Employment minister Randy Boissonnault has apologized but insisted he never claimed to be Indigenous. This explanation failed to quell the controversy
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Trudeau government proposes rules to strip pregnancy support centres of charitable status
Pregnancy support centres, policy experts say the government’s proposed abortion disclosure requirements target them for being pro-life
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Canada inflation hovers at 2%, more rate cuts expected
October data showed grocery prices were up 2.7 per cent and shelter costs had risen 4.8 per cent year-on-year
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Trump ally seeks to block trans lawmaker from women’s restrooms
Republican Representative Nancy Mace posted on X that ‘biological men do not belong in private women’s spaces. Period. Full stop. End of story’
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Downtown revitalization in rural communities: A necessity, not a luxury
Many rural towns are hurting. They do not have to accept decline as inevitable. Smart downtown revitalization plans can make all the difference
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Canada foiled Iran plot to assassinate former justice minister
Irwin Cotler, a former justice minister who has been a strong critic of Tehran, had already been receiving police protection for more than a year after the Oct. 7, 2023
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Trump revives ‘peace through strength,’ but meaning up to debate
In invoking “peace through strength,” the incoming president appears to be likening himself to Ronald Reagan, who sharply raised military spending
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Cracks deepen in Canada’s pro-immigration ‘consensus’Â
“We didn’t get the balance quite right,” said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month, conceding high immigration had strained resources
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Where do the similarities between Republicans and Conservatives begin and end?
‘There’s nothing even remotely like Trump in Canadian politics,’ says one political scientist. But there are similarities between the Republicans and Conservatives
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Suspect wanted by India arrested on gun charges in Canada: media
One of the two suspects was treated for a non-life-threatening gunshot wound during an apparent shooting in the area