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Politics Canada’s top court will not reconsider pleas from four Canadian men detained in Syria for a hearing that could open a path to their freedom. Court ruled last year that Ottawa isn’t obligated to repatriate the men Jim Bronskill · The Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 04, 2024 2:19Continue Reading

The federal government unveiled draft regulations Monday that will impose a greenhouse gas cap on the oil and gas sector that limits emissions to 35 per cent below 2019 levels. Canada’s oil and gas sector, which is responsible for nearly a third of Canada’s greenhouse gas emissions, will have fourContinue Reading

Murray Sinclair, the Anishinaabe senator and renowned Manitoba lawyer who led the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, has died at age 73. Sinclair died at a Winnipeg hospital early Monday morning “peacefully and surrounded by love,” his family said in a statement. “Mazina Giizhik (the One Who Speaks of Pictures in theContinue Reading

Politics Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on Canada’s premiers to match his pledge to remove the federal sales tax on new homes under $1 million by doing the same with provincial sales taxes. ‘I am writing to ask you to match my common sense sales tax cut,’ Conservative leaderContinue Reading

Politics The U.S. ambassador to Canada says “democracy is easily going to survive” the outcome of Tuesday’s election that’ll eventually decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump becomes the next president. In an interview on CBC’s Rosemary Barton Live, David Cohen also reminded Canadians to be patient as results comeContinue Reading

Politics Canada’s Special Representative to Afghanistan David Sproule is condemning the Taliban’s latest curtailment of women’s rights. The regime moved earlier this week to prevent women from hearing each other pray or reciting the Qu’ran. Move comes after UN urged Ottawa to step up calls for international protection of humanContinue Reading

Politics Faced with the threat of ideologically motivated violent extremism, which has resulted in several attacks in recent years, RCMP officers will be carrying undercover surveillance online, engaging with suspected extremists. Internal document says Mounties will use fake online profiles to pursue extremist activity Elizabeth Thompson · CBC News ·Continue Reading

Politics·Analysis He surely would reject any such comparison but, in a recent interview, Justin Trudeau briefly sounded just a little bit like Richard Nixon. The prime minister casts an eye beyond his flag-waving critics Aaron Wherry · CBC News · Posted: Nov 02, 2024 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: November 2Continue Reading

Politics Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s former principal secretary Gerald Butts says Donald Trump’s proposed 10 per cent tariffs on imports would hit Canada “faster and harder than just about anyone else,” given the close trading relationship between the two countries. Republican presidential candidate is calling for a minimum tariff ofContinue Reading