Top court to decide whether challenge of ethics ruling in Trudeau case can proceed
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - A group that pushes for political accountability says the courts must be allowed to review the reasonableness of a federal ethics ruling about former prime minister Justin Trudeau.
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Manitoba Premier Kinew asks Ontario counterpart Ford to rethink Crown Royal boycott
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on Ontario Premier Doug Ford Tuesday to drop plans for a boycott of Crown Royal whisky,
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Justice Sheilah Martin to retire from Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30
sootoday - OTTAWA — Justice Sheilah Martin says she will retire from the Supreme Court of Canada effective May 30, one day shy of her 70th birthday.
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Feds to contribute money to the fight against extortion in southern Ontario
Michael Talbot / citynews - The federal government says it will give Peel Regional Police up to $1 million to support the force’s efforts to fight extortion, provide services to victims and build on the work of a task force. The police service, which serves the Ontario cities of Bra…
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Torontonians agree Finch LRT opening far from ‘smooth ride’: Survey
Jane Stevenson / torontosun - The Finch LRT Line 6 opened on Dec. 7, 2025
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Statistics Canada to cut 850 jobs, 12 per cent of executive team
sootoday - OTTAWA — Statistics Canada says it will be cutting around 850 of its staff along with 12 per cent of its executive team.
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Clintons refuse to testify in Epstein inquiry, could be held in contempt
Katie Scott / globalnews - The couple was set to testify starting Tuesday in the U.S. Congress investigation, and Republicans warned they could possibly face contempt charges if they failed to appear.
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Minnesota and the Twin Cities sue the federal government to stop the immigration crackdown
sootoday - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota and its two largest cities sued the Trump administration Monday to try to stop an immigration enforcement surge that has led to the fatal shooting of a Minneapolis woman by a federal officer and evoked outrage and prote
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Carney looking for trade 'recalibration' in visit to China
Jackson Loy / westernstandard - Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to leave Tuesday on the first visit by a Canadian Prime Minister to the People's Republic of China (PRC) since Justin Trudeau's visit in 2017.
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Montreal's $7.7B budget raises spending by 5.4 per cent, has money for homelessness
sootoday - MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has presented a $7.7-billion budget with new spending on housing and homelessness. The first budget since Martinez Ferrada won the November election raises spending by about 5.
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U.S. DOJ launches criminal investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, he says
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The move represents an unprecedented escalation in President Donald Trump’s battle with the Fed, an independent agency.
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B.C. court to hear Charter challenge over religious exemptions to assisted dying law
sootoday - OTTAWA — A trial set to begin Monday in British Columbia's Supreme Court questions whether publicly funded faith-based hospitals should be allowed to prevent patients from receiving medical assistance in dying in their facilities.
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Preclearance travel screening projects will proceed this year, U.S. and Canada say
Jim Bronskill and Kyle Duggan / theglobeandmail - Future of preclearance operations had been in doubt after comments from U.S. ambassador in Canada
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City moving to protect neighbourhoods at risk of future northwest feeder main breaks
Bill Kaufmann / calgaryherald - City takes measures to manage potential flooding should the water main that's burst twice in 18 months fail catastrophically again, says head of infrastructure services.
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Labour arbitrator overturns Canada Post firing over undelivered mail
Western Standard News Services / westernstandard - A Canada Post mail carrier fired for keeping thousands of letters undelivered for months has been reinstated after a labour arbitrator ruled the behaviour stemmed from emotional and medical difficulties rather than deliberate misconduct.
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Protests against ICE planned across US after shootings in Minneapolis and Portland, Oregon
News Staff / citynews - MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Protests against immigration enforcement are planned for cities and towns across the country on Saturday after one federal officer fatally shot a woman in Minneapolis and another shot and wounded two people in Portland, Oregon. The demo…
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Iranian government acknowledges protests as Khamenei signals crackdown
Jon Gambrell / theglobeandmail - Gauging demonstrations grows more difficult with internet and phone lines cut off
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How the US could take over Greenland and the potential challenges
The Associated Press / nationalpost - U.S. President Donald Trump wants to own Greenland. He has repeatedly said the United States must take control of the strategically located and mineral-rich island, which is a semiautonomous region that’s part of NATO ally Denmark. Officials from Denmark,…
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Fifty years after the Games, Quebecers still spending on Montreal’s Olympic Stadium
The Canadian Press / nationalpost - MONTREAL — Montreal’s Olympic Stadium started 2026 the same way it began the 1976 Games: under construction and without a roof. In 2024, Quebec’s tourism minister announced the province would spend $870 million to replace the stadium’s roof, which was tor…
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RCAF wants more than 1,200 security personnel to protect F-35s, other planes
The Canadian Press / nationalpost - OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force wants to hire more than a thousand new security personnel over the next five years at bases across the country — just as it brings its new F-35 stealth fighter jets into service. Internal documents from spring 2025, o…
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