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The Trudeau Liberals used their parliamentary majority Tuesday to defeat an NDP motion on closing a loophole that allowed Finance Minister Bill Morneau to retain close control over a significant stake in his family company even as he ran a department with power to affect the fortunes of Morneau...

The recall applies to dishwasher models from several companies — Bosch, Thermador, Gaggenau, Kenmore, and Jenn-Air. The issue, according to Health Canada, stems from the appliances’ power cords. The kitchen appliances were sold between January 2013 and May 2015 through several outlets...

The federal government will announce plans to boost payments made to families under the Canada child benefit program on Tuesday, CBC News has learned. Multiple sources, speaking to CBC News and Radio-Canada on the condition of anonymity, said the government will foreshadow the increase in the...

used in sandblasting The family of an man who died from his nut allergy while working at an Edmonton fire hall wants to warn others about the dangers of airborne nut particles in places you wouldn’t expect. On Oct. 2, Justin Mathews went to work at the Rossdale fire station. He was there to...

Remember who Browder is: He is the financier whose lawyer was Sergei Magnitsky, who became a prisoner of the Russian state and was tortured to death — real slow. Thereafter, Browder dedicated himself to the cause of justice in Russia. In 2012, the U.S. Congress passed the Magnitsky Act, which...

Health groups joined forces on Sunday with the Conservative opposition to accuse the Liberal government of trying to raise tax revenue on the backs of vulnerable diabetics. The accusation opened a new front in the ongoing opposition-waged war on government taxation policy, amid the backdrop of...

Afghan soldiers and police brought to the United States for training go “absent without leave” at far higher rates than those of any other country, potentially imperilling efforts to assist Afghan security forces, a U.S. watchdog said on Friday. Of the 320 foreign military trainees who left...

Sounds like something gypsys would do....... Spanish police on Friday said they identified some 800 British tourists suspected of making fake food poisoning claims to win compensation after visiting Spain's Balearic Islands on holidays. At least 77 law firms allegedly used by the identified...

A group of anti-Trudeau protesters and anti-racism counter-demonstrators clashed in Toronto on Saturday. According to organizers, the anti-Trudeau protest was planned as a means of expressing displeasure with the Liberal government’s tax policies, spending and controversial multi-million...

Turns out that for five years Niger has been a toe in the expanding American footprint in Africa, and has become a hub of U.S. military activity (about 800 soldiers are serving as advisors and training local forces there now) and, according to Nick Turse, the location of a brand new $100 million...

I kept getting a message that my Local IP was not corr4ect and something about LAN. I tried calling Rogers and all you get is a recording telling you to reboot your modem, but never an option to talk to a live agent. I did what they suggested 3 times and nothing. Finally I left a 'call back'...

A new report based on the Panama Papers reveals how Africa's politicians, generals and business leaders are systematically siphoning off billions of dollars and parking the money offshore. The investigative report, "The Plunder Route to Panama", highlights how Africa's leaders are doing more...

The gap, said Martin, was partly because Canada’s system was designed in the 1960s, when prescription medication was less of a focus for care. Today Canadians, however, face the second-highest drug costs in the industrialised world, after Americans. And they are forced to cover those costs...

You military people will have to pick it out for me as I have no idea........ U.S. Army Sgt. La David Johnson (killed in Niger) proudly wears his Canadian Parachutist Badge. Johnson trained with Canadian special forces, earned the prestigious badge, and served alongside Canadians in multiple...

Canadian Heritage Minister Melanie Joly seemingly put the prospect of an Internet tax to bed when she launched her Creative Canada report last month. Throughout the year-and-a-half consultation, there were persistent rumours that an Internet tax was being considered as a mechanism to help fund...

Russia says passing of Magnitsky law causes 'irreparable damage' to Russia-Canada relations The so-called Magnitsky Act, the Justice for Victims of Corrupt Foreign Officials Act or Bill S-226. It allows the Canadian government to impose sanctions and travel bans on foreign officials...

It’s been nearly two decades since Wayne Gretzky last decked out opponents in the NHL, but on Monday night, VIPs at a charity function in Hamilton claim ‘The Great One’ pulled a fast one on them. VIP attendees paid between $999 and $1499 for tickets which also promised a photo with Canada’s...

Sad story indeed........ Three people in Fernie, B.C., have died from possible exposure to ammonia after emergency crews were called to the Fernie Memorial Arena for reports of an ammonia leak just before noon on Tuesday. WorkSafeBC says it's believed the three were workers at the arena. In...

The difference between official estimates and the measured results suggests the province’s energy industry could have to double its planned methane emission cuts if Alberta is to meet its promised 45 per cent reduction. “A lot of eyes are going to be really wide when they see the comparison,”...

After a lifetime of involvement with the far-right Kevin Wilshaw announces on Channel 4 News that he is leaving the movement – at the same time publicly coming out as gay. The well known National Front organiser in the 1980s was still active in white supremacist groups earlier this year –...