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Polls go up, polls go down - election probably still on the way
There is opportunity for all three other parties in the latest Liberal numbers
NDP fires ad salvo at Tories, Liberals
Positive TV spots target trust, help for seniors and tax harmonization
Pollsters man barricades in defence of their truth-telling ways
Full-page ad in Parliament Hill weekly aims to counter increasing complaints about value of political polling
Tax hikes or lower transfers Ottawa’s only deficit solutions
Debates about cuts to operating expenses are masking the real solutions to eliminating the federal deficit
Put the brakes on auto industry hypocrisy
It’s one thing if auto executives have specific issues they want addressed in free-trade negotiations. Asking for a halt to negotiations is another
Charges against top Tories could trigger spring election
NDP Leader Jack Layton's price for supporting the upcoming budget might have just gone up, in light of charges laid against four top Conservative officials over an election financing scheme.
West — especially Alberta — shortchanged on Order of Canadas
Order of Canada medals have been awarded disproportionately to Atlantic Canadians, while Westerners have been shortchanged on the prestigious civilian decoration, an Ottawa Citizen analysis has...
From pre-writ polls to election day, history is not on Ignatieff’s side
Whenever a party is confronted with a yawning gap between themselves and their main rivals in a pre-election poll, it is usually waved off because “campaigns matter.” And they do. Campaigns give...
Canada's GDP grew 3.1 per cent in 2010: StatsCan
Gross domestic product grew 3.1 per cent in 2010 after a 2.5 per cent decline in 2009.
Canadian dollar gets boost from better-than-expected economic growth
Artists, creators could lose $126-million annually under Bill C-32, say stakeholders as Copyright Act heats up
Although the Copyright Act needs to be modernized and updated, the measures in Bill C-32 are the wrong way to go when it comes to building the right balance for creators and consumers which will...
Access 'eroding' under growing list of exemptions, access czar slams Sec. 24 of act, calls it a 'back door'
Access to Information Commissioner Suzanne Legault says the growing list of legislative exemptions under the Access to Information Act has nearly doubled since it came into force in 1983 and believes...
Opposition MPs question timing, contents of Oda background doc sent to Tory MPs
A Conservative document sent to Tory MPs more than a week ago explaining the background behind International Cooperation Minister Bev Oda's contradictory statements in Parliament about penciled-in...
Tories set sights on winning 12 more seats in next election
Political observers say the Conservatives are cultivating star candidates, exploiting wedge issues, targeting seats where incumbents aren't running and greasing the wheels through funding...
Taliban claim they have captured Canadian
A Canadian man is missing in Afghanistan, Canadian officials said Sunday, with the Taliban claiming they had captured him in a volatile central province because he was a spy.
Skier killed, man missing after B.C. avalanche
A 52-year-old skier is dead and a man is missing after an avalanche in northern B.C. Saturday afternoon, Mounties said.
Canadian arrested for Nazi salute
A 30-year-old Quebec tourist was arrested Saturday in Berlin for doing a Nazi salute in front of Germany's parliament, reports the Berliner Morgenpost.
Why Canadian stocks a good bet this year
A new report from CIBC World Markets finds that Canadian stocks are likely to produce the best returns in light of what looks to be a longer-term bear market in bonds, and ongoing fiscal belt...
Canadian economy ends year with bang
The Canadian economy grew by a robust 3.3% annualized in the final three months of 2010, Statistics Canada reported Monday, as exports did the heavy lifting in the quarter
Steve Janke: Maxed-out Liberals need a new credit card
An election campaign costs money, obviously. A hefty portion of that cash comes in the form of loans from banks. Between September 12, 2008 and November 4, 2008, the Liberal Party took out 34...
Brian Lee Crowley: Crime stats change based on who counts them
By Brian Lee Crowley Just how bad is crime in Canada … and how can we tell? Since our institute published Scott Newark’s paper on Canadian crime statistics, many critics, including John Moore...
Analysis: Now Christy Clark must win over skeptical B.C. voters
VANCOUVER — Christy Clark has cleared the toughest hurdle in her political comeback, taking her party’s leadership race on Saturday night to become British Columbia’s Premier-designate. The...
Canada announces green energy funds
The federal government announced Sunday it will spend up to $63.8 million for 16 clean and renewable energy projects across the country that it says will help reduce the country’s greenhouse gas...
Canada adds more planes to assist Libya evacuation
The Canadian government increased its capacity to intervene in Libya by deploying two C-17 and two Hercules planes to Malta to assist in evacuating Canadian citizens.
Police arrest man after 24 Sussex Drive bomb threat
An investigation into a bomb threat at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's official residence has led to the arrest of a man in nearby Gatineau, Que.
Ottawa imposes sanctions on Gadhafi regime
Following similar steps by the United States and several other Western countries, Ottawa has imposed binding sanctions on the regime of embattled Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi.
Report demands full inquiry into G20 'rights violations'
A new report about Toronto's G20 summit says police committed "widespread and systematic violations of constitutional rights," and demands that the Ontario and federal governments conduct a broader...
Ontario hospital defends care of dying baby
The Ontario hospital caring for an infant boy who is being kept alive by a breathing tube defended its decisions over the child's care in a statement released to the media Sunday afternoon.
Canadian missing in Afghanistan, possibly captured
The Foreign Affairs Department confirms that a tourist from Canada is missing in Afghanistan amid reports the Taliban says it has captured a Canadian travelling in the country.
Canada-wide warrant issued for high-risk offender
As one high-risk offender is set to appear in court, Calgary cops are looking for another -- this time one who walked away from a Vancouver halfway house.
Release of high-risk offenders disturbing
The owner of a pet salon where an employee was kidnapped and repeatedly sexually assaulted said she is disgusted another high-risk offender wasn't being monitored closely after being released from...
Courts overriding immigration officials on deportation case
The parallels in the five refugee cases are striking. All feature women seeking to remain in Canada because of well-founded fears for their safety in their home countries.
California court clears Toronto businessman of U.S. military fraud
A Canadian businessman is back in Toronto after a San Francisco court acquitted him and an associate on fraud charges involving the sale of night-vision goggles.
Auction opens on ‘golden’ net from Vancouver Olympics
It’s just red posts and white mesh like any other hockey net, but the object being offered for sale Monday at a Quebec sports auction has a pedigree of pure gold.
Canada called on to be a global leader on water: panel
Canada, with its abundance of water and expertise in managing the valuable resource, will be called on to help other nations struggling to deal with frequent drought, flooding and water quality...
Notorious Quebec cult leader Roch Theriault killed in jail
Notorious cult leader Roch (Moses) Theriault, who ruled a commune in Quebec and Ontario in the 1970s and '80s with as many as 12 wives and two dozen children, was found dead in his jail cell in New...
Canada near top in integrating immigrants, survey says
Policies ranked third behind Sweden and Portugal
Canada ‘in position to be listened to’ in secretive world food-aid talks
Overhaul of outdated international agreement seen as critical, with Canada seen as key to unblocking logjam
Navigating Clark’s journey from the radio booth to the helm of the B.C. Liberals
From failed mayoral candidate to talk-show host, Christy Clark’s past helped pave the way to her future as a party leader
Christy Clark's first task is to find a seat in B.C. legislature
Premier Mom's new cabinet is likely to give prominence to her three Liberal leadership rivals who are sitting MLAs
Toronto city hall braces for damning auditor’s report on social housing finances
TCHC questionable procurement practices and expenditures scrutinized
Concussion problem stays out of political arena
While D.C. would act Ottawa passing the buck when it comes to hockey head injuries
Commemorating baseball pioneer Jackie Robinson’s Montreal home
Baseball star who broke race barrier played in Montreal prior to taking field with Brooklyn Dodgers
Vote by workers ends bitter lockout at Journal de Montréal
Employees reluctantly accept company's latest offer in lengthy labour dispute
LEVANT: For Europe, Alberta oil is too dirty. Isn't Libyan oil too bloody?
Where did Moammar Gadhafi, the brutal dictator of Libya, get the money to pay the foreign mercenaries who are butchering his people? How did he pay for those French-made fighter jets strafing...
FRALIC: The premier-designate is a woman? Let's talk about that elephant in the room
He said, as we were chatting on the phone Saturday night: "Well, I guess we now have a girl running the province."
MASON: Early election may be Clark’s only reprieve from reality of her growing to-do list
Candidates promising to usher in the kind of sweeping change B.C. premier-designate Christy Clark has vowed to implement inevitably face a sterner test than those who don’t make such oversized...
LEGER: Dexter should resist Ottawa’s cheap talk on crime
Citizens, set your baloney detectors on high and yes, baloney is a polite word for something impolite. Budget season is getting underway, so expect baloney in the form of partisanship, politicking...
HEBERT: PM’s rhetoric drives wedge between Quebec and rest of Canada.
Reminiscing about the 2008 parliamentary crisis on a recent flight, a frequent Quebec flyer to Alberta remembered walking into the crowded Calgary airport lounge just in time for the televised...
Police Discover $1 Million Worth of Drugs in Toronto Pizza Parlor
‘Experts’ running the asylum in Canada
Do you ever feel like you went to sleep one night and woke up the next day to find the country had changed? That the Canada you knew was gone? Right about now it feels like the inmates are running...
China set to overtake U.S. as top destination for B.C. lumber
The value of British Columbia lumber exports to China could exceed $1-billion this year and China could challenge the U.S. as the No. 1 destination for B.C. wood in the next three years
Flaherty presses provinces to cut taxes
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty urged provincial governments on Friday to lower their taxes and balance their budgets as quickly as possible to enhance the country’s ability to compete...
Girl's abduction from Calgary prompts manhunt
Police in Calgary are searching for a man posing as a police officer who abducted a 10-year-old girl from a northeast mall Thursday evening.
Quebec City mayor sues critics for defamation
The mayor of Quebec City has made good on a promise to sue his critics for defamation.
Porter to fly to Windsor, Sault Ste. Marie
Porter Airlines is adding Windsor and Sault Ste. Marie to its scheduled stops in Ontario, said the company on Friday morning.
N.L. fishery report recommends massive cuts
A top government official is speaking out against a long-awaited report on the future of Newfoundland and Labrador's fishery that calls for massive cuts to the industry.
Tories charged with 'misleading' Elections Canada
The federal Conservative party and key officials have been charged with "wilfully" exceeding campaign spending limits, while the party's top fundraiser is charged with giving false and...
Stocks rebound as Libya concerns ease
Canadian stocks continued to trade higher at midday Friday, lifted by materials and financial stocks.
Manitoba judge charged with assault, placed on leave
Provincial judge also charged with uttering threats
Michael Moore adds star power to Manitoba mining battle
U.S. filmmaker joins NDP MP in taking on Brazilian-owned giant Vale
Tories shrug off campaign-finance charges as ‘accounting issue’
But four top officials - including two Harper-appointed senators - face potential jail time for alleged 2006 violation of Elections Act
Quebec trying to derail hydroelectric project: Nova Scotia premier
HALIFAX - Premier Darrell Dexter says he expects Ottawa to support the Lower Churchill hydroelectric project despite Quebec's protests after years of Atlantic Canada being "economically...
Cancelling F-35 jet deal would be $1-billion economic blow: MacKay
OTTAWA - It's shaping up to be a battle of numbers over the Harper government's deal to buy the F-35 joint strike fighter. Defence Minister Peter MacKay says the country stands to lose up to $1...
Commander of Canada's last battle group in Kandahar tempers hopes for Panjwaii
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan - The leader of Canada's last battle group in Afghanistan says his goal to establish a presence in every town and village in Kandahar's Panjwaii district may not be...
Canada's deficit shrinks in December
Canada’s budget deficit shrank in December from the same month a year earlier, as tax revenues rose and program expenses declined, the Finance Department said Friday
Oil spike to hit West harder than emerging economies
It's another illustration of how developing countries are decoupling from the West, for slower growth in the rich world would eventually rebound on emerging nations
TSX jumps above 14,000
Toronto’s main stock index was sharply higher on Friday morning, jumping back above the 14,000 mark in a broad relief rally led by the mining-heavy materials sector and the influential banks
Nearly all of the world's best cities are in Canada or Australia
The Economist Intelligence Unit has identified the most livable cities in the world. Three of them are in Canada. Four are in Australia
Kelly McParland: Canadians hear no Oda, see no Oda, speak no Oda
Whiling away your days as a member of the Official Opposition really must be one of the worst jobs in Canada. So much effort, so little reward. Consider: The Opposition has been battering away for...
Ottawa urges all Canadians to leave Libya
Ottawa is urging hundreds of Canadians to leave Libya without delay amid escalating violence in the North African nation as embattled leader Moammar Gadhafi loses his four-decade long grip on power.
Ottawa on track to beat $45.5 billion deficit projection
The federal government's fiscal position is improving dramatically and appears in position to easily beat its deficit projection of $45.4 billion for this year.
PM must explain charges against ‘inner sanctum,’ Liberals say
With four Tories - two of them senators - implicated, opposition points finger at Harper: ‘What did he know and when did he know it?’
One of these polls on Harper’s lead is not like the other
Abacus has Tories ahead by 15 points after EKOS shows gap shrinking to five points
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