Colin Perkel
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Colin Perkel
Nuclear-waste bunker decision to likely to fall to next federal government
The much-delayed and politically fraught decision on a proposed multibillion-dollar nuclear-waste storage bunker near Lake Huron now appears certain to fall to Canada's next government.
Cash-handling machines being upgraded to handle new $10 Viola Desmond bills
Hundreds of thousands of cash-handling machines across the country have had to be upgraded to handle Canada's distinctive new $10 bill, featuring a vertical portrait of Nova Scotia civil rights advocate Viola Desmond, while some others still awaiting changes are rejecting the distinctive banknotes.
Court wants more info before deciding if segregation law becomes invalid
Ontario's top court has asked the federal government for more information before deciding whether Canada's segregation laws will become invalid next month.
Expats watch U.S. midterms unfold at viewing parties across Canada
American expatriates and political junkies crowded a university library, pubs and other venues across Canada on Tuesday, November 5, 2018, to watch the incoming results of the crucial U.S. midterm congressional elections, viewed by a deeply polarized electorate as a referendum on President Donald Trump.
Time change shift low priority for business; B.C. premier says no to change
Of all the issues facing businesses, getting rid of daylight time doesn't come up in boardroom discussions about how to improve Canada's economy, says the president of the Business Council of British Columbia.
Steve Bannon calls populists the true anti-fascists while, outside, others protest event
Ordinary people have long been shut out by political and capitalist elites who have done them immense harm, the former strategist who helped Donald Trump win the White House told a protest-delayed debate in Toronto on Friday, November 2, 2018.
Toronto Mayor John Tory trounces Jennifer Keesmaat
Toronto Mayor John Tory easily won re-election on Monday, October 22, 2018, trouncing the city's former planner after a campaign marked by unprecedented interference from the provincial government, but at least a dozen other communities were forced to extend voting by as much as a day due to technical or other difficulties.
Toronto residents set to vote Monday on the next four years of civic leaders
Toronto's municipal election campaign, marked by unprecedented provincial interference, ends on Monday, October 22, 2018, when voters get to pass judgment on the incumbent mayor's record of the past four years and decide who leads a city that accounts for upwards of 10 per cent of Canada economic output for the next four years.
'Not trying to be on the front page:' Toronto Mayor John Tory on re-election bid
Headlines and TV highlight clips are overrated, Mayor John Tory is saying at a Toronto diner shortly after he took his mother to vote in front of photographers ahead of Monday's municipal election.
2019 federal election campaign likely to be nastiest ever, Trudeau says
Next year's federal election campaign will likely be the nastiest one yet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Tuesday, October 2, 2018.