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Desmond inquiry: 'Desperately needed' care absent in months before N.S. killings

Desmond inquiry: 'Desperately needed' care absent in months before N.S. killings

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S.
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Farmers anxious as carbon price carve-out bill faces uncertain future

Farmers anxious as carbon price carve-out bill faces uncertain future

OTTAWA — Canadian farmers may have to wait months to find out if they'll owe thousands of dollars for carbon pricing this year, as a bill that would give them a new exemption remains mired in political conflict.
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'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers

'Muscling': Alberta government won't stock B.C. wines that sell direct to consumers

EDMONTON — An interprovincial wine war is fermenting after Alberta's liquor wholesaler told vintners in British Columbia that it won't stock their products in retail stores unless they stop shipping it directly to consumers.
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Fundraising scandal: CAQ says it's ready to end donations to political parties

Fundraising scandal: CAQ says it's ready to end donations to political parties

QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec says it's prepared to end donations to political parties, after several CAQ members were accused of soliciting $100 donations from mayors hoping to meet with ministers.
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Time to revisit ethics rules around gifts, Tory MP says after Trudeau Jamaica trip

Time to revisit ethics rules around gifts, Tory MP says after Trudeau Jamaica trip

OTTAWA — Conservative MP Michael Barrett says what he calls the "status quo" is not working when it comes to the rules that govern gifts to public office holders.
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Land before dinosaurs: Fossils from Permian era exposed in P.E.I. after Fiona storm

Land before dinosaurs: Fossils from Permian era exposed in P.E.I. after Fiona storm

FREDERICTON — Post-tropical storm Fiona has revealed traces of a time before dinosaurs, preserved in the rock and sandstone of Prince Edward Island and exposed in the tempest's wake.
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Key recommendations from Lionel Desmond inquiry, seven years after N.S. killings

Key recommendations from Lionel Desmond inquiry, seven years after N.S. killings

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — Nova Scotia provincial court Judge Paul Scovil makes 25 recommendations in his final report following a public inquiry into why Lionel Desmond, a former soldier, killed three family members and himself in 2017.
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Trudeau says Ottawa 'actively working' to find missing Palestinian Canadian in Gaza

Trudeau says Ottawa 'actively working' to find missing Palestinian Canadian in Gaza

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is "actively engaged" after a Palestinian Canadian was reported missing in the Gaza Strip.
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A controversial theory linking climate change to Arctic cold snaps, explained

A controversial theory linking climate change to Arctic cold snaps, explained

The capricious start to the winter season has already seen dramatic temperature swings across much of Canada, with energy grid-disrupting cold snaps giving way to an ice-thawing warm spell.
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Best for world if Netanyahu leaves office 'sooner rather than later': Liberal MP

Best for world if Netanyahu leaves office 'sooner rather than later': Liberal MP

OTTAWA — A Liberal member of Parliament says it would be in the best interests of the Middle East and the world if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leaves office.
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