Author Archives: Syndicated Content

OTTAWA - Abousfian Abdelrazik wiped away tears as he told a court Tuesday about being imprisoned in Sudan two decades ago. He is suing the Canadian government for $27 million, claiming officials arran...

HALIFAX - As speculation mounts about a pending provincial election in Nova Scotia, a member of the Opposition Liberals crossed the floor Tuesday to join the governing Progressive Conservatives. Premi...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government wants to hear Quebecers' thoughts about scrapping the twice-yearly time change, but it isn't promising to act on them. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette on Tuesday...

Alberta's municipalities can apply for a share of a new $20-million provincial infrastructure grant, but Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver says more funding is needed. McIver told reporters Tuesda...

MONTREAL - The federal government's directive to end the countrywide rail shutdown in August marked an "unprecedented" move, says Canada's labour tribunal, signalling a stauncher approach to disputes ...

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Patty Hajdu says it is up to the Assembly of First Nations to come back to the federal government with a clear message about how it wants to proceed after chiefs ...

Premier and NDP Leader David Eby says he's been told by the B.C. Green Party that it's too early to begin talks about a minority government agreement after the weekend's still-undecided provincial ele...

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A Montreal suburb began an operation on Tuesday to kill white-tailed deer in one of its local parks after years of legal battles with activists seeking to save the animals. A spokesm...

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault promised on Tuesday to toughen secularism measures in schools, saying he was "shocked" by revelations about a Montreal public school where a group of teachers...

OTTAWA - Federal politicians are marking the 10th anniversary of the deadly shooting on Parliament Hill that killed a 24-year-old reservist and forced the prime minister and MPs into lockdown for hour...