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Here’s who lobbied for key measures in Mark Carney’s first budget. Read our latest scoop.

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#cdnpoli #Budget2025
November 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
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Danielle Smith has repeatedly invoked the idea of Alberta independence, but documents show it is not an economic scenario the province is seriously considering..

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#abpoli #Alberta
November 7, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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Our reporter Ninah Hermiston tells you more.
November 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
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Billions of dollars in federal contracts intended to support Indigenous businesses across Canada are being awarded to two dozen firms in Ottawa, leaving many regions out in the cold. Our reporter Patti Sonntag tells you more.

#cdnpoli #truthandreconciliation
November 5, 2025 at 4:32 PM
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Our reporter Patti Sonntag tells you more.
November 5, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Just two weeks ago, we reported on a Vancouver crypto exchange’s record fine by Canada’s money laundering watchdog. Read our story to see why Canada is unlikely to ever see a dime.

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#cdnpoli #bcpoli #cryptocurrency #financialcrime
November 5, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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After years of endless searching for his biological father, a Facebook post finally connected Terry Chase of Penticton B.C., to a man who appeared to be his dad. But his search for closure is far from over.

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#bcpoli #truthandreconciliation #residentialschools
November 4, 2025 at 2:15 PM
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When the prime minister goes on a trip, his travel records are supposed to become public. But those records don’t always tell the full story. Our reporter Patti Sonntag tells you more.

#cdnpoli #Trudeau
November 3, 2025 at 9:37 PM
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This Saturday, the IJF took home the RTDNA Canada award for overall digital excellence. It’s our third award win for Open By Default, the IJF’s database of internal government records.

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#RTDNACanada #independentjournalism
November 3, 2025 at 4:00 PM
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Billions of dollars in federal contracts intended to support Indigenous businesses across Canada are being awarded to two dozen firms in Ottawa, leaving many regions out in the cold.

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#ottawa #truthandreconciliation #cdnpoli
November 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Canada’s Mushroom Growers Association has been actively lobbying in Ottawa for the reinstatement of a worker immigration program.

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#cdnpoli #ottawa
November 1, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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IBM Canada is under scrutiny yet again as IT complaints and inquiries about the tech giant’s public-sector work pile up.

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#cdnpoli #technology
October 31, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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For three decades, his community has had no clean drinking water. Chief Gary Quisess says things have to change. Our reporter Ninah Hermiston tells you more.

#truthandreconciliation #cdnpoli
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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With Game 6 of the World Series headed back to Toronto, the demand for tickets to Rogers Centre is at an all-time high. So are prices. Can anything be done to curb ticket scalping?

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#bluejays #lobbying #cdnpoli
October 29, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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Canada’s financial watchdog is saying women are increasingly acting as the “soft introduction” to hate movements and as central figures in fundraising for extremist networks. We obtained a new report.

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#cdnpoli
October 29, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Our reporter Patti Sonntag explains more.
#Trudeau #cdnpoli #travel
October 28, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Our reporter Ninah Hermiston explains more.
October 28, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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When the prime minister goes on a trip, his travel records are supposed to become public. But those records don’t always tell the full story. Check out what we found.

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#Trudeau #cdnpoli
October 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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For three decades, his community has had no clean drinking water. Read our interview with Chief Gary Quisess, who says things have to change.

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#truthandreconciliation #cdnpoli
October 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
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Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from one of the country’s biggest oil and gas firms. Our reporter Zak Vescera explains.

#cdnpoli
October 25, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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Federal officials have fined a Vancouver-based cryptocurrency exchange $177 million, saying it failed to report transactions potentially involved with laundered money linked to child sex abuse material, fraud and sanctions evasion. Our reporter Zak Vescera explains.
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 PM
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Find out more from our reporter @zakvescera.bsky.social.
October 23, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Canada’s spy agency now shares intel with corporations — thanks to a push from one of the country’s biggest oil and gas firms. Find out how in our latest with @thenarwhal.ca

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#cdnpoli #csis #oilandgas
October 23, 2025 at 12:15 PM
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October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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What once was Canada’s longest-running residential school is now open to the public as a cultural museum. Meet the people who are bringing awareness to a dark chapter in Canadian history. Read our story below.

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#cdnpoli #truthandreconciliation #residentialschools
October 21, 2025 at 1:15 PM