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Mike Harris Jr., son of former premier, will run for Tories in Ont. election
Ontario Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford has appointed candidates in nearly a dozen ridings ahead of the upcoming provincial election, and they include the son of a former premier.
Trade missions for women, Indigenous and LGBTQ interests in 2018: minister
The Canadian government will lead the first trade missions for women, Indigenous and LGBTQ businesses and entrepreneurs later this year, International Trade Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne said on Saturday, April 21, 2018.
Bishops try to clarify Pope's refusal to apologize for residential schools
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops says it's incorrect to suggest that Pope Francis is refusing to apologize to survivors of Canada's notoriously abusive residential schools.
Tories say pipeline impasse warrants House dropping everything to debate it
The opposition Conservatives today, April 16, 2018, will again ask for an emergency debate in the Commons on the Trans Mountain pipeline situation.
'Just like that?' Pipeline critics stunned to hear of criminal charges after protest
Groans were heard in the B.C. Supreme Court today, as over two dozen pipeline opponents who were arrested alongside two prominent federal MPs in Burnaby in March learned they were facing criminal charges for their civil disobedience.
Former FBI boss Comey to speak at Ottawa conference just before G7 summit
Former FBI director James Comey, whose new book has provoked angry tweets from President Donald Trump, is scheduled to speak at an Ottawa conference just before the G7 summit in early June.
Quebec asks for federal help as number of asylum-seekers spikes
The Quebec government says it is facing even more asylum-seekers entering the province from the United States this year and is asking the federal government for help.
Alexandre Bissonnette searched online for Trump more than 800 times before killing six men at mosque
A search of the computer belonging to the Quebec City mosque gunman reveals he looked up web pages about guns, Donald Trump and mass shooters before he killed six men in January 2017.
Death of the password? New web standard trades passcodes for biometrics
The death of the password could be upon us.
B.C. issues Trans Mountain pipeline permit update as Horgan heads to Ottawa
British Columbia's government has issued a progress report on permits for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion, just as Premier John Horgan readies to travel to Ottawa for a meeting on the controversial project.