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Ousted Liberal leadership candidate Ruby Dhalla loses appeal

Former MP Ruby Dhalla has lost her appeal after being disqualified from the Liberal leadership race last week. Party national director Azam Ishmael said in a statement late Monday – just minutes before the party’s French-language debate was set to...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Liberal leadership debate: Candidates reveal how they would stand up to Donald Trump

How Canada should stand up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s many threats against the economy and sovereignty of its northern neighbour was a running theme of Monday night’s French-language Liberal leadership debate. Trump’s proposed tariffs on Canada – which he...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Questions linger about Carney’s French after ‘Hamas’ debate slip-up

A stumble by Mark Carney during Monday’s French-language Liberal party leadership race debate revived questions about the presumed frontrunner’s proficiency in French. During an exchange about the war in Gaza, Carney misspoke by saying all four Liberal candidates on stage...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Convicted killer, 85, missing from minimum security prison north of Montreal

SAINTE-ANNE-DES-PLAINES, Que. — Correctional Service Canada says an 85-year-old convicted killer has escaped from a minimum security prison north of Montreal. Officials say Ricardo Vilches was not present during the noon head count today at the Archambault Institution in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines,...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Federal workers return to offices amid threat from Elon Musk

Federal employees across the country, many of whom have worked from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, were back at agency offices Monday under President Donald Trump’s return-to-office mandate. Billionaire Elon Musk, who is leading Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency scouring...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Trump says tariffs starting on Canada and Mexico in March

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday that his tariffs on Canada and Mexico are starting next month, ending a monthlong suspension on the planned import taxes that could potentially hurt economic growth and worsen inflation. “We’re on time with the...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Toronto readies for flood risk as piles of snow start to melt this week

Officials in Toronto say the city is ready to respond to any potential flooding as piles of snow accumulated during recent storms start to melt. They say crews will be deployed to inspect and clear catch basins in flood-prone areas...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

‘Not acceptable:’ Chow calls for review of private companies doing snow removal

Mayor Olivia Chow said she wants City staff to undergo a review of the contracts with private companies hired to do snow removal for Toronto amid criticism for the removal process after a series of storms dropped more than 50...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Google ‘actively working’ to fix mislabelling of Canadian ‘state parks’

Canadians have taken to social media wondering why Google Maps was referring to some provincial parks as “state” parks, an incorrect designation that has ruffled feathers at a time of heightened tension between Canada and the United States. Social-media users...

Feb 25, 2025 | News

Delta flight returns to Atlanta airport because of possible smoke in the cockpit

ATLANTA (AP) — A Delta Air Lines flight returned to the Atlanta airport soon after taking off Monday when crew members reported a smoky haze inside the cockpit, according to federal officials. Delta Flight 876 to Columbia, South Carolina, returned...

Feb 25, 2025 | News