TORONTO — Polls have opened in two provincial byelections in the Liberal stronghold of Ottawa-Vanier and in Niagara West-Glanbrook, the riding held by former Progressive Conservative leader Tim Hudak since 1995. PC Leader Patrick Brown calls Ottawa-Vanier the safest Liberal seat in Ontario, and says if the Tories even comeRead More

OTTAWA — A Canadian warship is helping New Zealanders cope with the aftermath of a 7.8 magnitude quake that left two dead and cut off 700 people in a small coastal town. HMCS Vancouver was in New Zealand waters this week along with warships of other navies to mark theRead More

HAVANA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is scheduled to meet with Cuban activists today, one day after meeting with the Cuban president and talking about governance reforms in the island nation. The roundtable meetings with civil society groups is the start of a day that will see the prime ministerRead More

OTTAWA — The multibillion-dollar effort to replace the navy’s warship fleet is being buffeted by concerns about a potential conflict of interest involving the Halifax company that is leading the project. Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding and British shipbuilder BAE Systems recently announced they have paired together to bid on a $5-billionRead More

OTTAWA – Canada has won the support of Serbia in its bid for a temporary seat on the United Nations Security Council in 2020, even though Canada went to war against it 17 years ago, says the country’s foreign minister. The Security Council campaign is a key pillar of theRead More

  TORONTO — Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives hope to make history Thursday in two byelections, with a teenage candidate in the Niagara area and a former provincial ombudsman trying to take an Ottawa seat from the Liberals. The Tories are expected to hold Niagara West-Glanbrook even with an upstart 19-year-old candidateRead More

TORONTO — A senior Ontario cabinet minister says Canada shouldn’t worry yet about Donald Trump’s campaign rhetoric against NAFTA and other trade agreements. Economic Development Minister Brad Duguid says the U.S. president-elect can’t achieve his economic goals without “vibrant and fluent trade” with Ontario and Canada. Trump promised during theRead More

OTTAWA – Canada’s top soldier Gen. Jonathan Vance says a Canadian Forces hospital is now up and running in northern Iraq and ready to treat anyone who is brought to it — including ISIL fighters. Canada promised the hospital in July in advance of the Iraqi military offensive to retakeRead More

TORONTO — The Canada-U.S. border is unlikely to see any thickening under president-elect Donald Trump despite the Republican’s protectionist campaign rhetoric, former American security czar Tom Ridge said Tuesday. While Trump’s views on Mexican migrants and Syrian refugees appeared to be sharply at odds with Canada’s approach, Ridge said CanadaRead More

OTTAWA — The Liberal government is moving to repeal a law that courts and critics have long said unfairly criminalizes the sexual activity of gay and bisexual men. “Canadians expect their government and their laws to reflect their values,” Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould said Tuesday after tabling legislation to repealRead More