Canada

Jody Wilson-Raybould should use social media to amplify her voice: experts

VANCOUVER - In the early years of Confederation, there were members of Parliament known as "loose fish," who floated free from parties but swam back and forth between allegiances. In 1945, a cohort of...

Oct 23, 2019

AFN calls minority Liberals to 'maintain momentum' on Indigenous issues

VANCOUVER - The leader of the Assembly of First Nations says the minority government elected Monday presents an opportunity to keep moving the needle on issues affecting Indigenous Peoples in Can...

Oct 23, 2019

Where Brexit meets Wexit and a lighthouse; In-The-News for Oct. 23

In-The-News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 23. What we are watching i...

Oct 23, 2019

Most Crown attorneys walking off the job in Nova Scotia over loss of arbitration

HALIFAX - Most of Nova Scotia's Crown attorneys are going on strike today, with the leader of the prosecutors' union predicting "chaos" in courtrooms across the province. Rick Woodburn,...

Oct 23, 2019

Federal parties in for long night as voting heads into final hours

OTTAWA - Federal parties could be in for a long and tense night as the clock ticks toward the first polls closing in Newfoundland and Labrador in a few hours before the rest of the country begins to f...

Oct 23, 2019

Remains of 7 Canadians killed in Ethiopian Airlines crash return home

TORONTO - A Toronto man saw a months-long wait draw to a bittersweet end on Tuesday as he returned to Canada with the bodies of two relatives who were killed in the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines...

Oct 22, 2019

New federal Green member looks to learn from May, not replace her

FREDERICTON - The Green party's new member of Parliament from New Brunswick declared her desire to become prime minister as a teenager but says she's not gunning for the leadership of her pa...

Oct 22, 2019

'Human error' blamed for long delay reporting results in Ontario riding

OTTAWA - Elections Canada is blaming "human error" for having left federal candidates in one southern Ontario riding waiting the better part of a day to find out who garnered the most votes in Monday'...

Oct 22, 2019

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