Canada offered refuge to British envoy after embassy attack in Iran
Canadian embassy staff offered to shelter a member of the British ambassador’s household after Iranians stormed the British embassy in 2011, documents reveal.
View ArticleRob Ford: Jason Kenney says mayor must resign
Employment Minister Jason Kenney condemns Rob Ford and calls on the Toronto mayor to step aside and spare the city more “embarrassment.”
View ArticleSenate scandal: RCMP says it’s investigating Nigel Wright, Mike Duffy for...
The RCMP says it is investigating Sen. Mike Duffy and Nigel Wright for corruption offences related to the $90,000 senate expense repayment deal.
View ArticleRCMP allege PMO involvement in Mike Duffy Senate scandal
Scandal sure to dominate question period on Wednesday. But Prime Minister won't be in the Commons. He is visiting Lac-Megantic.
View ArticleSenate scandal: Memo reveals PMO frustration with Senate
Memo to Prime Minister Stephen Harper from senior staff lays out need for the PMO to exert greater control over Senate affairs.
View ArticleLiberal Senator Colin Kenny faces sexual harassment investigation
Sen. Colin Kenny has stepped down from the Liberal caucus amidst an allegation he sexually harassed an assistant in his office.
View ArticleSenate scandal: Stephen Harper’s explanations defy belief, opposition MPs say
Stephen Harper’s claims that he was in the dark for months about the “criminal acts” run out of his office in the controversy over Sen. Mike Duffy’s expenses defy belief, opposition MPs charged Monday.
View ArticleAuditor general’s report: Federal government failing on rail oversight
The auditor general's report takes aim at rail safety, in particular “safety management systems,” an initiative that puts most of the responsibility on individual rail firms for the safety of their...
View ArticleAuditor general’s report: Online services get failing grade
The federal government’s online services are dated and hard to navigate, auditor general Michael Ferguson finds.
View ArticleInstant messaging ban urged for government BlackBerrys
Information commissioner Suzanne Legault says instant messages are automatically deleted meaning Canadians can’t request them under the Access to Information Act.
View ArticleTories stay mum on U.S. spy role in Canada
Defence Minister Rob Nicholson refuses to comment on revelations that Ottawa allowed a U.S. spy agency to conduct surveillance during 2010 G20 summit.
View ArticleSenate scandal: New emails turn up in Duffy-Wright affair
Former PMO legal adviser Benjamin Perrin’s emails have been found — almost three months after RCMP demanded them.
View ArticleFrankly, Brazeau’s a reporter
Patrick Brazeau now a freelance journalist for Frank magazine
View ArticleTop Canadian general urges troops to get help
Spate of possible suicides prompts Prime Minister Stephen Harper and top general to appeal to soldiers to get help for mental health issues
View ArticleNelson Mandela thanked Brian Mulroney for Canada’s anti-apartheid pressure
Jailed ANC leader Nelson Mandela thanked Canadians for pressuring South Africa to drop its racist apartheid policies.
View ArticleParliament employees face lifetime ban on revealing information
Staff working in MPs offices are now required to sign agreements pledging a lifetime oath of silence about their work.
View ArticleControversial lifetime gag order on MPs’ staff will be reviewed
A lifetime gag order that muzzles employees working for Members of Parliament is going back to the drawing board for possible revision after acknowledgment it might have gone “too far.
View ArticleCanadian military faces wave of mental health cases, warns report
Canada’s military could be overwhelmed by a spike in new cases, and an activist fears financial worries will only add to the stress.
View ArticleNorthern Gateway: Oil pipeline wins one battle but long war looms
A review panel is recommending that the proposed Northern Gateway pipeline that would connect the Alberta oilsands to tankers on the B.C. coast go ahead.
View ArticleCanadian troops mark last holiday in Afghanistan
Canada’s military mission in Afghanistan is in its final months and soldiers are packing up after helping train Afghans to handle their own security.
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