Sarah Mills: It's a dream come true - I get to see England in the World Cup
After months of waiting and wading through FIFA's Kafkaesque ticket-buying process, Sarah Mills finally has tickets to s...
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Federal government plans to extend deadline for charitable donation tax deductions
The federal government plans to extend the deadline for claiming charitable donations on tax returns through to the end of February. The announcement from Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc comes nearly...
Dec 30, 2024
Appeals court upholds $5M award in sexual abuse case against Trump
NEW YORK (AP) - A federal appeals court on Monday upheld a jury's finding in a civil case that Donald Trump sexually abused a columnist in an upscale department store dressing room in the mid-1990s. T...
Dec 30, 2024 The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued a written opinion upholding the $5 million award that the Manhattan jury granted to E. Jean Carroll for defamation and sexual abuse.’ (The Canadian Press)
Chinese-Russian air co-operation has Norad’s "full attention"
OTTAWA - The head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command says Chinese and Russian air co-operation in the Arctic has Norad's "full attention." Those two countries for the first time staged a ...
Dec 30, 2024
Quebec needs people to run for local office. The problem is they keep resigning.
MONTREAL - Municipal leaders across Quebec are looking for ways to get young people, especially women, to run for local office in next year's elections, but that is a tall order given the well-documen...
Dec 30, 2024
Heightened security for Manitoba politicians appears to be a sign of the times
WINNIPEG - The days when a Manitoba premier could ride a bicycle to work alone and unworried about their security seem like a long time ago. In the decade since Greg Selinger took a two-wheel commute ...
Dec 30, 2024
'Tinder of construction' aims to keep B.C. building waste out of landfills
COBBLE HILL, B.C. - Gil Yaron barely contains his excitement when asked to describe his non-profit venture to convince construction companies, developers and renovation contractors to recycle tonnes o...
Dec 30, 2024
'We need new leadership': Atlantic Liberal caucus calls for Trudeau's resignation
OTTAWA - The Atlantic Liberal caucus is calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to resign as party leader in a letter expressing "deep concern" about the future of government. The letter dated Dec. 2...
Dec 29, 2024
How some men are trying to fight online misogyny amid 'your body, my choice' rhetoric
A young man with a buzz cut leans on a pristine countertop in a stark white kitchen and looks directly into the camera as he delivers what he presents as the secret to dating success for straight men....
Dec 28, 2024
B.C. man who flipped 14 homes in four years is fined $2M for tax evasion
RICHMOND, B.C. - A serial property flipper in British Columbia has been convicted of tax evasion and fined more than $2 million for failing to report nearly $7.5 million in earnings. The Canada Revenu...
Dec 27, 2024
Criminologist says Canada should better track foreign student departures
OTTAWA - A Canadian criminologist who once worked on inland immigration enforcement for the Canada Border Services Agency said Canada needs to better track foreign nationals who arrive in the country ...
Dec 27, 2024
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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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