Canada

Replacing Phoenix pay system cheaper than fixing its mess will be, PBO reports

OTTAWA - The cost of a new pay system for federal civil servants should pale in comparison to the cost of stabilizing the failed Phoenix system, says a new report from Parliament's spending watchdog. ...

May 18, 2019

Canada issues tender to bring back trash but misses Duterte's May 15 deadline

OTTAWA - The Liberal MP who chairs a parliamentary friendship group between Canada and the Philippines says the ongoing garbage war between the two countries is both embarrassing and unlikely to end s...

May 18, 2019

Secularism bill a 'sexist' attack on women's bodies: Quebec federation of women

MONTREAL - Quebec's secularism bill is a frontal attack on women's rights and primarily targets Muslims, the head of a major feminist organization said Thursday during the final day of legislative hea...

May 18, 2019

Canada introducing digital charter to combat hate speech, misinformation

PARIS - Canada intends to introduce a new digital charter to combat hate speech, misinformation and online electoral interference, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told a technology confer...

May 18, 2019

Feds 'deeply concerned' by China's arrests of Canadians Kovrig, Spavor

OTTAWA - China's arrests of two Canadians are alarming foreign partners much more deeply than leaders in Beijing realize, says one of Canada's former ambassadors to the People's Republic. "I don't thi...

May 18, 2019

In the news today, May 16

Six stories in the news for Thursday, May 16 --- TRUMP PARDONS CONRAD BLACK FOR FRAUD CONVICTION U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper pub...

May 18, 2019

Provinces asking feds for $138 million to help buy out flooded properties

OTTAWA - Flood-ravaged provinces are asking the federal government to provide almost $138 million to move or buy out homeowners affected by previous years' inundations, according to new data that give...

May 18, 2019

Liberals re-elected with minority government in Newfoundland and Labrador vote

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Voters in Newfoundland and Labrador registered their frustration with traditional politics Thursday by reducing the incumbent Liberals to minority status - a rare event in the ...

May 18, 2019

Trump pardons Conrad Black for 2007 fraud conviction in U.S.

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump has granted a full pardon to Conrad Black, a former newspaper publisher who has written a flattering political biography of Trump. In a release Wednesday, Whit...

May 17, 2019

Ottawa set to award contract to build two ferries to Quebec's Davie shipyard

MONTREAL - Quebec's Davie shipyard is in line to receive a contract for the construction of two East Coast ferries, the federal government announced Friday. Ottawa will issue an Advance Contract Award...

May 17, 2019