Murray Wood: Who's hot... and who's not
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Ontario to give education minister power to more easily take over school boards
TORONTO - Ontario is set to give the minister of education power to more easily put school boards under supervision and require more boards to put police officers in schools, moves decried by boards a...
May 29, 2025
Bill fast-tracking infrastructure projects passes as Speaker Raj Chouhan breaks tie
VICTORIA - A controversial bill in British Columbia responding to American tariffs has passed with Speaker Raj Chouhan casting the deciding vote Wednesday evening. Bill 15 fast-tracks public and priva...
May 28, 2025
Federal court blocks Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs under emergency powers law
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal court on Wednesday blocked President Donald Trump from imposing sweeping tariffs on imports under an emergency-powers law, swiftly throwing into doubt Trump's signature set...
May 28, 2025
Elon Musk is leaving the Trump administration after leading effort to slash federal government
WASHINGTON (AP) - Elon Musk is leaving his government role as a top adviser to President Donald Trump after spearheading efforts to reduce and overhaul the federal bureaucracy. His departure, announce...
May 28, 2025
U.S. federal court rules against Trump's fentanyl and 'Liberation Day' tariffs
WASHINGTON - United States President Donald Trump hit a major legal barrier for his plan to realign global trade after a federal court on Wednesday blocked both the sweeping "Liberation Day" tariffs a...
May 28, 2025
Secretary of State Marco Rubio says the US will begin revoking the visas of Chinese students
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Wednesday the U.S. will begin revoking the visas of some Chinese students, including those studying in "critical fields." China is the second-larg...
May 28, 2025
Edmonton school trustees, advocates want province to allow undocumented kids to enrol
EDMONTON - Edmonton public school trustees have voted to push Alberta's government to make legislative changes to allow undocumented kids to enrol in school and increase education funding accordingly....
May 28, 2025
Federal privacy czar starts probe into theft of customer data from Nova Scotia Power
HALIFAX - The federal privacy commissioner has launched an investigation into a ransomware attack that led to the theft of personal information belonging to 280,000 customers of Nova Scotia's electric...
May 28, 2025
Court orders B.C. to pass law giving French school board expropriation powers
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has ordered the provincial government to pass a law within six months providing the Francophone School Board with powers to expropriate private property to build new...
May 28, 2025
Poilievre finds himself a spectator as debate gets underway in Parliament
OTTAWA - Pierre Poilievre found himself Wednesday in a place he said he's "never really been" before: watching a Parliament's first question period unfold as a spectator, not a participant. In a press...
May 28, 2025
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