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Parliament returns Monday with Carney's first budget on the horizon
OTTAWA - The House of Commons reconvenes tomorrow, which will see Prime Minister Mark Carney square off with Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre in Parliament for the first time. Poilievre will once ...
Sep 14, 2025
RCMP seize hundreds of grams of drugs following two-month investigation in downtown Quesnel
QUESNEL, B.C. - A two-month investigation in downtown Quesnel has led to substantial drug seizures. In June and July 2025, Quesnel RCMP say its Crime Reduction Unit were able to buy illicit drugs from...
Sep 14, 2025
Manitoba cabinet briefing on landfill search for murder victims not being released
WINNIPEG - A report that could shed more light on why Manitoba's former Progressive Conservative government rejected calls to search a landfill for the remains of two murder victims is being withheld ...
Sep 14, 2025
Provincial election? Bring it on, say Newfoundland critics of Quebec energy deal
ST. JOHN'S - An imminent provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador is a key opportunity for the public to demand transparency about a new energy agreement with Hydro-Qubec - and possibly even h...
Sep 14, 2025
Dead calf was still attached to umbilical cord while pushed by southern resident J36
VICTORIA - The discovery of a dead female Orca calf near Vancouver Island in American waters continues to raise questions among researchers. A statement from the American-based Center for Whale Resear...
Sep 13, 2025
B.C. farm says it will ask Supreme Court of Canada to stop the cull of 400 ostriches
VICTORIA - A spokesperson for Universal Ostrich Farms says the farm will ask the Supreme Court of Canada to stop the culling of 400 ostriches hit by avian flu, but it is not clear yet whether Canada's...
Sep 13, 2025
Anti-Israel protests turn the Spanish Vuelta cycling race into a diplomatic battleground
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - As an alderperson in northwestern Spain, Rosana Prieto tends to the running of her tiny village and is far removed from major cities, often rocked by protests over geopolitical...
Sep 13, 2025
Josh Ross, Cameron Whitcomb lead nominations ahead of Canadian country music awards
KELOWNA - Breakout country singer Josh Ross and "American Idol" star Cameron Whitcomb are the leading nominees as the Canadian Country Music Association hands out its annual hardware tonight in Kelown...
Sep 13, 2025
What is the Bishnoi gang and why do some want it labelled a terrorist group?
OTTAWA - Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been calling on Ottawa to designate a gang tied to India as a terrorist organization. The federal Conservatives plan to press the government on the...
Sep 13, 2025
RCMP feared traitor Kim Philby knew 'most interesting' Canadian secrets: documents
OTTAWA - The early-1960s revelation that British spy Kim Philby had worked for Moscow alarmed Canadian intelligence officials who feared that he had betrayed confidences gleaned from Soviet defector I...
Sep 13, 2025
