It’s not the sentence they were looking for, but Crown prosecutors say a legal precedent was still set Wednesday.
Public Safety Minister Peter Van Loan warned Wednesday that a federal election would jeopardize efforts by the Conservative government to get tough on crime.
A Canadian diplomat who endured four months of captivity at the hands of al-Qaida says the West lacks the stomach to deal effectively with the “complex misery” that is Afghanistan.
Gov. Gen. Michaelle Jean has wrapped up a two-day whirlwind tour of Afghanistan, where she’s encouraging Canadian soldiers to stay the course in helping better the lives of the Afghan people.
A cabinet minister in Jean Charest’s provincial government has resigned following conflict-of-interest allegations, news reports said Wednesday.
It’s not the sentence they were looking for, but Crown prosecutors say a legal precedent was still set Wednesday.
QUEBEC — Convinced that a fall election is on the horizon, Bloc Quebecois Leader Gilles Duceppe unveiled his plan Tuesday for a double-barrelled blast against Michael Ignatieff and Stephen Harper.
OTTAWA — It’s now up to a judge to decide whether Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s snap election call a year ago was not just politically self-serving but also illegal.
OTTAWA — The Harper government appears poised to extend the duration of employment insurance benefits, a potentially election-averting move aimed at shaming the Liberals and wooing the NDP.
Greyhound Canada’s senior executive says he’s disturbed that Ottawa has branded the company as a black-hatted shakedown artist over plans to pull service due to heavy losses.
Good news for harried travellers who resent having to remove their shoes at airport-security checkpoints: now you can just say no.
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Stephen Harper received the rarest and most expensive gift doled out at the recent G8 summit, a book given by Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi appraised by one dealer at up to $460,000.
OTTAWA — Canada’s border guards are pulling out their guns, batons and pepper spray much more frequently, says a newly released report, suggesting border crossings are becoming more dangerous places.
OTTAWA — Listen carefully: you can hear the usual Parliament Hill yadda yadda yadda suddenly evolving into a higher-form of political blah-blah-blah called campaign messaging.
The man hired by Stephen Harper to investigate federal spending in the 1990s now plans to run for the Bloc Quebecois.
Saskatchewan is getting a new city for the second time in a week.
The “secret” documents that cost Maxime Bernier his cabinet post last year have been released, but heavily censored to safeguard sensitive security information.
Stephen Harper and Jack Layton took the first tentative steps Thursday in a political dance that could decide if the country is headed for a fall election.
A member of the so-called Toronto 18 was handed a 14-year sentence Thursday for his role in a terrorist plot to wreak havoc on Canadian targets.
Saad Khalid, 23, pleaded guilty in May to one count of participating in a terror plot with the intention of causing an explosion.
A priest has been charged with break-and-enter as well as theft from a Catholic church in Manitoba.
