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Ottawa approves Conrad Black’s request to live in Canada Ottawa is granting former media baron Conrad Black permission to reside in Canada despite the fact he gave up his citizenship more than a decade ago and has since served jail time in Florida for fraud and obstruction of justice...

Veterans win disability clawback challenge A federal court has sided with a group of veterans who sued the government over the way it handles disability group insurance. About 4,500 veterans across Canada joined a class-action lawsuit, claiming the government was...

Peter MacKay as Justice Minister? Wait and See. The talk among many in the defence world in Ottawa is about the fate of Peter MacKay. Will Prime Minister Stephen Harper drop him from his job as defence minister? Various commentators have suggested MacKay will be moved in an expected...

China bests Canada in tackling climate change China is outpacing Canada in determination to tackle climate change and rein in greenhouse gas emissions, says Maurice Strong, a long-time environmentalist and secretary-general of the first global Earth Summit 20 years ago. Mr. Strong – who...

Elizabeth Witmer's Resignation Could Spell The End Of Tim Hudak's Leadership In Ontario Within a year of the 2011 provincial election, the Ontario Liberals could regain their majority government and deal Tim Hudak's Progressive Conservatives a crippling...

Real estate boom brings Toronto budget surplus as high as $270-million Fuelled largely by the city’s surging real estate market, the city of Toronto is anticipating its 2011 budget surplus will be as high as $270-million — almost double the $140-million the city had forecast in October. In...

Conservative cuts put half of Statscan jobs at risk Nearly half of the roughly 5,000 people working at Statistics Canada are being warned that their jobs are at risk, suggesting deep cuts are in store for one of the country’s most trusted sources of information. The notices to staff...

Tories accused of bungling another military purchase A $2-billion procurement contract for about 100 new Close Combat Vehicles for the military has been restarted after the latest bids didn't meet technical requirements, a Conservative MP says. The decision prompted opposition parties to...

Tories blasted over $1-million ‘bread and circuses’ royal tour The Harper government is coming under fire for hosting a new $1-million visit by Prince Charles and Camilla – a royal tour announced even as the Conservatives take the axe to thousands of more jobs in the name of austerity...

Opposition wants Commons speaker given new powers to keep unruly MPs in line OTTAWA - The Opposition says the Speaker of the House of Commons should have more power to crack down on MPs behaving badly. New Democratic Party House...

Conrad Black to be released from prison this week Former media mogul Conrad Black is expected to be released from prison this week in Miami, Fla. The 67-year-old is serving a sentence for fraud and obstruction of justice related to his company, Hollinger. Black's release date is Saturday, but...

A year in, Harper’s lost more ground in majority than two minorities A year after the federal election, Stephen Harper’s Conservatives and Thomas Mulcair’s New Democrats are almost neck-and-neck in national voting intentions. But while the gain for the main opposition party is well within...

Canadian economy shrinks slightly in February Canada's gross domestic product declined by 0.2 per cent in February, which means the country's overall economy contracted. Temporary closures in mining and other industries contributed to the decline, Statistics Canada said Monday. Decreases...

Cuts will drag on economy: report The Canadian economy could grow at a slower pace, and have 108,000 fewer jobs as the federal government cuts more than $5 billion in spending and eliminates the deficit by 2015, according to a report from Parliament's spending watchdog. The economic and...

Ottawa wants to appeal ruling on bawdy houses Canada’s three main prostitution-control laws appear destined for scrutiny by the country’s highest court after the federal government announced Wednesday it wanted to appeal a decision that effectively legalized brothels...

Voters give new meaning to ‘peace, order and good government’ In America, a country with a robust declaration of national character, the people like to tease that Canadians’ ambition is merely “peace, order and good government.” Rather than fighting for liberty or justice for all, we simply...

Massive NDP leads in Quebec, Ontario competitive Two federal polls conducted recently in Quebec by Forum Research and CROP indicate that the New Democrats have not only taken the lead, they are ahead by miles. The CROP poll published by La Presse puts the NDP at a massive 51% - a gain of 22...

Ontario 'priority to get shovels in ground' for LRTs TORONTO - Light-rail transit will go before the provincial cabinet “as quickly as possible” now that Metrolinx has approved the plan, Transportation Minister Bob Chiarelli said Wednesday. “Our priority is to get shovels in the ground and...

Keystone XL Likely Dead Critics of U.S. domestic energy policy are trying to maneuver the Keystone XL oil pipeline past the Oval Office, trumpeting the project as the 21st century version of the New Deal. The project has come to represent growing divisions in domestic energy policy during...

Wildrose to reconsider conscience rights, climate-change policies Danielle Smith, the Wildrose Party’s rookie leader, is prepared to dismantle key parts of her election platform after Albertans kept her right-wing party from forming government. The list of policies she is willing to...