Calgary, Wildrose Party Leader Brian Jean is reaching out to PC supporters to help prevent voters from, in his words, “accidentally” electing an NDP majority in Tuesday’s election. Jean told reporters at a campaign stop in Calgary that only the Wildrose can prevent NDP Leader Rachel Notley from winning theRead More

Ottawa, Mike Duffy’s trial is taking a short detour this week as the Crown and defence haggle over a piece of evidence, and how much weight the judge should accord it. Ontario Justice Charles Vaillancourt is hearing arguments about whether a particular Senate committee report can be considered fact forRead More

Ottawa, Elections Canada has announced three federal byelections to fill vacant seats in the House of Commons — but the date set is the same for the next expected general federal election. A statement by Elections Canada said it issued three writs this afternoon for a trio of Oct. 19 byelectionsRead More

Detroit, Geological experts say a small earthquake centred in southwestern Michigan has been felt around the state, other parts of the Upper Midwest and in southern Ontario. The U.S. Geological Survey says the 4.2-magnitude temblor was recorded shortly after noon Saturday. Its epicentre was about 14 kilometres southeast of Kalamazoo.Read More

ERBIL, Iraq — Stephen Harper got to see the no man’s land of northern Iraq on Saturday as questions emerged about whether Canadian special forces soldiers have curtailed trips to the frontline in the aftermath of a friendly fire death almost two months ago. The prime minister said he wasn’tRead More

Toronto,  Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston are welcoming the birth of a princess in London. Royal officials say the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge’s daughter “was safely delivered” Saturday morning, less than three hours after checking into St. Mary’s Hospital. The newborn’s name wasn’t immediately announced butRead More

Toronto, The federal government says Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response Team will be deployed immediately to earthquake-stricken Nepal. Officials say DART members from Canadian Forces Base Trenton will be heading to Nepal, along with civilian political and humanitarian personnel from Foreign Affairs. The day after last week’s earthquake, Canada deployed theRead More

Toronto, Running for the leadership of Ontario’s Progressive Conservatives is something Christine Elliot says her late husband, former finance minister Jim Flaherty, would have wanted her to do. “I feel sure that he would have been happy with my decision,” the provincial Tory member from Whitby, Ont., said when sheRead More

Toronto, Ontario’s minister of community and social services can’t say whether the government will have to shell out more money to fix a support payment system that has already cost the province an additional $29 million. The Social Assistance Management System, which is responsible for welfare and disability support payments,Read More

Ottawa, The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled a B.C. man can use the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to pursue a lawsuit after being wrongly imprisoned for 27 years for several sexual assaults he did not commit. The landmark ruling clarifies the circumstances under which criminal prosecutors could beRead More