Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Newly elected Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer sought Wednesday to put an end to grumbling about how he won the race, devoting a segment of his party’s weekly meeting on Parliament Hil...

OTTAWA - Canada should step up its support for education in the developing world in the name of fostering peace and economic growth both at home and abroad, says former Australian prime minister Julia...

OTTAWA - The Liberals’ contentious choice for official languages commissioner has withdrawn her candidacy, saying her nomination has become a “controversy.” In a letter addressed to ...

OTTAWA - Bloc Quebecois Leader Martine Ouellet must regain the confidence of her caucus, seven of the party’s 10 MPs said Wednesday. The party is challenging Ouellet’s leadership after a n...

CALGARY - Canadians will soon have their say on the future of airline passenger rights with the Canadian Transportation Agency planning broad public consultations on new regulations. The input-gatheri...

OTTAWA - Parliamentarians listened Wednesday to allegations that workers at Canada’s big banks face pressure to hit unreachable sales goals, coax clients into raising their credit-card limits an...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to make global action on climate change and sustainable economic development a main thrust of Canada’s upcoming year as president of the G7. In the aftermath...

OTTAWA - Canada will add hundreds of new elite special forces commandos, wage offensive cyberwarfare attacks and deploy armed drones to international battlefields as part of its military response to n...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government committed Wednesday to spend $62 billion more over the next two decades for a major expansion of the Canadian Armed Forces, aimed at ensuring it can properly defend the...

VICTORIA - A one-year delay in the construction of the Site C hydroelectric dam would cost $630 million, the president of BC Hydro said Wednesday as uncertainty surrounds the project with the New Demo...