Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Australia’s deadlocked election last winter has been held up as a grim example of the chaos that could be unleashed in Canada were this country to adopt a system of ranked ballots - as ...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has promised that last fall’s federal election will be the last conducted under the first-past-the-post voting system. In the past, the prime minister has expressed a pre...

OTTAWA - If Justin Trudeau gets his way on electoral reform, will the Liberals “steal” every federal election in perpetuity? As hearings on a new voting regime resume next Monday, the Cons...

OTTAWA - The federal government has yet to sign infrastructure funding agreements with five provinces and two territories - agreements that are a key step before any federal cash can flow to projects ...

OTTAWA - The governing Liberals are moving further to reassure Canadians that they have a grip on combating the threat of terrorism in the wake of last week’s death of a man suspected of plottin...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall is condemning what he calls “racist and hate-filled” comments on social media and other online forums that stem from last week’s fatal shootin...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Andre De Grasse proved once again that he can run with the best sprinters in the world. The Canadian flew to a personal best time of 9.91 seconds to take the bronze medal in the men&#...

MONTREAL - There will be a third day of deliberations in the trial of the man charged in Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting, as the jury concluded its work without reaching a verdict on Sunda...

WESTLOCK, Alta. - RCMP say a skydiver has died during a competition north of Edmonton. A police news release the 52-year-old man was “performing a high-performance technique” at the Edmont...

OTTAWA - The lawyer who successfully defended Sen. Mike Duffy shared details Sunday of what is was like to deal with the “daunting” level of media interest during his client’s politi...