...
Sep 11, 2025
Bob Menendez's wife says she was ex-senator's 'puppet' as she gets 4½ years in prison for bribery
NEW YORK (AP) - Former U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez's sobbing wife told a judge that her husband was "not the man I thought he was" before she was sentenced Thursday to 4 1/2 years in prison for selling the...
Sep 11, 2025
Both Conservatives and Liberals intend to introduce bail reform legislation this fall
OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will have the chance this fall to debate two different pieces of legislation intended to make it harder for people accused of certain crimes to get bail. Conservative Le...
Sep 11, 2025
FBI releases photos of person of interest in Kirk shooting as investigators appeal to public
OREM, Utah (AP) - The sniper who assassinated Charlie Kirk is believed to have jumped off a roof and fled into a neighborhood after firing one shot and has not been identified, authorities said Thursd...
Sep 11, 2025
Tensions flare inside and outside TIFF theatre showing Oct. 7 documentary
TORONTO - Tensions flared both inside and outside a Toronto International Film Festival screening of a documentary about a retired Israeli general's Oct. 7 rescue mission, with protesters clashing on ...
Sep 11, 2025 Police gather in anticipation of Pro-Palestinian protesters outside of Roy Thomson Hall during Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto on Wednesday, September 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey
South Korean shipyard sweetens its submarine sales pitch to Canada
OTTAWA - One of two finalists in the competition to build the Royal Canadian Navy's next fleet of submarines is pitching multiple industrial partnerships and economic benefits in the hopes of sealing ...
Sep 11, 2025 A model of a Hanwha KSS-III submarine is seen at the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries annual defence industry trade show, CANSEC, in Ottawa on Wednesday, May 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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The Evan Bray Show - Thursday, April 23
Evan talks on Thursday's show about the RM of Sherwood's AI data centre now approved to be built, Saskatoon mayor Cynthi...