Bob Rae

The Trudeau government is facing mounting pressure from across the country to take more international action to hold Myanmar to account for the genocide of the Rohingya people.

Canada will continue to meet with like-minded nations as it aims to bridge divides between countries at a time of simmering international tensions, Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland said from Germany on Saturday, February 16, 2019.

Victoria-based author Esi Edugyan says her second time winning the $100,000 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her latest novel "Washington Black" felt all the more meaningful amid a climate in which truth is "under siege."

National Observer goes inside the Ontario Liberal caucus and finds a group of seven MPPs still grappling with election results, and trying to find a foothold for themselves at Queen's Park.

Ontario Attorney General Caroline Mulroney was conspicuously absent as her premier told reporters on Monday afternoon that he planned to suspend constitutional rights in Toronto following a stunning rebuke from the courts.

Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says the conviction of two Reuters journalists for covering the Rohingya crisis undermines the rule of law and freedom of the press in Myanmar.

Bob Rae says no Myanmar politician, including Nobel laureate and honorary Canadian citizen Aung San Suu Kyi, is above a potential investigation by the International Criminal Court of possible war crimes in her country.

Canada is sending just over $8 million to agencies helping Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh as they prepare for monsoon storms.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to hold a bilateral meeting with Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi on Friday at the Asia-Pacific Economic Co-operation summit in Vietnam.

Canada's special envoy for the Rohingya crisis, Bob Rae, should enlist some of Myanmar's influential Asian neighbours to help stop attacks against its minority Muslim population, says a former United Nations disaster response chief.

Trudeau made a short appearance late at the party which set off a flurry of selfie action. Guests clamoured to get in reach of him to take a photo.