OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the country’s premiers will take the first steps Monday toward reversing Canada’s reputation as an environmental laggard in the international fight against climate change. A gathering of first ministers — the first such meeting in nearly seven years — is not expected toRead More

OTTAWA — A close friend of Mike Duffy is expected to continue his testimony today at the senator’s fraud trial. Over three years Gerald Donohue took in roughly $65,000 in taxpayer money for a variety of contracts, directing the money through a firm owned by his wife and son. HeRead More

It appears unaccompanied men won’t be joining the 25,000 refugees coming into Canada this year. Only women, children and families will be accepted into Canada as part of the federal government’s refugee plan, according to the CBC who cited unnamed sources. According to the report, ongoing security concerns have promptedRead More

Toronto: A new report says Toronto is tops when it comes to youth investment. The “Accelerating Pathways Study” was commissioned by Citi Foundation, the philanthropic branch of Citigroup, and conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit. It compared the economic environment for youth in 35 major cities around the globe across 31Read More

HALIFAX — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan is suggesting CF-18 fighter jets would make little difference in the war against the Islamic State if Canada doesn’t focus completely on its training mission in Iraq. Sajjan fielded more questions today at the Halifax International Security Forum about the Liberal government’s plans toRead More

OTTAWA — The federal government has rebuffed Air Canada’s plea to be compensated for a portion of the more than $100 million the airline says it has spent over the last five years to accommodate gun-toting sky marshals on its flights. Newly released documents show the government dismissed the airline’sRead More

OTTAWA — Even as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with premiers on Monday to discuss climate change and Syrian refugees, provincial finance ministers are already building a federal-provincial agenda of their own. What’s at the top of their list for a meeting with federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau expected nextRead More

HALIFAX — A Turkish Airlines A330 passenger jet that was diverted to Halifax late Saturday night because of a bomb scare has now resumed its flight to Istanbul. Halifax’s Stanfield International Airport confirmed the departure in a Twitter post this morning. RCMP had earlier tweeted that the aircraft and theRead More

MANILA, Philippines — The front-page headline that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau awoke to on Friday in Manila before his return to Canada wasn’t as fawning as others about him in the Philippines. “Apec hottie not so hot on taking back Canadian trash in Tarlac,” said the tiny story in aRead More

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tabbed retired general Andrew Leslie to be the government’s chief whip in the Commons. The whip is in charge of mustering votes in the Commons, although the Liberals have promised that MPs will be free to vote as they please except in criticalRead More