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epas clean power plan puts states in the drivers...

The finalization nowadays of EPA’s Clean Power method offers Americans a clear,realistic roadmap...

liberals establish road map for talks to legislate...

The federal government is offering the first initial hints of how it plans to go approximately...

u.s. in a hurry to complete nafta talks quickly,...

MEXICO CITY — The United States says it’s in a hurry to finish NAFTA negotiations...

trudeau to spend april in paris, peru and london

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will travel to Peru,Paris and London in an eight-day whirlwind trip...

group studying testing for pot use split over what...

A key body tasked with helping the federal government decide whether and how to impose marijuana...

feds turn eye to career college students in effort...

OTTAWA — Federal officials,as fragment of the government’s latest efforts to crack down on...

canada looking at replacing ageing vip aircraft...

OTTAWA — Canada’s “flying Taj Mahal” is getting long in the tooth and may be in line for...

ndp s weir has no knowledge of any new harassment...

Federal NDP MP Erin Weir says he remains in the sunless about any specific allegations of harassment...

if canada u.s. trade is a bad idea, there are no...

SIMI VALLEY,Calif. — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau subtly urged the American president Friday...

create new body to review border agency, federal...

The Trudeau government should create a new watchdog to handle public complaints approximately the...

canada already helping african led counter terror...

Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan sidestepped a question Monday approximately Canadian peacekeepers...

assessing joshua boyle will take two more weeks,...

Another two weeks are needed to total a psychiatric assessment of former Afghanistan hostage Joshua...

u.s. steel, aluminum tariffs back on table if no...

WASHINGTON — The United States has just applied some deadline pressure,amid its accelerate to get...

tory senators angry committee meeting on...

Tory senators are upset the Senate modernization committee’s drafting meetings were video recorded...

feds unheralded $102b rainy day fund kept for the...

OTTAWA — The federal government committed hundreds of millions of dollars in its recent budget to...

trudeau picks woman to head up rcmp as force...

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is expected Friday to assign a woman in charge of the RCMP,signalling a...

evening brief: it s all good, it s just a global...

Tonight’s Evening Brief is brought to you by Groupe Média TFO. Digital Citizenship: Fostering...

liberals urged to tackle killer robots at g7 as...

The Trudeau government is facing pressure on several fronts to lead an international ban on the use...

liberals yet to fund $7.2b worth of infrastructure...

A original report from Parliament’s spending watchdog says only half of the $14.4 billion...

supreme court set to decide if long term canadian...

TORONTO — Canada’s top court is set to grapple with whether long-term expats should be allowed...

rcmp move to arrest pipeline protesters at trans...

BURNABY,B.C. — Authorities in British Columbia arrested anti-pipeline protesters Saturday...

indigenous groups call out leblanc over surf clam...

When Fisheries Minister Dominic LeBlanc awarded a lucrative fresh Arctic surf clam license to the...

atlantic canadian politicians meeting in n.b. to...

MONCTON,N.B. — Federal and provincial politicians will be in New Brunswick nowadays to discuss...

ndp convention ends without taking a leap

The federal NDP conference closed Sunday largely without controversial motions making the floor. MPs...

wet, chilly and memorable: that s canada 150 for...

Federal Heritage Minister Melanie Joly is the first to acknowledge Canada 150 had its share of ups...

missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to...

RICHMOND,B.C. — Some of those who contain told their harrowing stories at the National Inquiry...

missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to...

RICHMOND,B.C. — Some of those who have told their harrowing stories at the National Inquiry into...

goodall takes aim at guns, gangs in new...

Gun-sellers would be required to hold records of firearms stock and sales for at least 20 years...

canada chasing trade deal with south american...

OTTAWA — Canada is expected to announce Friday the start of formal free trade negotiations with...

pm plans show of solidarity with canadians who d...

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau intends next week to tour regions of the country that are heavily reliant...

pm and trump talk: u.s. in hurry for nafta deal,...

WASHINGTON — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau spoke by phone with President Donald Trump on a day the...

canadian air force drops raft on florida home, one...

The Canadian Forces is scrambling for answers after a military helicopter dropped an inflatable life...

pm says he stands by official who suggested indian...

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau is standing by a senior government official who suggested factions...

former liberal dosanjh sees more trouble for...

The botched party invitation extended to a convicted attempted murderer by Prime Minister Justin...

parents hopeful about federal budget funding for...

OTTAWA — Parents of children who keep running into no-waft list snags at the airport say they...

queen reflects on year s tragedies, pays tribute...

Queen Elizabeth paid tribute to London and Manchester in her annual Christmas message for how they...

ontario tories significantly more popular with...

TORONTO — A modern poll indicates a dramatic gender divide in how Ontarians way to vote in the...

there will only be one pay system for now and it s...

The Trudeau government isn’t going to let departments opt out of the troubled Phoenix pay system...

travellin trudeau headed into western canadian...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking his government’s balancing act between the economy and the...

pm says time to talk about lifting ban on paying...

Justin Trudeau says Canadians need to have a conversation approximately whether to allow women and...

canadian producers fear u.s. will flood market...

MONTREAL — Canadian fruit growers fear that U.S. produce destined for China may be diverted closer...

trudeau to deliver commencement speech at nyu,...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will deliver a commencement speech at current York University in...

grain backlog another reason to expand oil...

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. — Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says Canada will continue to own trouble moving...

mps to join b.c. pipeline protest picket line

BURNABY,B.C. — Two federal politicians say they will join demonstrations in Burnaby, B.C., and...

trudeau s putin comments counterproductive :...

The Russian embassy in Canada is blasting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for pointed remarks he made...

senate second reading vote on c 45 could be close

The Liberal government’s contentious cannabis legalization bill is facing what could be an early...

top court hears plea of canadians abroad who want...

Gill Frank and Jamie Duong,Canadian citizens who have lived in the U.S. for several years, asked the...

conservative defence critic questions plan to send...

The Conservative defence critic is questioning the Trudeau government’s decision to send...

transport canada to launch first nations vessel...

VANCOUVER — Transport Minister Marc Garneau says efforts to protect Canada’s coastlines...

ndp tries to table old liberal platform promising...

The NDP’s health critic tried and failed to get unanimous consent Thursday afternoon to table in...

federal report suggests growing gap between...

A recently released federal report suggests the gap is growing between Canada’s greenhouse gas...

liberals plan to boost immigration to be matched...

The federal budget is expected to detail how the Liberal government will financially manage their...

indian companies tell trudeau they will invest...

MUMBAI, India — Some of Indians biggest companies say they will invest more than $1 billion in...

more than 500 scientists demand improved pollution...

OTTAWA — When Miriam Diamond’s son was a competitive gymnast,she tried to pick up toxic flame...

justice minister weighs in following acquittal in...

BATTLEFORD,Sask. — The federal justice minister has said the country “can and must conclude...

what we re watching: welcome back, parliament! we...

The House is back in commerce A mere 48 days after closing its doors for the...

trudeau calls on canadians to work together in...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is calling on Canadians to do the values he says unite the country —...

global affairs hiring special adviser on venezuela...

Global Affairs is hiring a special adviser on Venezuela in the lead up to the country’s...

canada needs a right to be forgotten: privacy...

TORONTO — Canada’s privacy commissioner says he believes Parliament should effect in site new...

auditor again flags pension fund for military...

A pension fund for Canadian military reservists is once again being flagged by Canada’s auditor...

canada could resettle some african asylum seekers...

Canada is one of the countries expected to resettle African asylum seekers turned absent from...

no province asks to use federal carbon pricing...

No province has yet shown any interest in signing on to the federal government’s carbon pricing...

inuit want end of colonial based research on...

The organization that represents 65000 Inuit in Canada is calling for an conclude to years of...

nafta deal eminently possible in near future:...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he believes there will be agreement in short order on a renewed...

groups with concerns over summer job funding await...

It was Valentine’s Day when an Alberta church was told its application for Canada Summer Jobs...

reduction in phoenix pay backlog promising, but...

The ever-rising backlog of problems created by the federal government’s troubled Phoenix pay...

feds eye tougher screening of gun owners for...

OTTAWA — The federal government has been eyeing changes that would allow authorities to more...

canada will meet climate targets despite emissions...

EDMONTON — Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna says Canada is committed to assembly its...

kenney threatens to stop flow of oil to b.c. and...

VANCOUVER — Alberta’s Opposition leader says if he becomes premier there will be “serious...

budget 2018 invests millions in multiculturalism

With one eye on ultra-nationalist movements appearing around the world,the Liberal government...

what we re watching: boushie verdict aftershocks,...

Aftermath of Colten Boushie verdict hits the Hill Although the verdict in the Colten Boushie trial...

what we re watching: what s next for metoo on the...

1) MeToo,Round 2? After a week that saw all three major political parties contend with...

cbc s lacroix stays put as search for successor...

TORONTO – Hubert Lacroix,the outgoing president of CBC/Radio-Canada, is sticking with the public...

trans mountain pipeline talks to be held behind...

Regardless of what’s going on behind the scenes,Finance Minister Bill Morneau says the federal...

trans mountain pipeline expansion work suspended...

Just hours after Kinder Morgan announced it was putting the Trans Mountain pipeline project on...

male voters strongly favour ontario tories over...

TORONTO — A modern poll indicates a dramatic gender divide in how Ontarians plan to vote in the...

politicos on the move

Rachel Rapport has started working for Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott‘s office as a...

canada will feel it with china targeting u.s....

MONTREAL — original Chinese retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods will cause global disruptions and...

legal defence fund for mark norman edges toward...

A fundraising initiative that was set up to pay for Vice Admiral Mark Norman’s legal bills is...

ndp mps rally around singh

Federal unique Democrat MPs closed ranks around embattled leader Jagmeet Singh on Wednesday as they...

liberals looked at netflix tax, documents show

Newly released documents explain that federal officials absorb taken a close look at ways to absorb...

mckenna warns of atlantic canada population crisis

FREDERICTON — A former ambassador and premier of New Brunswick says Atlantic Canada’s future is...

via rail looking at new trains for quebec city to...

ETOBICOKE,Ont. — VIA Rail is preparing to launch a process to replace aging trains on its main...

questions ahead as feds pave way for more on...

OTTAWA — Heads turn and smiles break out as the four veterans do their way through the Bayshore...

trump stresses desire for quick nafta deal in...

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump urged the rapid/fast completion of the NAFTA negotiations in...

nafta termination would have modest impact on...

OTTAWA — The Conference Board of Canada is predicting a 0.5 per cent decline in the country’s...

liberals look to promote changes to benefit for...

OTTAWA — The federal Liberals are on a promotional blitz to tout a key promise in their latest...

freeland demands iranian authorities allow...

Canada’s foreign affairs minister says she is “outraged” that the wife of an Iranian-Canadian...

canada well positioned to handle turmoil over...

VANCOUVER — A strong economy is allowing Canadian officials to push for a better deal...

nafta: why the u.s. wants a deal within weeks, and...

The United States is suddenly proposing a sprint to the finish toward a new NAFTA deal within...

canada gave u.s. just hours notice it would not...

The Canadian government gave the U.S. only a few hours notice before it announced final December it...

federal budget details slower than expected...

The Liberals will delay billions in planned infrastructure funds until after Canadians depart to the...

politicos on the move: cbc world report gets new...

CBC News announced this week that Nil Köksal is going to be the next host of CBC Radio’s flagship...

critics call for morneau s ouster from pharmacare...

OTTAWA — Health and labour groups are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to remove Finance...

tories demand proof that indian officials...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau skipped the first question period after his tour of backfires and...

sentencing arguments in amanda lindhout kidnapping...

OTTAWA – Sentencing arguments are slated for March 22 in the case of a Somalian man found guilty...

canadian firm tied to facebook data scandal got...

The Canadian company at the heart of the international scandal over the unauthorized employ of...

data of 620,000 canadians improperly shared with...

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg made a public apology Wednesday for his company’s handling of...

symbolic nafta win possible, but hard work...

Trade insiders say a token win on NAFTA may soon be possible — but the substantive work is nowhere...

workplace sexual harassment on the table at g7...

MONTREAL — The issue of workplace sexual harassment surfaced at a assembly of G7 ministers who...

canada closer to getting customs sites inside u.s.

WASHINGTON — Canada could soon beget its first customs sites inside the United States. A U.S....

canada expels four russian diplomats in response...

Canada has expelled four Russian diplomats in response to the chemical attack in Salisbury,U.K....

committee agrees to seek testimony from cambridge...

The Commons ethics committee on Thursday fleet-tracked and unanimously adopted an NDP motion that...

minister defends gender neutral service canada

MONTREAL — Families Minister Jean-Yves Duclos defended Service Canada’s decision to ask its...

airline passenger rights bill claws back...

HALIFAX — Proposed federal legislation that will lay the groundwork for an airline passenger bill...

canadian forces wrestling with implications of...

Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says the military is wrestling with the implications of marijuana...

tories to recognize jerusalem as israel s capital...

Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says whether his party forms government in 2019, it will recognize...

liberals urged to step in and fix refugee asylum...

The Immigration and Refugee Board can only go so far to manage historic numbers of asylum claims and...

hockey canada under fire over french name policy

MONTREAL — Hockey Canada was widely criticized Wednesday after a news report indicated a public...

liberals pledge to do more to unmuzzle...

The Trudeau government is pledging to accomplish “more” to unmuzzle federal scientists and...

pspc brings in defence bureaucrat to lead marine,...

Public Services and Procurement Canada has brought in a seasoned veteran in military procurement to...

officials in canada braced for another spike in...

Border officials are preparing for another spike in asylum seekers coming illegally into Canada from...

tax agency workers want in house pay system to...

The Canada Revenue employees are pressuring the agency to revamp an in-house system to lift over pay...

un s mali mission facing a major review

Canada’s decision to send military helicopters to Mali has coincided with a major review of the UN...

medical marijuana users to push federal cannabis...

Medical marijuana patients are bracing for an uphill battle in their tender to convince the federal...

humanitarian experts laud trudeau s commitment to...

Humanitarian groups are lauding the federal government’s commitment to initiatives abroad that...

canadians threatening to delete facebook, experts...

Many Canadians are pledging to delete their Facebook accounts as part of an online campaign...

trudeau urged to hold giants like facebook more...

The Trudeau government is facing pressure to conclude more to protect the online privacy of...

corrections exec ignored concerns of director s...

A senior Correctional Service of Canada official is being called out by the federal public service...

bq leader agrees to earlier vote on her leadership

Martine Ouellet has agreed to enjoy a confidence vote on her Bloc Quebecois leadership brought...

ndp leader says canada should declare anti sikh...

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Canada should declare that the anti-Sikh violence that took residence...

trump says he made up information about trade...

ST. LOUIS — U.S. President Donald Trump boasted in a fundraising speech in Missouri on Wednesday...

treasury board to pay employees before reclaiming...

Employees who owe the federal government money because of Phoenix pay foul-ups will not gain to...

million dollar hill rink wraps with no fanfare

It came in with a bang but went out with a whimper. Heritage Canada did not even respond to an email...

budget said to cost out pay equity in public...

The Trudeau government’s budget will account for the costs of pursuing gender equality when it...

calls for change after jury finds raymond cormier...

WINNIPEG — Hundreds marched through the streets of Winnipeg on Friday in support of the family of...

singh: a true progressive or just another...

I am getting a petite tired of politicians as salespeople of hope. I am disturbed by the way...

former pm harper says he was aware of allegations...

OTTAWA — Former prime minister Stephen Harper and one of his senior aides are now publicly...

canada expels venezuelan ambassador and second in...

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says Venezuelas Ambassador to CanadaWilmer Omar...

more border staff needed to handle increased flow...

More staff is needed to address an anticipated spike in illegal border crossings from the U.S. this...

ndp s singh says his caucus is united

BURNABY,B.C. — Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says his caucus is united behind him, despite...

jagmeet singh s brother enters ontario politics

The federal NDP Leader’s brother could soon be filling Jagmeet Singh’s shoes at Queen’s Park....

tory filibuster rolls on in bid to force testimony...

Bleary-eyed members of Parliament are maintaining a standoff in the House of Commons Friday over...

phoenix fallout: federal government will need to...

The federal government will enjoy to conduct a review of all employees’ pay records to ensure they...

pbo predicts personnel spending to fall by $5b

Canada’s budget watchdog predicts the $51 billion the federal government is spending on personnel...

new brunswick first nation reveals indigenous...

HALIFAX — The modern Brunswick First Nation at the centre of a dispute over a lucrative clam...

canada seeks to get more women into peacekeeping...

Canada is looking at ways to help other countries boost the number of female peacekeepers, despite...

caroline mulroney joins pc leadership race in...

TORONTO – Caroline Mulroney,the Toronto lawyer and daughter of former prime minister Brian...

trudeau chides tory senators over pot vote

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reminding senators that his government was elected on a promise to...

washington state governor backs b.c. in trans...

VANCOUVER — The governor of Washington says his state is “allied” with British Columbia in...

federal emergency order needed to save orcas:...

VANCOUVER – Several conservation groups say the federal government’s failure to issue an...

nafta notebook: sunday, january 28, 2018

Welcome*** 5:20 p.m. EST: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reportedly set aside nonpartisan...

canada 150: by the numbers

Canada’s 150th birthday bash draws to a close with Heritage Canada saying 87 per cent of Canadians...

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epas clean power plan puts states in the drivers...

liberals establish road map for talks to legislate...

u.s. in a hurry to complete nafta talks quickly,...

trudeau to spend april in paris, peru and london

group studying testing for pot use split over what...

feds turn eye to career college students in effort...

canada looking at replacing ageing vip aircraft...

ndp s weir has no knowledge of any new harassment...

if canada u.s. trade is a bad idea, there are no...

create new body to review border agency, federal...

canada already helping african led counter terror...

assessing joshua boyle will take two more weeks,...

u.s. steel, aluminum tariffs back on table if no...

tory senators angry committee meeting on...

feds unheralded $102b rainy day fund kept for the...

trudeau picks woman to head up rcmp as force...

evening brief: it s all good, it s just a global...

liberals urged to tackle killer robots at g7 as...

liberals yet to fund $7.2b worth of infrastructure...

supreme court set to decide if long term canadian...

rcmp move to arrest pipeline protesters at trans...

indigenous groups call out leblanc over surf clam...

atlantic canadian politicians meeting in n.b. to...

ndp convention ends without taking a leap

wet, chilly and memorable: that s canada 150 for...

missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to...

missing and murdered inquiry emboldens those to...

goodall takes aim at guns, gangs in new...

canada chasing trade deal with south american...

pm plans show of solidarity with canadians who d...

pm and trump talk: u.s. in hurry for nafta deal,...

canadian air force drops raft on florida home, one...

pm says he stands by official who suggested indian...

former liberal dosanjh sees more trouble for...

parents hopeful about federal budget funding for...

queen reflects on year s tragedies, pays tribute...

ontario tories significantly more popular with...

there will only be one pay system for now and it s...

travellin trudeau headed into western canadian...

pm says time to talk about lifting ban on paying...

canadian producers fear u.s. will flood market...

trudeau to deliver commencement speech at nyu,...

grain backlog another reason to expand oil...

mps to join b.c. pipeline protest picket line

trudeau s putin comments counterproductive :...

senate second reading vote on c 45 could be close

top court hears plea of canadians abroad who want...

conservative defence critic questions plan to send...

transport canada to launch first nations vessel...

ndp tries to table old liberal platform promising...

federal report suggests growing gap between...

liberals plan to boost immigration to be matched...

indian companies tell trudeau they will invest...

more than 500 scientists demand improved pollution...

justice minister weighs in following acquittal in...

what we re watching: welcome back, parliament! we...

trudeau calls on canadians to work together in...

global affairs hiring special adviser on venezuela...

canada needs a right to be forgotten: privacy...

auditor again flags pension fund for military...

canada could resettle some african asylum seekers...

no province asks to use federal carbon pricing...

inuit want end of colonial based research on...

nafta deal eminently possible in near future:...

groups with concerns over summer job funding await...

reduction in phoenix pay backlog promising, but...

feds eye tougher screening of gun owners for...

canada will meet climate targets despite emissions...

kenney threatens to stop flow of oil to b.c. and...

budget 2018 invests millions in multiculturalism

what we re watching: boushie verdict aftershocks,...

what we re watching: what s next for metoo on the...

cbc s lacroix stays put as search for successor...

trans mountain pipeline talks to be held behind...

trans mountain pipeline expansion work suspended...

male voters strongly favour ontario tories over...

politicos on the move

canada will feel it with china targeting u.s....