Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, who faced controversy over claims to Indigenous ancestry, withdraws from Order of Canada
Prominent scholar and former judge Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond has been dropped from the Order of Canada....
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As Alberta threatens to pull out of CPP, Freeland calls a meeting with other finance ministers
Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Tuesday she would convene a meeting with her provincial and territorial counterparts later this week to discuss Alberta’s proposal to...
Ottawa says lawyers don’t deserve $80 million for First Nation child welfare settlement
Ottawa wants to pay class action lawyers roughly half the amount they’re requesting in legal fees for a multi-billion dollar First Nations child welfare compensation...
Did Trudeau just undermine his signature climate policy, or save it?
On paper, economists generally agree that a price on carbon has to be an integral part of any plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. In...
Accused RCMP leaker asked colleague to compile top-secret report on organized crime, jury hears
Former RCMP intelligence director Cameron Ortis asked a subordinate to compile a top-secret report on criminal organizations’ use of encrypted phones about a year before prosecutors...
Canada’s chief accessibility officer takes Air Canada, airlines to task after wheelchair delay
Canada’s chief accessibility officer is taking airlines to task for failing to treat wheelchair users with respect after Air Canada forgot last week to bring...
Permanent residency backlog persists despite progress, AG report says
A new report from the auditor general of Canada released Thursday warns that while progress has been made, the federal government must improve how it...
Judge grants more freedom to repatriated Canadian who married notorious ISIS fighter
The Ontario Court of Justice has granted more freedom to a Canadian woman repatriated in April from northeastern Syria who was married to a notorious...
Trudeau attacks pitch to take Alberta out of CPP in open letter to Danielle Smith
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has sent an open letter to Alberta Premier Danielle Smith calling her plan to pull Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan...
Evacuations from Israel underway as military shuttles Canadians to Greece
Canadian military flights evacuating citizens, permanent residents and their families from Israel began Thursday, says Defence Minister Bill Blair....