Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 21:48
OTTAWA - The most bitter spring sitting of parliament since Stephen Harper's Conservatives came to power more than seven years ago has ended with a rare piece of agreement — unanimous consent to adjou
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 19:39
OTTAWA - A Postmedia News and Ottawa Citizen investigation exposing the use of "robocalls" to mislead and harass voters during the 2011 federal election campaign has won the 2012 Michener Award.
As a
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 19:18
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 18:37
QUEBEC - The Quebec government is spending $500,000 to create a committee to examine wasteful spending by the federal government.
The pro-independence Parti Quebecois government wants to examine how
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 18:23
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 17:15
OTTAWA - Conservative attacks against Justin Trudeau's paid public speaking career have boomeranged into questions about the propriety of using the Prime Minister's Office to fire off purely partisan
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 17:01
MONTREAL - The Crown has withdrawn domestic violence charges against ex-NHL star Vincent Damphousse.
The prosecution announced today that it has withdrawn six charges of simple assault against the ex
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 16:51
OTTAWA - A Senate committee recommends the RCMP amend its code of conduct to explicity define and prohibit harassment.
Currently the behaviour is dealt with under the umbrella of disgraceful conduct.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 16:36
OTTAWA - A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operations in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces.
According to internal defence department documents, the deploym
Tuesday, June 18, 2013 - 16:35
GENEVA - The last day of Ahmad Mokaled's short life dawned on a sunny spring February morning in the southern Lebanon town of Nabatieh.
Feb. 12, 1999, was Ahmad's fifth birthday.
