Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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N.B. election promise tracker: HST cuts, community care clinics, rent caps
Voters in New Brunswick are scheduled to go to the polls on Oct. 21. Here's a look at some of the promises announced by the three major parties: Progressive Conservatives: - Cut the harmonized sales t...
Sep 27, 2024
B.C. Conservatives, NDP have full candidate slates. But it's about more than votes
VANCOUVER - In the last provincial election, the B.C. Conservatives fielded just 19 candidates - and received less than 2 per cent of the vote. Now the party's website lists a full slate of 93 candida...
Sep 27, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to attend Francophonie summit in France next week
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will be travelling to France next Thursday to attend the Francophonie summit. The meeting of French-speaking countries, which happens every two years, will be he...
Sep 27, 2024
Ontario's first new nuclear reactor in a generation heads to public hearing
BANFF, Alta. - A public hearing slated for next week is the next milestone for what could be Canada's first grid-scale small modular nuclear reactor (SMR). On Oct. 2, the Canadian Nuclear Safety Commi...
Sep 27, 2024
Artists rally behind Montreal concert hall after court orders it to stop making noise
MONTREAL - Benoit Pinette, known by his stage name Tire le coyote, was set to perform his upcoming album at Montreal's La Tulipe concert hall next year. But after the Quebec Court of Appeal recently o...
Sep 27, 2024
Lawsuit settlement, collective agreements and Hydro losses drive up Manitoba deficit
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government posted a deficit in the last fiscal year of $1.97 billion, documents released Friday show. It is the largest in the province's history outside of the COVID-19 pandem...
Sep 27, 2024
New Brunswick election: Tories accuse Liberals of plagiarizing their platform
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick Progressive Conservative Leader Blaine Higgs is accusing the Liberals of plagiarizing portions of his party's election platform. Higgs made the accusation Friday during a c...
Sep 27, 2024
Iranian operatives charged in US with hacking Trump's presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen informatio...
Sep 27, 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)
Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Justice Department unsealed criminal charges Friday against three Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign and disseminating stolen informatio...
Sep 27, 2024
B.C. Conservatives, NDP both announce plans to help ease B.C. housing crisis
Both of the main candidates in British Columbia's election campaign pushed their own plans to solve parts of the housing crisis. B.C. Conservative Leader John Rustad told a news conference in Surrey t...
Sep 27, 2024
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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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