National News

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.