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Post-election MP office renos top $1.3-million. A total of 106 MPs reported office renovation expenses after the 2025 election, including 62 first-time MPs and 46 incumbents, @lryck.bsky.social reports www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/05/p... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Post-election MP office renos top $1.3-million - The Hill Times
A total of 106 MPs reported office renovation expenses after the 2025 election, including 62 first-time MPs and 46 incumbents.
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Calls emerge for U.S. refugee status as group helps Jewish families flee Canada nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/05/c...
Calls emerge for U.S. refugee status as group helps Jewish families…
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Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92 www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Former CTV News chief anchor Lloyd Robertson dies at 92
Canadian journalist Lloyd Robertson, who covered everything from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the 9/11 terrorist attacks during 35 years as chief anchor of CTV National News, has died. He was 92.
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U.S. antisemitism envoy calls on Canada to restrict visas, expand terrorism listings nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/04/u...
U.S. antisemitism envoy calls on Canada to restrict visas, expand…
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Alberta referendum could be target for foreign interference, CSIS says in new letter to NDP - Premier's press secretary says NDP are 'fearmongering' www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Alberta referendum could be target for foreign interference, CSIS says in new letter to NDP | CBC News
Alberta’s referendum on national unity could be a target for foreign interference, and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service is monitoring the risks, the agency says in a letter to the leader of ...
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Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national interest project nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/04/o...
Ottawa moves to list Alberta-backed West Coast pipeline as national…
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Canada to nearly eliminate troop contribution to UN peacekeeping missions next year www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/04/c... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Canada to nearly eliminate troop contribution to UN peacekeeping missions next year - The Hill Times
Canada's fiscal commitment to United Nations peace operations has dropped by 45 per cent since 2015-16.
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NDP quarterly fundraising dips but individual donors are giving more nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/04/n...
NDP quarterly fundraising dips but individual donors are giving more
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Talk of Conservative 'infighting' misses the bigger story: the party is messily reinventing itself. The quarrelling hasn't quite reached Trojan War levels, but it has attracted exasperating headlines for the party nationalpost.com/news/canada/... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Talk of Conservative 'infighting' misses the bigger story: the party is messily reinventing itself
For one longtime Tory, it’s another sign that the ground beneath his party’s intellectual movement is shifting violently.
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New foreign influence office won't prevent foreign interference, commissioner says. Suspected foreign interference will be referred to RCMP, national security agencies www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
New foreign influence office won't prevent foreign interference, commissioner says | CBC News
Canada's new foreign influence office won't prevent foreign interference in Canada, but it will provide more transparency for Canadians who want to know who is trying to influence their politicians an...
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An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces. Canada and Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But no guarantees in trade talks, experts say www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
ANALYSIS | An independent Alberta's U.S. oil exports would mostly be piped through other provinces | CBC News
Canada and separated Alberta could reach pipeline shipment deals. But there are no guarantees in trade talks, experts say.
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Carney has ‘no obvious challenger’ among Conservatives, new poll says www.ctvnews.ca/politics/nan... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Carney has ‘no obvious challenger’ among Conservatives, new poll says
There is “no obvious challenger” among Conservative politicians in Canada to Prime Minister Mark Carney, according to a new Nanos Research poll commissioned by CTV News.
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Years after the pandemic, MPs are divided on hybrid Parliament rules nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/04/y...
Years after the pandemic, MPs are divided on hybrid Parliament rules
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WestJet, CUPE reach tentative agreement, ending operational disruptions nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/03/w...
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Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean British nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/03/s...
Some Canadians tell Carney Ottawa's spelling protocol should lean…
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Conservative infighting could be trouble for Poilievre: ‘he just needs to demonstrate some wins,’ say party strategists www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/03/c... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Conservative infighting could be trouble for Poilievre: ‘he just needs to demonstrate some wins,’ say party strategists - The Hill Times
A wave of Conservative infighting erupted after the Calgary Stampede, and the fall could be tough for Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre, say some, but Conservative Dan Mader says Poilievre’s leader...
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There’s nothing funny about Canada’s political predicament with Trump’s America, Michael Harris writes www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/03/t... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
There's nothing funny about Canada’s political predicament with Trump’s America - The Hill Times
The nation that was once this country’s best friend and closest ally has become its biggest potential threat. Hyperbole? Not at all. Neither Russia nor China have threatened to annex Canada. Only pred...
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I don’t think we’re ever going to build high-speed rail, @mattgurney.bsky.social writes www.hilltimes.com/2026/08/03/i... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
I don't think we're ever going to build high-speed rail - The Hill Times
A country that needs multiple years to issue permits to retrofit an outbuilding is probably not one that is going to pull off a project that would cost tens of billions of dollars, take decades, and c...
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Elizabeth May says Greens can win byelection by campaigning on PM's climate record nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/02/e... watch
Elizabeth May says Greens can win byelection by campaigning on PM's…
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This festival is a made-in-Canada global smash success. It’s exactly what Canada needs more of right now, @justinling.ca writes www.thestar.com/opinion/star... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Justin Ling: This festival is a made-in-Canada global smash success. It’s exactly what Canada needs more of right now
The comedy festival and other festivals like the World Cup help Canada carry a soft power in the world.
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WestJet flight attendants go on strike, leaving thousands of travellers stranded www.ctvnews.ca/canada/artic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
WestJet flight attendants go on strike, leaving thousands of travellers stranded
More than 4,000 flight attendants at WestJet began their strike at 12:01 a.m. MT on Sunday after the notice period ran out, leading to a cancellation of hundreds of flights and leaving thousands of tr...
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Lewis says he won't run for office until the NDP is 'ready' for a general election nationalnewswatch.com/2026/08/01/l...
Lewis says he won't run for office until the NDP is 'ready' for a…
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Canada could add billions to its economy by processing more food. Here's what it's trying. Feds pledging major investments to grow Canada's food processing industry www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Canada could add billions to its economy by processing more food. Here's what it's trying | CBC News
The federal government's national food security strategy is pledging hundreds of millions of dollars to scale up Canada's food processing industry. CBC's The House spoke to Ontario farmers and innovat...
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Governments Can't Govern AI From the Sidelines, Mark Lambert writes nationalnewswatch.com/2026/07/31/g...
Governments Can't Govern AI From the Sidelines
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One person, one vote is basic democratic principle. We should try it some time, @acoyne.bsky.social writes www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Opinion: One person, one vote is basic democratic principle. We should try it some time
Tobi Lütke’s musings on democracy remind us of what’s at stake
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Premiers tell Ottawa they 'urgently' want negotiations to begin on future of the RCMP www.cbc.ca/news/politic... Find out more at nationalnewswatch.com
Premiers tell Ottawa they 'urgently' want negotiations to begin on future of the RCMP | CBC News
Canada's premiers are calling for more clarity from the federal government around the future of the RCMP and to start negotiations as soon as possible with those who plan on keeping the Mounties as th...
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