Category Archives: Canada

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump suggested some of his female accusers were unattractive and said of his opponent, Hillary Clinton, ”when she walked in front of me I wasn’t impressed.” It a...

Highlights from the news file for Friday, Oct. 14 — FORMER ALBERTA PREMIER DIES IN PLANE CRASH: Former Alberta premier Jim Prentice is one of the four people who died overnight in a plane crash ...

OTTAWA - Ontario MP and former veterans affairs minister Erin O’Toole is the latest to join the Conservative leadership race after opening his campaign Friday in Bowmanville, Ont. Here is the li...

TORONTO - Canadian mortgage brokers say they’re seeing a flurry of borrowers trying to pre-empt new federal rules that take effect Monday that will reduce the purchasing power of some first-time...

PORTLAND, Maine - The European Union is backing off a Swedish proposal to ban imports of American lobster into 28 member countries. Officials with the EU say the European Commission has informed Swede...

Ottawa was sleepy and mostly congenial all week long - at least until Friday - with most MPs back in their ridings after Thanksgiving and cabinet ministers off cutting ribbons in far-flung places. Pol...

Jim Prentice, the former federal cabinet minister and former Alberta premier, died Thursday in a plane crash outside Kelowna, B.C. Here are some key events in his political career. July 20, 1956: Born...

OTTAWA - The legislature of the restive Belgian region of Wallonia voted Friday by a 46-14 margin to oppose the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and European Union. Her...

STANDOFF, Alta. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will remember former Alberta premier and former Conservative MP Jim Prentice as a man of deep convictions. Trudeau says he was sad to learn Pren...

HALIFAX - The federal government’s plan to legalize marijuana has some provincial politicians raising concerns about drug-impaired driving. Three provincial justice ministers made a point of hig...