OTTAWA — Energy and Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says part of why he is pitching Canada as a source of critical minerals for the U.S. stems from internal discussions held about President Donald Trump's desire to access Canada's supply, which Wilkinson sees as a possible motivator for his statements on the country becoming its "51st state." Read More

OTTAWA — Buffy Sainte-Marie's Order of Canada has been terminated, with history of her ever having been appointed scrubbed online. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal elections monitoring task force says the Chinese government is linked to a “coordinated and malicious” disparagement campaign against Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland on China’s largest social media platform. Read More

Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of Canadians would like the federal government to pledge its advertising dollars to support domestic news media outlets, a new poll found. Read More

OTTAWA — A month ago, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet was openly talking about the possibility of forming the next Official Opposition in Parliament. Now, polling suggests he might lose seats to the Liberals. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Karina Gould announced Friday she managed to raise the $125,000 due to stay in the race to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as party leader and prime minister.  Read More

Transport Minister Anita Anand and Employment Steve MacKinnon said the overwhelming mood in the country is to stand firm on Canada’s independence, regardless of pressure from Trump’s threatened 25-per-cent tariffs. Read More

OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidates Chrystia Freeland and Karina Gould are promising higher wages to members of the Canadian Armed Forces and to fix Canada’s procurement system to meet NATO’s defence spending commitment by 2027. Read More

OTTAWA — National Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says he expects U.S. President Donald Trump to run into more vocal opposition, including from his fellow Republicans, if he continues to threaten Canada and Mexico with across-the-board tariffs. Read More

OTTAWA — The terms of reference for appointing Canada's first fentanyl czar will be finalized by the end of the week, Public Safety Minister David McGuinty said Thursday, who also committed the government to "absolutely" filling the role by the time the country reaches the end of its 30-day reprieve period from U.S. tariffs. Read More

OTTAWA — The federal government is barring the use of Chinese artificial intelligence startup DeepSeek's chatbot on government devices over "serious privacy concerns" the company can inappropriately collect and retain sensitive data. Read More

OTTAWA — Two federal cabinet ministers and several Liberal MPs have signed their names to a statement condemning as "ethnic cleansing" U.S. President Donald Trump's proposal to relocate Palestinians out of Gaza into neighbouring Arab countries. Read More

OTTAWA – On Thursday morning, their faces basking in the bright blue lights of the Hilton International Ballroom in Washington D.C., House of Commons Speaker Greg Fergus, Green Party leader Elizabeth May, three Alberta ministers and a handful of other Canadian envoys will bow their heads in prayer. Read More

OTTAWA — Provinces that are sending conservation officers and other local authorities to patrol the Canada-U.S. border are setting up what the president of the union representing border officers calls "history's most expensive taxi service," given that anyone caught crossing illegally must ultimately be delivered to border agents. Read More