Two years after the government declared it was taking the unprecedented step of moving to confiscate millions of dollars from a Russian oligarch, it has not actually begun the court process to forfeit the money, let alone to hand it over to Ukrainian reconstruction — and it may never happen.
Alberta business and oilpatch leaders are returning home from Washington this week after the U.S. presidential inauguration festivities — and gritting their teeth after a roller-coaster of emotions.
Defence Minister Bill Blair is dismissing calls from his department’s watchdog to offer immediate compensation, and physical and psychological care, to a group of former combat advisers denied health benefits — despite playing a pivotal role in Canada’s Afghanistan military mission, CBC News has learned.
On the second floor of the Château Montebello’s lobby, there are framed photographs commemorating the visits of Ronald Reagan in 1981 for a G7 summit and George W. Bush for a meeting of North American leaders in 2007. Those days — and those presidents — now seem quaint.
The RCMP have charged three men from Quebec with conspiracy for allegedly helping to smuggle people across the border into the United States.
Revival of the project, which would ship oil from Alberta to B.C.’s North Coast, has been floated by Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs.
After reviewing hundreds of documents and listening to hours of testimony, the inquiry probing foreign interference in Canada’s past two federal elections will release its final report on Jan. 28.
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said he is open to replacing the carbon tax he has long defended if Liberal leadership candidates propose new measures to help Canada achieve its climate targets.
As U.S. President Donald Trump toys with slapping massive tariffs on Canadian goods next week, the front-runners vying to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau are both vowing to respond with dollar-for-dollar retaliation.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Canada will hit back at the U.S. if President Donald Trump goes ahead with punishing tariffs on Feb. 1, promising this country will respond in kind with “robust, rapid” and “very strong” retaliatory measures.
