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Ontario Appoints Special Advisor for Climate Change, Creates Climate Action Group Province Taking Action on Climate Change Ontario has appointed John Godfrey as special advisor for climate change and appointed him as chair of the government's new climate action group. Godfrey will provide...

CSIS = ISIS Canada linked to ISIS recruiting Canada's embassy in Jordan is linked in news reports to an unfolding international terrorism and spy scandal. The federal government refused to comment Friday on multiple Turkish media reports that a foreign spy, alleged to be working for Canadian...

Health Canada licensing of natural remedies 'a joke' Popular over-the-counter remedies, approved by Health Canada as "safe and effective," may be supported by little to no scientific evidence that the products work, an investigation by CBC’s Marketplace reveals. Canadians spend $2.4 billion a...

Harper’s niqab comments inspire snarky Twitter hashtag: #DressCodePM Stephen Harper shared his thoughts on whether women should be allowed to wear niqabs at Canadian citizenship ceremonies, and now Twitter users are sharing theirs too. In fact, so many people have tweeted responses to the...

Alberta’s new stand on gay-straight alliances makes for ‘historic’ day Alberta has vaulted to the forefront of Canada’s debates on sexuality and gender expression, Premier Jim Prentice said on Tuesday evening after MLAs quickly passed legislation that ended a debate on gay support clubs that...

Mike Duffy trial subpoenas former Sun News host Ezra Levant Ezra Levant and Sen. Mike Duffy have appeared on each other's talk shows over the years — now they'll both be featured in one of the year's most-watched courtroom dramas. Mike Duffy's travel to Conservative MPs' events probed by RCMP...

Andrew Coyne: Imperious Conservatives and runaway Supreme Court set to collide Between an imperious federal government and a runaway Supreme Court, we are headed for a legal and constitutional imbroglio. The Harper government, it is widely observed, has taken with increasing frequency, if not...

He's the former Governor of the Bank of Canada. Mark Carney defends Bank of England over climate change study Climate change is one of the biggest risks facing the insurance industry, the governor of the Bank of England has said after a former Conservative chancellor dismissed a study on...

Canada commits 'grave violation' of rights of aboriginal women: UN report UN committee joins chorus of critics calling for national inquiry on missing and murdered indigenous women A United Nations committee has joined the chorus of critics who say Canada should establish a national inquiry...

Cpl. Stuart Langridge's suicide mishandled by military, report finds A Military Police Complaints Commission report on the investigations into the suicide of Cpl. Stuart Langridge details a list of errors and failures by the Canadian Forces National Investigation Service, including a decision...

Justin Trudeau to speak on Canadian liberty, politics of fear Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is set to give a speech in Toronto on Canadian liberty and the politics of fear. His speech in downtown Toronto is part of the 20th anniversary celebrations of the McGill Institute for the Study of...

Financial Post is funded by Liberals confirmed Canada’s current account numbers are awful — and it’s all because of oil | Financial Post OTTAWA — Canada’s current account deteriorated faster than expected in the fourth quarter to $13.92 billion from $9.60 billion in the third, mostly due to...

Professors, doctors among supporters of Omar Khadr's bail application TORONTO -- Professors, doctors, businessmen and even a former senior member of the U.S. military have put their names -- and reputations -- on the line to support the bail application of a man the Canadian government and...

Wynne’s plan to combat sexual violence is bold and hopeful Brenda Cossman is a professor of law at the University of Toronto. Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne announced on Friday her government’s new three-year plan to combat sexual violence. Entitled “It’s Never Okay”, the initiative has...

Minister: Vote For Trudeau And Get His Father's Policies OTTAWA - Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is bent on emulating the policies of his father and will wind up destabilizing national unity, says Conservative junior cabinet minister Maxime Bernier. Bernier launched a lengthy attack against...

Whities & Brown People According to a Conservative MP, it makes no sense to pay “whities” to stay home while companies bring in brown people. New Brunswick's John Williamson was also once a communications director for Prime Minister Stephen Harper. THE QUOTE Williamson was at the Manning...

Low oil prices push up Canadian trade deficit to near record OTTAWA - Canada's trade deficit in January more than doubled to a near-record $2.45 billion, Statistics Canada said on Friday, amid a slump in oil prices that has crimped the resource-dependent economy. The deficit - considerably...

Does it really have to be spelled out in black and white for people to realize something so obvious? Killer's video now a Tory propaganda weapon Since his attack on Ottawa last Oct. 22, Michael Zehaf-Bibeau has become the chilling face of Canadian homegrown terrorism. A widely published...

Respect for tha taxpayer fo sho John Tory says he is “furious” over $400 million budget overrun on Spadina subway expansion TORONTO- Mayor John Tory blames the Rob Ford administration for the Spadina subway expansion going millions of dollars beyond its budget. “The matter of huge repeated...

Majority of Americans now support marijuana legalization, survey shows Pot prohibition is going up in smoke. A majority of Americans support the legalization of marijuana for the first time in recent history, according to a new survey. Researchers asked 1,680 people whether they thought...