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Ousted ministerial staffer volunteering with Conservative candidate
A former Conservative operative under investigation by the RCMP has prompted astonishment following revelations that he resurfaced in the Tory election campaign team.
Federal election triggers gag order for Canadian officials in Afghanistan
The federal government has restricted media interviews of officials in Afghanistan, saying it is doing so to prevent them from making public comments that could influence the election campaign.
Harper promises tax break for small business
Prime Minister Stephen Harper dipped into the pages of his defeated budget Tuesday to promise that a re-elected Conservative government would provide a tax break for small businesses.
Liberals promise billions in student aid, NDP to cap credit-card charges
The country's political leaders have their sights squarely set on the hard-pressed pocketbooks of middle-class Canadian families on Day 4 of the federal election campaign.
Liberals promise billions in student aid, NDP to cap credit-card charges
The country's political leaders have their sights squarely set on the hard-pressed pocketbooks of middle-class Canadian families on Day 4 of the federal election campaign.
Explosions in Tripoli and 'carnage' in Misrata
Three loud explosions could be heard in Tripoli on Tuesday. It was the first time since the uprising began that such blasts were heard during daylight in the Libyan capitol.
Brian Topp: Ignatieff hoisted on his own petard in Quebec
Michael Ignatieff chose to demonstrate his commitment to defeating the Conservative government by starting his campaign in the riding of Outremont – held by the NDP.
Blue Like You: Canadians don’t believe Iggy
If Michael Ignatieff thinks he can challenge Stephen Harper on the trust and ethics issue, he has a big problem – No one believes Iggy on coalition issue: Poll: Leger Marketing surveyed 1,119...
Far and Wide: Scare-Mongair
The press aboard the Conservative campaign plane apparently have christened it "Scare-Mongair", which is absolutely fitting.
Calgary Grit: Stephen Harper Family Tax Cut
The first Tory policy announcement of the campaign: "The Conservatives will make the first policy announcement of the campaign Monday morning – a family tax cut that will hope to woo parents...
Christian Conservative: How the Coalition Will Make Michael Ignatieff Prime Minister
According to Liberal MP David McGuinty Here's the scenario... on Election Day, Mr. Harper wins with the most seats, but falls just shy of a Majority. The Governor General asks him to form a...
Voters, don't forget: Election is about you
At the beginning of election campaigns, political gurus always talk about the "ballot question" as though one big issue will drive votes to one party or another.
Ignatieff ready to stick all his chips on red
Michael Ignatieff did not want to rule out a coalition with the NDP, supported by the Bloc Québécois.
SNOBELEN - Canada controlled by traitors of Bloc Quebecois
You just have to love Canada. This past week we stumbled into yet another in a continuing series of federal elections. For the next month we will be bombarded with bad ads, empty slogans, and...
Layton and Harper miss the bus
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and New Democratic Party Leader Jack Layton missed a huge opportunity when they failed to find an agreement that would have changed the dynamics in the decaying Canadian...
Elizabeth May's Green Party on the fringe: Woodcock
The upside of a federal election is it’ll be over in a little more than a month.
Election turns on getting out the vote and Tories are motivated
Federal party leaders worked to highlight their own campaign issues on the weeknd, trying to justify to bewilered Canadians yet another 300-million election.
Liberals march to distant beat of Tory drummer
One of Stephen Harper’s strengths as prime minister has been his repeated success in framing the national conversation to his advantage.
Tories don't need tsunami switch to deliver majority
The election train has left the station but there is only one certainty. Notwithstanding voluble protestations to the contrary, every single political party had its own reasons for wanting a...
Tories accuse other parties of in-and-out, but Elections Canada says it's not the same thing
Elections Canada, who last month charged the Conservatives for exceeding election spending limits by more than $1-million in the 2006 election campaign, hasn't treated the Conservatives fairly when...
Tories hit hustings, won't give more details on proposed $4-billion in cuts to departments
Finance Minister Jim Flaherty's dead-in-the-water budget released last week called for the review of all government departments and $4-billion in annual cuts by 2014, but critics say the...
Expect nasty, dirty election campaign, say candidates
"It's going to be dirty," says Liberal MP Wayne Easter of the gritty campaign that began its descent into character assassination two months before the opposition defeated the Harper government on...
No one believes Iggy on coalition issue: Poll
Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff tried to be as clear as he could on Sunday.
Canadian soldier killed by IED
A Canadian soldier on his first tour in Afghanistan has been killed by an improvised explosive devise while on foot patrol.
Train derails east of Toronto
A fiery train derailment Sunday led to the evacuation of nearly two dozen homes in the Port Hope, Ont., area, 109 km east of Toronto.
Bloc and NDP agree: Harper can't be trusted
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe and NDP Leader Jack Layton may not be in a coalition, but they agree on at least one thing: Prime Minister Stephen Harper can't be trusted.
Explosion at Ont. apartment building
Seven people, including a firefighter, were taken to hospital Sunday morning after a fiery explosion ripped through an apartment building.
Commodities boom fuels rate hikes: BoC
In what one analyst described as an "unambiguously bullish message for the Canadian dollar," the governor of the Bank of Canada says the global commodity boom is here to stay and countries should be...
Airport worker accused of putting handgun on passenger jet
A Pearson Airport ramp handler accused of placing a handgun on a passenger jet bound for Jamaica has lost a bid to return to loading baggage on to aircraft.
Ont. deficit shrinking
Ontario's belt-tightening exercises have shrunk the deficit, a senior government official told QMI Agency.
Calgary, Toronto rate highly in prosperity report
Calgary and Toronto ranked among the top 10 in the Toronto Board of Trade's third annual Scorecard on Prosperity, which examines the economies and labour attractiveness of 24 global metropolitan...
Canada near top of list for asylum seekers
The UN refugee agency says the number of people seeking asylum in the West dropped by five per cent last year.
Arcade Fire the big winners at 40th Junos
Arcade Fire won a leading four trophies -- including album of the year -- while rock legend Neil Young claimed the prize for artist of the year and 17-year-old teen-pop titan Justin Bieber won the...
Harper to announce new election plank Monday
Conservative Leader Stephen Harper will make a policy announcement Monday promising if elected to create an income-splitting tax break for families with children under the age of 18, CTV News has...
Duceppe says Harper lying on coalition
Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe has deputized himself as Stephen Harper's truth cop.
Layton campaigns in B.C. with a brave face
NDP Leader Jack Layton is putting on a brave face. Even the most mundane of election campaigns is hard on the politicians, who put in 18-hour days of travelling, hand-shaking, small talk and...
RIM readies PlayBook launch but will iPads users notice?
Research in Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie says the long-awaited April 19 release of its tablet, the PlayBook, may be "the most significant development" for the Waterloo, Ont.-based tech...
Police shoot man dead near Montreal
Quebec provincial police have launched an independent investigation after police in a Montreal suburb shot and killed a suspect Sunday who was reportedly trying to speed away.
'Significant concerns' over Canada's anti-bribery laws: OECD
There are "significant concerns" that Canada, despite years of effort and outside pressure, lacks the ability to fully enforce a prohibition against Canadian companies bribing foreign government...
Tory support stays high, ethics falling flat: Poll
The first poll since Saturday's election call shows Tory support largely unchanged, calling into question the opposition's early emphasis on ethics.
Alberta ignores Earth Hour as power use spikes in Edmonton
Alberta residents turned off Earth Hour by leaving their power switched on.
Opposition says Harper talked coalition in 2004
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political past came back to haunt him Sunday on the question of coalition governments, as he fended off accusations by the opposition parties that he discussed forming...
Ignatieff urges Quebecers to choose Grits over Bloc
Liberal leader Michael Ignatieff reached out to Quebec nationalist voters on Sunday during a campaign speech in Montreal. Ignatieff told a restaurant filled with supporters a vote for the Bloc...
Canadians trust Harper to be best leader: poll
Almost half of Canadians think Stephen Harper would make the best prime minister of Canada, while Michael Ignatieff, ironically, is viewed as the leader with the hidden agenda, according to an...
Harper on coalition attack — and defence
Prime Minister Stephen Harper's political past came back to haunt him on Sunday, as he fended off questions over whether he is hypocritically attacking the opposition parties for allegedly planning...
Layton hammers Tories over HST on B.C. stop
NDP leader Jack Layton is seeking to capitalize on British Columbia's anger over the controversial harmonized sales tax.
Advisers urge Vancouver casino as way to keep gamblers close
An expanded Vancouver casino could bring more gamblers back into the city, according to an internal report from B.C. Lottery Corporation
Liberal links may pose problems for B.C’s Christy Clark
Federal elections can be tricky for provincial leaders -- the B.C. Premier’s connections could raise suspicions among her party’s Conservative wing
‘Reckless coalition’ strategy is Harper’s own
Ignatieff believes it might by the Conservative Leader’s undoing
Harper easily takes campaign’s early days
Liberal Leader lost momentum having to explain ad nauseam his position on coalition government
Justin Trudeau a pesky fly in Bloc’s ointment
Candidates grapple for Papineau riding, among Canada’s poorest and smallest, but among the most hotly contested in recent years
Canada’s first social media election is on, but will people vote?
Is the politician who has the most Facebook friends, highest Twitter score or most iPhone app downloads the winner?
May sees ‘clear two-way race’ with Tory incumbent Gary Lunn
Green Party Leader says research suggests she’ll make history in Saanich-Gulf Islands riding
K’ómoks First Nation one step closer to new treaty
Band votes 101 to 35 in favour of accepting new agreement in principle
Canada rises in the globalization
This country has fared particularly well in the recovery from the deglobalization of the crash of 2008
Ignatieff turns coalition accusation back on Harper
Liberal Leader doesn’t ‘go to hotel rooms with Jack and Gilles’ - like his Tory rival did in 2004
Ignatieff hoisted on his own petard in Quebec
More people in the province believe in Elvis than in the Liberal Leader’s prime ministerial ability
Liberal corporate tax plan just election bumph
It may make for a good communications strategy, but from an economic standpoint it's simply wrong
Harper in Esquimalt to help Lunn fend off May
Tories withholding location of 9 a.m. event, likely to avoid giving protestors advance notice
Layton rides the bus in Saskatchewan
NDP placed a close second in a number of ridings in the province in recent elections but had no actual success
Radiation found on Japan travellers
China found two Japanese travellers arriving with high radiation levels on Friday in the latest consequence of contamination from a crippled nuclear plant two weeks after the Asian nation's...
Man guilty of killing Ont. teen girl
The father of a slain teenage girl was on the verge of tears Thursday as a jury convicted a young man of killing his daughter and burning and dismembering her body in 2009.
Russell Williams' divorce file should be public: Lawyer
Victims of sex killer Russell Williams must be allowed to see a contract he signed with his wife that transferred his share of their home to her, allegedly in order to cheat civil claims against...
'Poorly done' repair caused Stampede ride crash: Report
Shoddy maintenance and repair on a midway ride led to 10 people being injured at the Calgary Stampede last year, an engineering report has concluded.
Child rapist sentenced to 12 years
A Winnipeg man who lured a six-year-old girl to his west end rooming house and raped her has been sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Quebec sales tax deal won't be resolved before election: Flaherty
MONTREAL - Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is ruling out a deal with Quebec on tax harmonization during the upcoming election campaign. The province is seeking $2 billion in compensation from the...
MPs urge full federal inquiry on G8-G20 security, rights violations
OTTAWA - A Commons committee is calling for a full judicial inquiry into policing problems at the G8 and G20 summits. The public safety committee recommends the independent inquiry look at...
Baby Joseph doing well after tracheotomy
A Windsor, Ont., baby at the centre of a controversy over treatment of the terminally ill is doing well after a tracheotomy, officials at a St. Louis hospital said.
Barrie teen linked to dead baby in U.K.
A dead baby found in a London, England, hotel room has been linked to a 15-year-old Barrie, Ont., girl who had been on a school trip.
OMG!, 'muffin top' make Oxford dictionary update
OMG! The exclamatory online abbreviation has won the approval of the Oxford English Dictionary. The term -- short for "Oh my God" -- is one of dozens of new entries in the authoritative reference...
Danny Williams' decision to skip tribute bares rift
A decision by former Premier Danny Williams to skip his own tribute dinner has laid bare a rift in the Conservative party of Newfoundland and Labrador.
University mum about alleged death threats
McGill University won't say whether it intends to take any action against a studentfor posting alleged death threats on Twitter.
Chance of Red River flood Increases
Though Winnipeg was spared the latest winter storm that hit Red River areas in the U.S. this week, there is concern about how that added snowfall will affect local flooding levels as the river flows...
83-year-old struck and killed by garbage truck in Ontario
An 83-year-old man died this week when a garbage truck ran him over in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant.
Ottawa signs $425-million deal for vaccine if pandemic flu strikes
Federal government announces 10-year vaccine contract with GlaxoSmithKline
Veteran Ontario Liberal Gerry Phillips to leave politics
Scarborough-Agincourt MPP and former cabinet minister has served since 1987
Campaign's opening week all about first impressions
Honesty, transparency, accountability - if the Liberals have their way, these are to be key words in the upcoming federal election, which was triggered last week.
Medical panel condemns disgraced pathologist for 'abominable' failures
Ontario's medical regulator condemned Dr. Charles Smith Friday for his "abominable" failures as a chuild pathologist, but the disgraced death investigator did not appear for his toughly worded...
McGuinty won't campaign for feds, but may help brother
Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty says he has no plans to campaign for Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff in a federal election.
Kheiriddin: If it’s 1993 again, the Liberals should be worried
And they’re off. In newsrooms across the country, journalists are tossing their Team 2012 shirts on the trash heap, while the Team 2011 folks are collecting their $5 bets.
Retiring House Speaker bid a warm farewell
Canada's longest-running Speaker of the House of Commons bid farewell on Friday to his fellow members of Parliament.
Harper government topples on contempt motion, triggering May election
The federal Conservative government has been brought down on a historic vote in Parliament, setting the stage for a May election. MPs voted 156-145 in favour of a Liberal motion today citing...
Spotlight on B.C. in upcoming federal election
B.C. will be the most hotly contested battleground in Canada in the upcoming federal election, with four parties all trying desperately to pick up new seats here.
Ignatieff the unknown quantity in campaign, hopes to surprise skeptical voters
OTTAWA - Michael Ignatieff is the oldest — and arguably wisest — of the national party leaders on offer in the 2011 election. On paper at least, the Liberal leader certainly boasts the most...
Most of Harper's sharp edges smoothed out in fourth campaign
OTTAWA - Exhausted, with red-rimmed, bloodshot eyes and rumpled clothes, Stephen Harper looked ready to shed a few tears. It was the end of a gruelling, anxious day in Montego Bay, Jamaica, where...
Canadian to command NATO mission in Libya
Canadian fighter jets have dropped munitions on a radar facility in western Libya, as part of the international military campaign that Defence Minister Peter MacKay says will soon be led by a...
Prince Harry to go on 8-day Arctic trek with wounded vets
Prince Harry is heading to the Arctic, showing his support for Britain's wounded Afghanistan war veterans by joining part of their punishing expedition to the North Pole.
Baby Joseph doing well after tracheotomy
A Windsor, Ont., baby at the centre of a controversy over treatment of the terminally ill is doing well after a tracheotomy, officials at a St. Louis hospital said.
'Milkshake murderer' found guilty
A Hong Kong jury on Friday unanimously found an American woman guilty of murdering her Merrill Lynch banker husband in 2003, ending the lengthy retrial of a case that riveted the territory with tales...
Ottawa man vanishes in Bahrain
The family of a missing Ottawa man is terrified for his safety and is begging the Canadian government to intervene after he vanished last Sunday.
Peter Milliken takes his last stand as Speaker
Historic no-confidence vote caps Kingston MP’s 10-year tenure as the referee of Canadian democracy
Sex doll swiped from Calgary shop
This alleged thief must have been feeling a little frisky Wednesday night, swiping a pricey torso from a Calgary sex shop.
B.C. HST fighters admit defeat
The group that's been fighting to kill the HST is struggling for its last breath.
Liberals claim ex-PM aide had insider access
The federal Liberals disclosed new information Wednesday that shows the former top advisor to Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who is now the subject of RCMP investigation involving influence peddling,...
Canada heightens safety checks on food from Japan
Canadian authorities are implementing "advanced import controls" on certain food products from areas of Japan affected by the ongoing nuclear crisis.
Tories set to be toppled on Friday
The leader of Liberal Party said Wednesday he will present a motion of non-confidence in the minority Conservative government, setting the stage for an election.
What the economists say about the budget
Here are some of the issues corporate Canada will be most interested in as Canadians ready themselves for what looks to be a gruelling campaign
Rates hikes less likely during elections
The chance of an April rate hike from the Bank of Canada was pretty slim to begin with, and now with a spring election in the cards, its looking even more remote, say analysts
Energy sector not so keen on TSX merger
As Canada’s energy capital and second-largest financial centre, Calgary is supposed to be a big winner from the proposed merger of the TSX and the LSE. So why isn’t the city a cheerleader for...
Corporate tax cuts to be hot potato
Corporate Canada could be thrust front and centre into any election campaign, with Opposition parties casting business as the big winners of Conservative tax cuts while households struggle with...
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