Trudeau pitches 10-year health-care deal with $46B in new spending
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday the government is prepared to increase health-care spending by an eye-popping $196.1 billion over the next decade — a...
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Canada is picking up the political radicalization bug from the U.S., new report warns
A U.S.-based research group that specializes in gauging geopolitical risk says Canada is showing signs of the same political contagion and polarization that has afflicted...
Hockey Canada to make financial statements public after backlash over sexual assault settlements
Hockey Canada says it will release its audited financial statements following a public outcry over its use of controversial reserve funds that could be employed to settle...
Ministerial staff shared info about soldiers’ role in self-styled ‘Freedom Convoy’
Emails released through a public inquiry suggest federal Liberal political aides were scrambling earlier this year to figure out the extent to which members of...
Trudeau announces $62.5 million in funding for Saskatchewan First Nation rocked by stabbings
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is visiting a First Nation in Saskatchewan that was rocked by a deadly stabbing rampage nearly three months ago....
Explainer: Emergencies Act inquiry — what’s been said, what happens next
Government ministers are among the final witnesses giving evidence on the decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end the Ottawa convoy protests. Here’s a...
Military bans members on trial from wearing uniforms, medals in civilian court
Canada’s military is banning its members facing criminal charges from wearing their uniforms and medals in civilian court while defending themselves....
Alberta mayor felt then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring ‘domestic terrorists,’ texts show
The mayor of a southern Alberta village where a protest against COVID-19 restrictions closed lanes to the U.S. last winter believed then-premier Jason Kenney was ignoring the...
Judge rules Doug Ford immune from testifying at Emergencies Act inquiry
A Federal Court judge has ruled that Ontario Premier Doug Ford and Deputy Premier Sylvia Jones will not have to testify at the Emergencies Act inquiry in...
Money flowed to convoy protesters through envelopes of cash, cryptocurrency campaign, inquiry hears
Millions of dollars raised by the self-styled “Freedom Convoy” was either returned to donors or is still tied up in court — but thousands of...