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Trudeau says Trump's comments on 51st state 'flattering' but a 'non-starter'
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says talk of Canada becoming the 51st state is a distraction from more pressing threats of U.S tariffs on Canada and their likely impact.
Jan 12, 2025 10:55 AM
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MacKinnon won't join Liberal leadership race, cites lack of time to mount campaign
OTTAWA — Another minister rumoured to have been considering a run for the Liberal leadership has decided against it, saying there isn't enough time for him to mount the kind of campaign he wants.
Jan 12, 2025 9:05 AM
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Florence Girard was 55 pounds when she starved in home-share. Her sister wants change
The sister of a British Columbia woman with Down syndrome who starved to death in a Port Coquitlam home in 2018 says she believes more people will die if systemic changes aren't made to how people with developmental disabilities are treated.
Jan 12, 2025 7:18 AM
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Contrasts start to take shape in leadership race for Manitoba's Opposition Tories
WINNIPEG — The battle for the leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives is three months from being decided, and the two men vying for the role are laying out different paths to try to reignite the party voted out of office in the last elec
Jan 12, 2025 6:00 AM
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Justin Trudeau's own walk in the snow launched a historic week in federal politics
OTTAWA — “Sunny ways, my friends. Sunny ways.” With those words, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau began his time in office, having brought the Liberals out of the political wilderness and into a majority government in October 2015.
Jan 12, 2025 4:00 AM
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With Conservatives promising to 'defund,' could the next election kill the CBC?
OTTAWA — In late 2023, Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge said it was time for the federal government to redefine what the CBC does and how it does it.
Jan 12, 2025 4:00 AM
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Quebec Liberals 'at a crossroads' as leadership race kicks off Monday
MONTREAL — As the federal Liberals prepare to choose Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s successor, another Liberal leadership race is getting underway in Quebec this week.
Jan 12, 2025 4:00 AM
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B.C. fire crews sent to fight Los Angeles wildfire: forests minister
British Columbia’s forests minister says a crew from the province’s wildfire service left for California Saturday afternoon to help battle the wildfires ravaging the Los Angeles area.
Jan 11, 2025 9:05 PM
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Former B.C. premier says she 'misspoke' when claiming she was never a Conservative
OTTAWA — Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark, who is considering a run for federal Liberal leader, has backtracked on her claim this week that she'd never been a member of the Conservative party.
Jan 11, 2025 3:30 PM
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Liberal officials say it's 'essential' their next party leader is bilingual
OTTAWA — Current and former Liberal party officials, both French and English speakers, say the Liberal leader chosen to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should be bilingual.
Jan 11, 2025 2:57 PM
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