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Nurses, crime & sovereignty noted in campaign promises
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh wants to hire more nurses. He unveiled a national strategy to tackle the country's nursing shortage as the federal election campaign heads into its final two weeks. His goal i...
Randy Thoms Apr 14, 2025
Conservative release economic action plan
The Conservatives are offering a plan to grow the economy. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre calls his plan the Canada First Economic Action Plan. It includes many of the campaign promises previous...
Randy Thoms Apr 11, 2025
Canadian trips to the U.S. down again in March
Canadian visits to the United States are down for the third consecutive month, according to Statistics Canada. The number of Canadians returning from the U.S. by vehicle dropped nearly 32 per cent in ...
Brad Perry Apr 11, 2025
6 dead, including 3 children after helicopter crash in Hudson River in New York City
Six are dead including three children after a helicopter crashed into the Hudson River in New York City according to the city's mayor Eric Adams. It happened around just after 3 p.m., Thursday afterno...
Caitlin Snow Apr 10, 2025
Leaders talk crime, housing and service cuts in campaign
More campaign promises to combat crime in Canada. A day after Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre announced a three-strike rule on offenders of serious crimes, Liberal leader Mark Carney revealed his...
Randy Thoms Apr 10, 2025
Federal leaders put attention on crime, energy & pharmacare
A suggestion from the federal NDP leader to voters to consider again electing a minority government. The NDP has trailed badly in the latest opinion polls, while support for the Liberals has soared to...
Randy Thoms Apr 09, 2025
Trump pausing reciprocal tariffs for 90 days
President Donald Trump is pausing "reciprocal" tariffs on most countries for 90 days. However, he is raising the tariff on Chinese imports to a staggering 125 per cent. In a social media post, Trump s...
Brad Perry Apr 09, 2025
Food Banks Canada looks for help from politicians and public
A plea to politicians and voters about food insecurities in Canada. Twelve Canadian food bank associations have written a letter calling for change, and asking that food insecurity in Canada be reduce...
Tara Clow Apr 09, 2025
New US tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber
Another hit to Canada's lumber industry. The US is raising tariffs again. Exports of softwood lumber are being hit with a 34.35 percent tariff. Unifor says that more than double the combined duties on...
Tim Davidson Apr 09, 2025
Election campaign focuses more attention on housing
More housing promises were made by the Liberals and NDP on day 17 of the federal election campaign. NDP leader Jagmeet Singh and Liberal leader Mark Carney were in British Columbia for their housing a...
Randy Thoms Apr 08, 2025





