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Prime Minister Stephen Harper tweets support for Toronto Raptors guard Kyle...
Kyle Lowry has gotten some major support in his bid to be an NBA all-star: Prime Minister Stephen Harper. Harper encouraged his Twitter followers to vote for the Toronto Raptors guard on Tuesday night...
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Toronto artist draws missing aboriginal women for Stephen Harper
An artist on Twitter is aiming to bring new attention to missing and murdered aboriginal women, by taking the issue straight to Stephen Harper. Evan Munday, a Toronto-based illustrator, is drawing a...
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Prime Minister Stephen Harper, opposition leaders condemn attack on Paris...
OTTAWA — Canada’s political leaders are taking to Twitter to condemn a deadly attack on a Paris newspaper. Reports say masked gunmen stormed the office of a satirical newspaper Wednesday and killed a...
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Den Tandt: John A. Macdonald’s strengths, flaws, reflected in modern Canada
Sir John A. Macdonald is often held to be the one indispensable Canadian, without whose influence this country probably would not have happened. Prime Minister Stephen Harper reiterated this view last...
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No criminal offence committed in Sudbury byelection: OPP
TORONTO — Ontario Provincial Police have determined the provincial Liberals did not commit a criminal offence in spurning a potential Sudbury, Ont., byelection candidate. Andrew Olivier, the party’s...
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Scott Stinson: With gambling, NHL stickhandles into hypocrisy
True story: Almost three years ago, the elected members of the federal government passed a bill through the House of Commons that would remove the restriction on single-game sports betting. It was a...
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Resolution for case of imprisoned journalist Mohamed Fahmy expected soon,...
The case of an Egyptian-Canadian journalist imprisoned in Cairo ought to be resolved “sooner rather than later” but the matter is a complex one, Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird said during a visit...
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One passenger dead after GO bus rollover crash
TORONTO — A 56-year-old woman is dead following a rollover crash involving a GO Transit commuter bus northwest of Toronto. Ontario Provincial Police say Radika Nankissoor of Brampton, Ont., suffered...
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Supreme Court says Mounties have right to bargaining
OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada says the Mounties have the right to engage in meaningful collective bargaining, but has not explicitly stated that they have the right to form a union. The...
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VIDEO: Mulcair worried Tories will ‘politicize’ anti-terrorism fight
NDP leader Tom Mulcair says the Conservative government appears intent on politicizing Canada’s security response to terrorist threats as it attempts to get re-elected later this year. Mulcair made the...
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Video: Supreme Court affirms Mounties’ collective bargaining rights
The lead lawyer for RCMP members says a Supreme Court of Canada ruling on Friday sends a “clear message” in affirming the right to meaningful collective bargaining for rank-and-file Mounties.
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Palestinians protest Baird’s visit by hurling eggs and shoes at his convoy
RAMALLAH, Palestinian Territory — Dozens of Palestinian protesters hurled eggs and shoes at the convoy of the visiting Canadian foreign minister Sunday in a show of defiance toward Canada’s perceived...
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Den Tandt: Trudeau targets Ontario, where Election 2015 will be decided
Here is the irony, and perhaps the risk, in the Conservative party’s placing so much emphasis on attacking Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau: if the emerging Liberal strategy succeeds, the leadership horse...
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Raps’ Lowry didn’t need over-the-top media campaign to deserve all-star status
TORONTO — It was the great Kanye West — yes, great; there are no valid arguments to the contrary — who provided us with a valuable lesson back in 2009: Do not treat silly things seriously. That was...
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Edmonton man extradited, faces terrorism and murder charges in New York
EDMONTON — The U.S. Attorney’s office for the eastern district of New York says an Edmonton man has been extradited and will face terrorism and murder charges. According to the office’s website,...
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As MPs return to work, here’s what to watch for
MPs return to the Commons this week after a six-week break amid significantly changed economic circumstances, and a political dynamic that has been roiled by the precipitous, unexpected fall in the...
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Funeral for murdered RCMP officer: live coverage
RCMP Const. David Wynn was killed in the line of duty while investigating a suspicious vehicle in St. Albert, a city northwest of Edmonton. His funeral will be attended by Prime Minster Stephen Harper...
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‘Do it for him:’ Alberta Mountie’s sister urges mourners to live life to fullest
ST. ALBERT, Alta. — The sister of an Alberta Mountie told mourners at his funeral Monday that he would want them to live life the way he did — with joy, with passion and with every effort to make the...
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Den Tandt: For Tom Mulcair to have a hope, economic sobriety must be a given
Perhaps it’s time “Angry Tom” Mulcair got, well, angry. In the emerging battle of 2015, force of personality is arguably one of the best weapons the NDP leader has left. Mulcair’s speech to the...
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Wynne, Trudeau chide Harper for not sitting down with premiers
OTTAWA — Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Liberal leader Justin Trudeau are chastising the prime minister for failing to attend Friday’s premiers’ meeting. The two met on the eve of the meeting,...
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Winnipeg high school teacher under investigation over Facebook comments about...
WINNIPEG — A high school teacher in Manitoba has been placed on leave and is being investigated over social media comments that one aboriginal leader called hurtful and racist. Kevin Hart, who filed a...
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New $57 million Halifax library officially opens doors to the public
HALIFAX — The new Halifax Central Library officially opened its doors to the public today. At an estimated cost of $57.6 million the building has been touted as the new architectural centrepiece of the...
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Ontario government says websites back to normal after hacking problem
TORONTO — A hacking problem that affected the Ontario government’s websites have been resolved and the province says full service is being restored. A government statement says the websites were not...
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Den Tandt: ‘Big issues’ left on the table as Canada’s major political parties...
The Conservative Party of Canada is not in the business of selling ideology, or of leading the country in a particular direction. Like the Liberal party of yesteryear, it is a vehicle created entirely...
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Den Tandt: For good or ill, Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s style is baked in
Conservatives are feeling decently upbeat, if not a titch smug, as they kick back for the holiday. And why wouldn’t they feel this way? The governing side has had a good few months. Prime Minister...
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Den Tandt: Alberta premier’s coup will come at a cost
Can there be anyone as superbly fantastic as Alberta Premier Jim Prentice, except perhaps for, on a good day, Chris Hadfield? Prentice is the multi-talented global space-walking superstar of Canadian...
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Magnotta trial jurors spending sixth day trying reach a verdict
MONTREAL — It is Day 6 of deliberations for jurors in the Montreal trial of Luka Rocco Magnotta. Magnotta is charged with first-degree murder and four other offences in the slaying and dismemberment of...
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Canadian man shot by U.S. border guards at Ambassador Bridge
DETROIT — The U.S. border agency says a Canadian man was shot after allegedly pointing a handgun at guards at the Ambassador Bridge crossing between Windsor, Ont., and Detroit. U.S. Customs and Border...
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Prime Minister asks Canadians to pray for troops in Christmas message
OTTAWA — In his annual Christmas message, Prime Minister Stephen Harper asks Canadians to pray for members of the military as they battle Islamic extremists in northern Iraq. Canada has six CF-18...
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Blatchford: George R. Strathy an example of how Harper-named judges have been...
George R. Strathy is maybe the best answer to the paranoid yet popular notion that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is bent on remaking the judiciary in his own evil image, or, as one blockhead recently...
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Harper and Wynne set for first meeting in more than a year
TORONTO — Prime Minister Stephen Harper is set to meet with Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne today, marking their first face-to-face talk in more than a year. The premier’s office says the two...
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Fisher: During time of global tumult, it is Justin Trudeau’s ideas, not Marc...
It seems I struck a raw nerve in examining the Liberals’ foreign and defence policies last week. Marc Garneau, the Liberal Foreign Affairs Critic, rebutted my column at length in Saturday’s National...
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Harper dumping embattled Fantino from Veterans Affairs
OTTAWA — On the night of last year’s infamous televised showdown between Julian Fantino and angry veterans, one of those sent in ahead of time to smooth the way was Erin O’Toole, the man who on Monday...
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B.C. Conservative MP Randy Kamp announces he will not seek re-election
VANCOUVER — A British Columbia Conservative MP has decided not to seek re-election, saying it is time for him to move on to a new chapter of his life. Randy Kamp has served the riding of Pitt...
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OPP seek recordings in Liberal byelection investigation
TORONTO — Ontario’s provincial police have gone to court to seek recordings in an investigation into allegations the province’s Liberals broke the law during the selection of a candidate for the...
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China releases Canadian woman held over spying suspicions; husband still...
BEIJING — China’s Foreign Ministry says a Canadian woman detained with her husband on suspicion of stealing state secrets has been released on bail. Ministry spokesman Hong Lei said Thursday that Julia...
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Sudbury voters go to polls today in hotly-contested provincial byelection
SUDBURY, Ont. — Voters in Sudbury, Ont., head to the polls today in a hotly contested byelection. The race has been overshadowed by criminal allegations against the Liberals and turncoat accusations...
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OPP believe Liberals violated criminal code in Sudbury dealings: reports
TORONTO — Media reports say police believe two Ontario Liberals broke the law by offering a job to an individual in return for having him not run as a candidate in the Sudbury byelection. The...
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Lisa MacLeod withdraws from Ontario Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA — John Baird’s surprise decision to retire from politics was a key factor behind Lisa MacLeod’s withdrawal from the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, the MPP for Nepean-Carleton...
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Saskatchewan Premier, cabinet ministers freeze wages
REGINA — Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall says he and his cabinet ministers are taking a wage freeze to help address revenue challenges brought about by slumping oil prices. Wall says the wage freeze...
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Maher: Physician-assisted dying is a decision too tough for politicians
The nine justices of the Supreme Court of Canada announced Friday that grievously ill Canadians will have the right to end their lives with the assistance of a physician, the latest in a series of...
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Lisa MacLeod withdraws from Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA — John Baird’s surprise decision to retire from politics was a key factor behind Lisa MacLeod’s withdrawal from the Ontario Progressive Conservative leadership race, the MPP for Nepean-Carleton...
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Coyne: Liberals buy into Adams’s lack of Tory support
The chief ingredient for success in Canadian politics, it is every day more apparent, is a bottomless capacity for self-humiliation. Some jobs require an ability to do things that other people can’t...
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Stephen Harper focused on coming election; Justin Trudeau trips up with Eve...
Stephen Harper has had a fine old week. Which is curious, considering he’s newly short one experienced and skilled foreign minister, one Toronto suburban MP and one formerly devoted retainer, with...
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Sun News’ Ezra Levant on ‘Fox News North’
Sun News’ Ezra Levant believes there’s still a place for ‘Fox News North’, even after the death of the Sun News Network. “I say there is still hope for a contrarian, conservative, irreverent, fun to...
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Federal and Ontario governments pay for study on how to ignite the Ring of Fire
TORONTO — Some of Canada’s most remote and impoverished First Nations communities isolated within northern Ontario’s so called Ring of Fire region are getting funding to conduct a study on how to open...
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Quebec to go it alone after Supreme Court orders end to gun-registry data
OTTAWA — Political and legal faultlines separated the Harper Conservatives from the federal Liberals and Quebec on Friday after the Supreme Court of Canada ordered the destruction of the province’s gun...
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New Windsor-Detroit bridge to be named after Gordie Howie
DETROIT — A planned $2.1 billion bridge connecting Detroit and Windsor, Ont., will be named after hockey great Gordie Howe. Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder and Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made the...
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Canada’s first TV debate was also a headache
By Jennifer Ditchburn OTTAWA — The Tories walk away from the election debate negotiations, the Liberals make a set of demands to suit their leader, and the smaller parties balk at being shut out. That...
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The spin cycle
Imagine Stephen Harper or Thomas Mulcair as Stuart Little, the talking mouse from E.B. White’s classic children’s novel who pretends to be “king of the world.” This isn’t a PR agency’s vision for a new...
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