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Kerry-Lynne Findlay resigned as the leader of British Columbia's Conservatives on Sunday, bringing to a close her brief tenure marked by infighting, firings, expulsions from the party caucus and a string of defections by sitting legislators.
EDMONTON -- Canada's Army formally made one of the biggest changes to its structure in decades Thursday by shifting from divisions based on geography to ones built around specific purposes.
EDMONTON -- Canada's Army is making one of the biggest changes to its structure in decades today, shifting from divisions based on geography to ones that are built around specific purposes.
The B.C. Conservatives have been in a state of upheaval since former finance critic Peter Milobar quit the official Opposition caucus three weeks ago. The party has since suffered a parade of defections from legislators citing differences with Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay of strategy and ideology.
A top American military commander on Wednesday suggested the United States is about as likely to invade Canada as it is to launch an attack on Mars. Admiral Samuel Paparo, the head of U.S. Pacific Command, was asked by a reporter at a news conference in Victoria whether he would ever follow an order from President Donald Trump to invade...
A top American military commander on Wednesday suggested the United States is about as likely to invade Canada as it is to launch an attack on Mars.
OTTAWA -- Three federal byelections will end today with a promise of more to come, now that Prime Minister Mark Carney has to schedule another six of them.
The B.C. Conservatives came within three ridings of victory in the 2024 provincial election, winning 44 seats.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government will pour more than $11 billion into Quebec's shipbuilding industry to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard. In prepared remarks, Carney calls it the largest ship shipbuilding contract in the province's history. The new icebreakers will replace the Coast Guard's aging heavy and medium icebreakers. Carney made the announcement...
Prime Minister Mark Carney said the federal government will pour $11.3 billion into Quebec's shipbuilding industry to build six new icebreakers for the Canadian Coast Guard.
Canada has temporarily dodged 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28-billion worth of goods after U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday he would delay the levies for three days. The new wave of tariffs was set to hit Canada just after midnight today. "I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada … based on the fact that Canada and...
Canada has temporarily dodged 50 per cent tariffs on roughly $28-billion worth of goods after U.S. President Donald Trump announced late Tuesday he would delay the levies for three days.
A Canadian telecommunications firm has signed a deal worth $2.3 billion with the federal government to provide satellite communications for the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic. The federal Defence Investment Agency and Telesat LEO announced the deal today. It's the largest contract ever for the Ottawa-based company, which has been in operation for about 60 years. The federal government...
OTTAWA -- A Canadian telecommunications firm has signed a deal with the federal government worth $2.3 billion to provide high-speed satellite communications to the Canadian Armed Forces in the Arctic.
OTTAWA -- The federal government has awarded Babcock Canada a six-year extension on its servicing contract for the Royal Canadian Navy's Victoria-class submarines.
OTTAWA -- Canada is widely expected to enter into a multinational, next-generation fighter jet program this week, though not as a full member.
OTTAWA -- The Liberal government in Ottawa will bar foreign nationals who set foot in the Democratic Republic of Congo in the past 21 days from entry to Canada due to the risk of importing the deadly Ebola disease.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney's Liberal government is set to name Germany's ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems as the preferred bidder to build the navy's next fleet of submarines, according to multiple media reports.
OTTAWA -- The Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. air force appeared together in the skies over Ottawa to mark the Fourth of July, with the U.S. ambassador noting Canada will be "proud owners" of American F-35 fighter jets this fall.
OTTAWA -- The Royal Canadian Air Force and the U.S. air force will appear together in the skies over Ottawa today to mark the Fourth of July.
KUUJJUAQ -- Prime Minister Mark Carney will make a rare Canada Day appearance in Alberta, just a day ahead of an expected announcement by the province related to its push for a new pipeline.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says Canada has no current plans to open embassies in Iran or Venezuela.
OTTAWA -- Manitoba's Chief Justice Glenn Joyal has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada.
Manitoba's Chief Justice Glenn Joyal has been nominated to fill the vacancy on the Supreme Court of Canada. Prime Minister Mark Carney says Joyal has demonstrated the integrity, experience and judgment required of the Supreme Court.
OTTAWA -- Canada and Australia have agreed on terms to allow Ottawa to buy components of the Arctic over-the-horizon radar system from BAE Systems Australia.
OTTAWA -- The House of Commons will rise for the summer Thursday afternoon, after unanimously voting to push through some final pieces of legislation, including the government's controversial lawful access bill.
OTTAWA -- The House of Commons will rise for the summer following question period today.
Former Liberal MP and MPP Han Dong says he's running for Toronto city council.
OTTAWA -- Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall says she plans to resign her seat in the House of Commons at the end of the summer.
OTTAWA -- Starting today, military police will no longer accept Criminal Code sexual offence complaints, in anticipation of passage of the Liberal government's military justice system reform bill.
OTTAWA -- Protesters chanted "No Alto!" as they marched past the Prime Minister's Office on Parliament Hill Wednesday to register their opposition to the Alto high-speed rail project.
OTTAWA -- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says Quebec MP Bernard Genereux is in hospital after suffering a heart problem earlier today.
Prime Minister Mark Carney chaired a virtual meeting with the premiers Wednesday afternoon as his government prepared for major trade talks with the U.S. and Mexico. A statement from the Prime Minister's Office said Carney updated the premiers on the status of engagement with the Trump administration on the future of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, better known as CUSMA...
OTTAWA -- A new cross-border bridge between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit is set to open this week.
OTTAWA -- The House of Commons has passed a long-awaited law criminalizing forced or coerced sterilization.
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has sent an email to supporters confirming he will resign his seat in the House of Commons and inviting volunteers to an event to celebrate his decade of public service. He was elected in Beaches-East York in 2015 and briefly served as housing minister in Justin Trudeau's final cabinet and Mark Carney's first cabinet. Erskine-Smith's email...
Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has sent an email to supporters confirming he will resign his seat in the House of Commons and inviting volunteers to an event to celebrate his decade of public service.
OTTAWA -- Liberal MP Nate Erskine-Smith has sent an email to supporters confirming he will resign his seat in the House of Commons and inviting volunteers to an event to celebrate his decade of public service.
OTTAWA -- Outgoing Gov. Gen. Mary Simon says it was the "honour of a lifetime" to serve in the post for the past five years.
OTTAWA -- Canada's military police watchdog is calling on the federal government to change the law to give her office more teeth and greater ability to investigate complaints.
OTTAWA -- Drones made in Canada could be headed for the battlefield in Ukraine, thanks to a new corporate partnership between Canadian and Ukrainian drone makers.
OTTAWA -- Former Liberal environment minister and staunch environmentalist Steven Guilbeault confirmed Wednesday he will step down as a member of Parliament this summer.
OTTAWA -- Former environment minister and staunch environmentalist Steven Guilbeault confirmed Wednesday he will step down as a Liberal member of Parliament this summer.
OTTAWA -- The Department of National Defence says it has confirmed that a previously unidentified grave in France for a Canadian First World War soldier belongs to Sgt. Norman McLennan.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Friday she had received details from her officials in Turkey about "appalling abuse" suffered by Canadians who were on board a flotilla trying to reach Gaza.
OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she has directed her officials to summon the Israeli ambassador after the "mistreatment of civilians" aboard a Gaza-bound flotilla.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is calling Israel's treatment of people aboard an intercepted flotilla "abominable" and "unacceptable," and says Ottawa is seeking assurances about the safety of Canadians involved.
OTTAWA -- Louise Arbour has been named as Canada's next governor general to replace Mary Simon, who was appointed to the role in 2021 on the advice of former prime minister Justin Trudeau. She is expected to formally assume the role in a ceremony in early June.
OTTAWA -- The Conservatives' fundraising machine continues to outpace all other federal parties after bringing in more than $9.4 million in the last quarter, though the Liberals are closing the gap.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's communications director Katy Merrifield is resigning. Merrifield announced her departure in an email sent to the Conservative caucus Tuesday, adding her last day working in the Opposition Leader's Office will be Friday. The message says Micah Green will become the new communications director and Sam Lilly will be the new media relations director.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre's communications director Katy Merrifield is resigning.
OTTAWA -- The man who announced he was seeking the Conservative nomination in Pierre Poilievre's former riding of Carleton in February now says he's dropping out of the race.
OTTAWA -- "It's really hard to encapsulate the kind of impact that he's had ... It's a huge loss."
OTTAWA -- The federal government has secured "a limited number of seats" on commercial flights out of Lebanon for Canadians trying to flee the region, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Wednesday.
OTTAWA -- Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon says he has called representatives of OpenAI to Ottawa to discuss safety concerns after a report emerged about the Tumbler Ridge shooter's engagement with the AI platform ChatGPT.
VICTORIA -- Here's what people are saying about the 2026 British Columbia budget, which delivers a tax-rate increase, a record deficit and public sector cuts.
VICTORIA -- Here are some of the key figures in British Columbia's 2026 budget, delivered by Finance Minister Brenda Bailey on Tuesday.
VICTORIA -- Here are some highlights from British Columbia's 2026 budget, which Finance Minister Brenda Bailey says involves "serious work for serious times."
OTTAWA -- Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has confirmed she will join Prime Minister Carney at a vigil Friday to honour the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.
OTTAWA -- Gov. Gen. Mary Simon has confirmed she will join Prime Minister Carney at a vigil Friday to honour the victims of a mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C.