Canada

Decision to bow out of leadership race weeks in the making: Poilievre

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre says weeks of uncertainty about whether he actually wanted to enter the party's leadership race came to a head as deadlines to sign contracts loomed. He ...

Jan 24, 2020

Federal parties left dozens of potential election promises on cutting-room floor

OTTAWA - Federal political parties left dozens of potential platform proposals on the cutting-room floor during the last election campaign, a new report from the parliamentary budget officer suggests....

Jan 24, 2020

Ex-Alberta legislature member on tax strike over unpaid oilpatch property levies

A former provincial Liberal leader and member of the Alberta legislature says he won't pay his provincial taxes until oilpatch players pay theirs. "It's getting worse," David Swann said Wednesday...

Jan 24, 2020

Rona Ambrose decides against Tory leadership, will stay private sector

OTTAWA - Rona Ambrose, the former Alberta MP and interim party chief who had been the favoured leadership candidate of many Conservatives, won't seek the party's top job. Her decision to not run ...

Jan 24, 2020

Trudeau taps Quebec senator as Liberal government's new rep in upper chamber

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is tapping Sen. Marc Gold, a constitutional law expert and former chair of the Jewish Federations of Canada, to serve as the Liberal government's representative ...

Jan 24, 2020

Harry and Meghan should cover their own security costs: NDP heritage critic

OTTAWA - The NDP's Canadian-heritage critic says he believes Prince Harry and his family should pay for their own security while they're in Canada. Alexandre Boulerice, who is also deputy leader of th...

Jan 24, 2020

Province seeking financial help as St. John's recovers from blizzard

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - One week after a record-breaking blizzard battered eastern Newfoundland, businesses in St. John's have been allowed to call in staff to prepare for the expected lifting of...

Jan 24, 2020

One dead, five tourists missing after snowmobiles break through ice in Quebec

ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. - Quebec provincial police search-and-rescue teams scoured the frigid waters of the Lac-Saint-Jean region on Wednesday for five missing French tourists,&n...

Jan 24, 2020

Trump, seeking support, to headline at anti-abortion rally in D.C.

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump, anxious to buttress his support with evangelical voters, is slated to be a surprise headliner at today's March for Life rally in Washington, the first sitting U.S....

Jan 24, 2020

Leadership race or no, Tories will hold Liberal government to account: Scheer

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says the fact his party is now in a leadership race doesn't mean the Liberal government will get a free ride in the House of Commons. He says a minority...

Jan 24, 2020