OTTAWA — It’s good to be Jason Kenney’s friend, especially if you’re running in an election for his party. The Conservative from Alberta, and former cabinet minister, sits in one of the wealthiest Conservative ridings in the country with a local war chest that dwarfs many of his colleagues. ThatRead More

KENORA, Ont. – Provincial police say the body of a missing First Nations girl has been found near where she was last seen late last week in Kenora, Ont. They say Azraya Kokopenace left Lake of the Woods District Hospital in Kenora late Friday night and was seen entering aRead More

MONTREAL — Former federal cabinet minister Jean Lapierre was remembered Saturday in Montreal as a loyal family man and as a gifted communicator who shared his passion for politics with everyday people. Several hundred family members, friends and dignitaries came to attend a religious service for the ex-political commentator andRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s former ombudsman is suing for wrongful dismissal, alleging Premier Kathleen Wynne and the Liberals “orchestrated” his removal from public office because he was so critical of them. Andre Marin served for two five-year terms and as the second was set to expire last year, he waged aRead More

WATERLOO, Ont. — Self-described geek Justin Trudeau seized an opportunity with both hands Friday to deliver an impromptu lesson on quantum computing to some of the country’s smartest theoretical physicists — and possibly some not-so-smart reporters. Speaking at the Perimeter Institute, where he was making a funding announcement, the primeRead More

LONDON, Ont. — Amnesty International is raising red flags about the sale of Canadian-made armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia, but Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sticking to the deal, saying a contract is a contract. Amnesty says it is worried that Canadian armour sold to the Saudis earlier may haveRead More

OTTAWA — Stephen Poloz talks like a man who’s had a weight lifted off his shoulders. Eight years after the financial crisis, the Bank of Canada governor believes much of the pressure that pushed world toward a second Great Depression remains present — and that central banks need help toRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says his visit to a remote First Nations community in the midst of a suicide crisis was just as devastating as the years he spent as a doctor in war zones around the world. Eric Hoskins travelled on Wednesday to Attawapiskat, where dozens of youthRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government has introduced a long-awaited and controversial new law spelling out the conditions in which seriously ill or dying Canadians may seek medical help to end their lives. The legislation says there should be a choice of medically assisted death “for adults who are suffering intolerablyRead More

TORONTO — Ontario’s health minister says his visit to a remote First Nations community in the midst of a suicide crisis was just as devastating as the years he spent as a doctor in war zones around the world. Eric Hoskins travelled on Wednesday to Attawapisakat, where dozens of youthRead More