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Germany to reject EU-Canada trade deal BERLIN — Germany is to reject a multi-billion free trade deal between the European Union and Canada which is widely seen as a template for a bigger agreement with the United States, a leading German paper reported. Citing diplomats in Brussels, the...

Oh, the things Stephen Harper’s powerful backroom masters make him say Photo illustration by Lauren Cattermole It’s a bit early to declare a winner for the Most Inadvertently Hilarious Moment of the Summer in Canadian Politics, but I’m making the call anyway: Come fetch your prize, Stephen...

When Harper Killed the Census He Robbed Canadians An ad in the Globe and Mail reveals the extent of harm the Harper Conservatives have inflicted on Statistics Canada. Because of poor quality, Statistics Canada is not releasing data at finer spatial scales because the Harper Conservatives killed...

Canada drops out of top 10 most developed countries list Canada has slipped out of the top 10 countries listed in the annual United Nation's human development index — a far cry from the 1990s when it held the first place for most of the decade. The 2013 report, which reviews a country's...

Liberals open up wide lead on Conservatives Strong Liberal majority in the cards TORONTO JULY 19th, 2014 – In a random sampling of public opinion taken by the Forum Poll™ among 1624 Canadian voters, the Liberals have opened up a convincing 16 point lead on the Conservatives (44% to 28%)...

Obamacare Has Helped Americans Save Nearly $2 Billion On Their Insurance Premiums Millions of Americans can expect to get a refund from their insurance companies this year, at an average of about $80 dollars per family, thanks to a little-known Obamacare provision that’s helping people save...

Ottawa tells Oxfam to stop trying to prevent poverty OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency has told a charity that it can no longer try to prevent poverty around the world, it can only alleviate poverty — because preventing poverty might benefit people who are not already poor. The bizarre...

More than half of Ontario bees died during harsh winter More than half of Ontario's bees did not survive the winter, according to a new report that has the province's beekeepers' group very concerned. About 58 per cent of Ontario bees died during what was an especially long winter, while other...

No more booty calls for Harper. Axed: Australia backpedals on climate change Working out a way to deal with climate change by cutting carbon emissions has long tied Australia in political knots. The country relies so much on coal and other fossil fuels for its energy that it is one of the...

Ontario will bill Ottawa $2 million for refugee health costs Ontario is sending Ottawa the bill for the $2 million the province will spend this year on basic medical services for refugees, says Health Minister Eric Hoskins. Bolstered by a Federal Court decision earlier this month that said...

NHL warns hockey’s future threatened by climate change The NHL is calling climate change a threat to the future of the game of hockey. “Before many of our players ever took their first stride on NHL ice, they honed their skills on the frozen lakes and ponds of North America and Europe,” NHL...

Ontario Liberals dodge credit-rating downgrade from Standard and Poor’s A major credit-rating agency is warning Ontario must do more to either control spending or jack up revenues if it hopes to get its budget back to balance. Standard & Poor’s on Monday opted to leave the province’s rating...

How to make city mayors ‘responsible’ If Toronto Mayor Rob Ford were a premier, he would be out of office. Why would he be out of office? Because at the provincial and federal levels of government in Canada, we have what is called “responsible government.” If the elected leader of a...

Canadians at odds with Harper gov’t priorities: Finance Canada report OTTAWA — Public-opinion research for the federal Finance Department suggests key government policies are out of step with Canadians’ priorities, including the Northern Gateway project. Members of focus groups consulted prior...

‘Trippy’ care room a sensory playground for hospital patients VICTORIA—Marya Brown twirls a lighted fibre cable above her head at least twice a week. She says it reminds her of her teenage years when she held up lighters in darkened arenas during encores at rock concerts. Brown, 61, is...

What a dictator eh? Obama’s LGBT executive order will not provide religious exemption President Obama, resisting calls from several prominent faith leaders, will not include a new exemption for religiously affiliated government contractors when he issues an executive order Monday barring...

I'm pretty sure Colpy said he would consider going green at some point. Elizabeth May backs Green Party motion condemning 'illegal' Israeli settlements Green Party Leader Elizabeth May has no plans to pull her endorsement of a motion that would see the party "fully condemn all illegal...

Fire at the Bonduelle plant in Tecumseh MONTREAL, July 18, 2014 /CNW Telbec/ - Bonduelle Canada confirms that a fire was reported in its Ontario Tecumseh plant around 2:00 am last night. There are no casualties registered. Upon arrival on the site, Bonduelle Canada executives are schedule to...

I refused to play the Conservatives’ fiscal game. So should Wynne Critics on the right are now claiming that Kathleen Wynne’s Ontario government is on the road to fiscal rack and ruin – that it could, in one commentator’s words, push Ontario “back to the Bob Rae years.” That provokes these...

Well there you have it. OTTAWA – The Bank of Canada says the economy is not doing as well as expected and will likely need stimulative monetary policy to stay in place for longer than previously thought to create the conditions for a sustainable recovery. In a mostly dovish monetary policy...