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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Popularity continues for Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew, but challenges lie ahead
WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew's popularity shows little sign of waning more than a year after he led the provincial New Democrats to power. But there are some tough choices ahead as he tries t...
Dec 24, 2024
Quebec doing better job at retaining immigrants, Atlantic Canada still struggling
MONTREAL - Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn't true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers t...
Dec 24, 2024
After sustained pressure on Marineland probe, Ontario animal welfare body opens up
TORONTO - Ontario's little-known team of taxpayer-funded animal cruelty investigators recently issued its first-ever news release, years after launching in 2020. The small but meaningful step toward i...
Dec 24, 2024
Bill Clinton is hospitalized with a fever but in good spirits, spokesperson says
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Bill Clinton was admitted Monday to Georgetown University Medical Center in Washington after developing a fever. The 78-year-old was admitted in the "afternoon for t...
Dec 23, 2024
Métis human rights advocate Muriel Stanley Venne dies at 87
EDMONTON - Muriel Stanley Venne, a trail-blazing Mtis woman known for her Indigenous rights advocacy, has died at 87. Venne, born in Lamont, Alta., was one of the first appointees to Alberta's Human R...
Dec 23, 2024 Muriel Stanley Venne is shown in a Government of Alberta handout photo. Stanley Venne, a trailblazing Métis woman known for her Indigenous rights advocacy, has died at 87. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Government of Alberta)
Trudeau to chair Canada-U.S. relations cabinet committee amid calls to resign
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will chair a meeting of the cabinet committee on Canada-U.S. relations today, amid increasing calls for his resignation. A mid-day adjustment to Trudeau's itiner...
Dec 23, 2024
Revised airline compensation rules will only preserve status quo: Advocate
Consumer advocates say proposed changes to Canada's passenger rights charter will perpetuate loopholes that allow airlines to forego compensating travellers whose flights are disrupted. Ottawa is prop...
Dec 23, 2024
Ottawa names new president and CEO of Export Development Canada
OTTAWA - The federal government has named Alison Nankivell the new president and chief executive officer of Export Development Canada, succeeding Mairead Lavery who helmed the Crown corporation for th...
Dec 23, 2024
Poet, former chief justice among five new members appointed to Order of Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage has released the names of the five people appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia for 2024. The new recipients of the highest honour in the province come from ...
Dec 23, 2024
Manitoba government to reinstate fuel tax, but at a reduced rate
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending its yearlong fuel tax holiday but bringing back the levy at a lower rate. The government temporarily suspended the 14-cents-a-litre tax on gasoline and die...
Dec 23, 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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