B.C. Conservatives maintaining two-point lead less than two weeks from...
Less than two weeks away, the B.C. provincial election remains a close race between the Conservatives and the NDP, according to a new poll from Leger. The Conservatives are holding a narrow two-point...
View ArticlePressure builds on former MP Raj Grewal amid fraud allegations
Former Ontario MP Raj Grewal is facing a dramatic new wave of legal pressure, with police asking for help investigating alleged fraud and other wrongdoing by the lawyer and his colleagues, Ontario’s...
View ArticleAll the ways the Alberta referendum could result in an October surprise
With just days to go before Albertans vote on whether to pursue independence, polls suggest residents who want to stay in Canada have a safe lead. Support for remaining is in the high 60s, while the...
View ArticleFreeland's book reveals Chrétien's power play, crying in cabinet and...
OTTAWA — Nearly two years after her shocking resignation from cabinet that shook the halls of power in Ottawa, Chrystia Freeland is telling her side of the story of how she was about to get dumped by...
View ArticleTerry Glavin: The NATO penny has begun to drop. Trump's on the other side
As a high-level strategic military paradigm, the NATO high command’s “theory of victory” certainly gives the impression of being a serious bit of warcraft, just by its title. It purports to be a...
View ArticleCarney needs to completely overhaul the Trudeau-era immigration system,...
OTTAWA — Canada needs to overhaul the Trudeau-era immigration system so that applicants are selected largely on their ability to boost the economy, a new think tank report suggests, part of a...
View ArticleJoly says 'everything is on the table' but still no court filing against...
OTTAWA – Industry Minister Mélanie Joly said “everything is on the table” when it comes to her government’s response to layoffs at Stelco but stopped short of announcing any legal action against the...
View ArticleMastermind of Toronto airport gold heist testifies that PTSD, prison...
One of the admitted masterminds behind Canada’s largest gold heist who has been ordered to testify in court against a co-accused — and against his will — said his memory is fried because of PTSD from...
View ArticleBoth sides, now: After 62 years, Canada's Joni Mitchell becomes an American, too
Celebrated Canadian folk singer Joni Mitchell has officially become an American citizen after six decades living in the U.S. The soon-to-be 83-year-old shared the news on her social media channels...
View ArticleB.C. teacher receives two-week suspension for posting sexual photos of...
A B.C. high school teacher has been suspended after his students discovered nude and sexual photos he posted on his personal Reddit account, according to the profession’s provincial regulator. Last...
View ArticleGod, guns and grievances: Alberta’s separatists make their case for independence
It’s barely 8 a.m. and Darcy Gerow is talking about tearing Alberta’s political system down to its very foundations. Gerow, a podcaster and former deputy leader of the Libertarian Party of Canada, is...
View ArticleWhy Canada needs to start taking Alberta’s separatist movement seriously
In 1904, as part of Canada’s campaign to populate the prairies, then-premier of the Northwest Territories Sir Frederick Haultain proposed establishing a new western province called Buffalo, comprising...
View ArticleJoly says it's 'unacceptable' that government offices continue to use banned...
OTTAWA — Industry Minister Mélanie Joly says it is “unacceptable” that some federal government organizations continue using Hikvision cameras that she declared banned from Canada last year. Last week,...
View Article'I did everything for nothing': Pearson Airport gold heist ringleader says...
A mastermind behind the spectacular Toronto airport gold heist lost his share of the loot after fleeing to Pakistan, where he said he was kidnapped by police, blindfolded and tortured until he told...
View ArticleGus, the world's oldest tortoise, wished a speedy recovery from surgery in...
A lowly 104-year-old tortoise that underwent surgery Tuesday to remove a bladder stone is getting encouragement from high places in his Nova Scotia home. “Premier Tim Houston shared his well-wishes...
View ArticleCanada's Wonderland closes Leviathan and Behemoth after roller coaster death...
Canada’s Wonderland has closed two of its roller coasters after one man was killed and four others injured on a similar ride at Six Flags Over Georgia, a theme park outside Atlanta. Both parks are...
View ArticleActivist calls on Carney to intervene after Palestinian president postpones...
A Palestinian political activist who campaigns for Palestinian-Israeli coexistence has written a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney urging him to help preserve the Nov. 28 Palestinian elections. On...
View Article'Did you do your job?': Poilievre says Liberal government should have...
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling in to question whether the Liberal government did enough to secure job protections for steel workers at Stelco, after it approved its sale to...
View ArticleOntario woman once charged with witchcraft convicted in Buddha statue fraud
An Ontario woman once charged with witchcraft has been convicted of defrauding a friend with a shared interest in spirituality, faith, healing and Buddhism out of $44,100, partly by promising that her...
View ArticleMan arrested in connection with Israeli flags set alight in Toronto: police
Police have arrested a Toronto man in connection with an arson investigation after several Israeli flags were set on fire outside a church on Wednesday. Toronto Police said in a news release on...
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