Canada

Wexit talk percolates day after Liberals returned to power with minority

CALGARY - Talk of western separation - or Wexit, as some are calling it - is percolating a day after voters returned the federal Liberals to power but with a minority government. The Liberal...

Oct 22, 2019

Bloc Quebecois expects to have leverage in new Parliament, keeps strategy secret

MONTREAL - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says he expects to have significant leverage in the minority Parliament. But Blanchet declined to give details today on how he would pressure th...

Oct 22, 2019

New Brunswick premier reassessing position on carbon tax after election results

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's Progressive Conservative premier says voters delivered a message Monday on the federal carbon tax, and his province will have to find a way to make it...

Oct 22, 2019

Fire burning in Western Canada following election: Saskatchewan premier

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe says Monday's election results confirm there's a fire of frustration burning in Western Canada. Moe is renewing his calls for Prime Minister Justin Tr...

Oct 22, 2019

Chair of Quebec youth protection inquiry says society failed kids

MONTREAL - An inquiry into youth protection in Quebec has begun with a declaration that the exercise itself reflects a societal failure. Inquiry chair Regine Laurent says the very need ...

Oct 22, 2019

Singh calls for reform of 'broken' voting system after NDP falls short in Quebec

BURNABY, B.C. - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says there's nothing wrong with Canada - it's the electoral system that is broken and in need of repair. That was Singh's morning-after assessment of a fe...

Oct 22, 2019

Mint's new coin honours founder of Manitoba and Metis leader Louis Riel

WINNIPEG - The Royal Canadian Mint has issued a new coin featuring a portrait of Louis Riel, an important Metis leader and the founder of Manitoba. The coin was launched on the 175th anniversary of Ri...

Oct 22, 2019

Alleged RCMP secret leaker Cameron Ortis granted bail

OTTAWA - Cameron Jay Ortis, a senior RCMP official accused of breaching Canada's official-secrets law, has been granted release on bail with strict conditions. Under the terms, Ortis will live wi...

Oct 22, 2019

Trudeau thanks morning commuters in his Montreal riding after election victory

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau showed up at a Metro station in his Montreal riding of Papineau this morning to thank his constituents after the Liberals secured a minority-government victory...

Oct 22, 2019

Frantic final push for votes marks final day of divisive campaign

OTTAWA - The contenders in Monday's federal election spent the last day of the campaign calling for voters to unite behind their parties amid accusations of dirty politicking and outright lying. ...

Oct 22, 2019