Call of the Wilde: Bad defence, goaltending cost Canadiens with 6-1 loss to Tampa Bay

Overall, it’s expected that this is a tough stretch for the Montreal Canadiens, but they have a chance to surge in the new year. Brian Wilde explains.

Dec 10, 2025 | News

Minister signals go-slow approach to removing 2nd-generation cut-off from Indian Act

Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says the Assembly of First Nations sent a strong signal to her government to end the second-generation cut-off in the Indian Act, but her government won’t make that change without broad consultations with leaders.

Dec 9, 2025 | News

Government to soon have ‘sharper view’ on public servants’ return to office, says Carney

Prime Minister Mark Carney said his government will be speaking with public sector unions in the coming weeks to hash out the details of the updated return-to-office rules for federal public servants.

Dec 9, 2025 | News

Anti-hate bill stalled after Fraser’s office brokered deal without PMO approval: sources

The future of the federal government’s anti-hate Bill C-9 is unclear, after Justice Minister Sean Fraser’s office brokered a deal with the Bloc Québécois without getting it approved by the Prime Minister’s Office, sources tell CBC News.

Dec 9, 2025 | News

Can Carney still put together a credible climate plan? Does it matter?

If Mark Carney’s first nine months as prime minister have revealed a difference of opinion over how the federal government should go about fighting climate change, he now has to prove that his approach can put Canada on a credible...

Dec 9, 2025 | News

Liberals to open new fast track to permanent residency for 5,000 foreign doctors

The federal government is promising to open up permanent residency for foreign doctors currently working in Canada as temporary foreign residents in order to tackle the doctor shortage across the country.

Dec 9, 2025 | News

Conservative motion will force Liberals to ‘put up or shut up’ on oil pipeline support:...

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilevre says his party’s upcoming motion — which borrows language from the new Canada-Alberta energy agreement — is meant to force the Liberals to “put up or shut up” on whether they support a new oil pipeline...

Dec 9, 2025 | News

Carney delivers more details on $400M housing plan for Ottawa

Prime Minister Mark Carney arrived Monday morning at a breakfast event hosted by Ottawa’s mayor with a menu of announcements including more details on what the federal housing plan will mean for Ottawa.

Dec 9, 2025 | News

‘You are a very bad minister,’ Conservative immigration critic says at tense committee meeting

Immigration Minister Lena Diab sparred with her Conservative critic at a tense House of Commons committee meeting Thursday as the two disagreed on everything from immigration levels and deporting non-citizen criminals to what kind of salad they prefer.

Dec 5, 2025 | News

Defence minister says ‘we’re good’ to meet 2% NATO spending target by March

Defence Minister David McGuinty assured MPs on Thursday that the federal government is on its way to meeting NATO’s old, politically charged spending target of two per cent of GDP — just as the Western military alliance resets the bar.

Dec 5, 2025 | News