FREDERICTON — New Brunswick’s Liberal government has fallen after losing a confidence vote on its throne speech today in the provincial legislature. Premier Brian Gallant failed to convince enough opposition members to support his minority government. Gallant said the Liberals would resign right away, giving Tory Leader Blaine Higgs theRead More

TORONTO – American political strategist Steve Bannon is set to defend populism at a debate in Toronto tonight. Critics have already called for a halt to the debate involving the former key aide to U.S. President Donald Trump. They say Bannon’s views fuel hatred of marginalized groups.   Bannon willRead More

OTTAWA – The union representing Canada Post employees says 800 workers have walked off the job in the southwestern Ontario cities of Kitchener and Waterloo as rotating strikes continue across the country. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers says the walkout started Friday just after midnight. CUPW also says workersRead More

HALIFAX — Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says the federal government will purchase a sixth Arctic and offshore patrol vessel for the Royal Canadian Navy. Sajjan says the vessel will be built at Irving Shipbuilding in Halifax. The company is set to deliver the first of the vessels next summer andRead More

OTTAWA – The killings of 11 worshippers inside a Pittsburgh synagogue on the weekend has reframed the prime minister’s plan for an apology on Canada’s decision to close its doors to Jewish refugees during the Holocaust. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is to deliver the apology next week for a federalRead More

MONTREAL – The union representing Canada Post workers says 6,000 members in Montreal walked off the job Monday night as part of its country-wide rotating strikes. The Canadian Union of Postal Workers said the walkout began at 10:30 p.m. local time. Quebec’s largest city joined other locations on strike acrossRead More

OTTAWA – The Canadian Chamber of Commerce has asked for immediate federal funding to stop the spread of the destructive mountain pine beetle as it threatens to spread across the country. Chamber CEO Perrin Beatty says in a letter sent to Natural Resource Minister Amarjeet Sohi that warmer winters haveRead More

TORONTO — A Toronto-area mother who spent three anguished decades wondering whether her son was alive or dead said their recent, happy reunion should offer hope to other families grappling with the pain of missing a child. Lyneth Mann-Lewis said the story-book ending to her long, painful tale of separationRead More

MONTREAL – Jewish communities and citizens across Canada gathered together over the weekend to commemorate the victims of the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting and condemn what one rabbi described as “an outrageous act of evil.” Vigils and rallies were organized in a number of Canadian cities, including Montreal, Ottawa, Halifax andRead More

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called a byelection for the Ontario riding of Leeds–Grenville–Thousand Islands and Rideau Lakes, as tensions increase in the New Democrat camp over when a byelection will be called for B.C.’s Burnaby South. Voters in the Ontario riding will head to the polls onRead More