Ethics committee calls for sweeping reforms in wake of WE Charity scandal
A House of Commons committee is proposing a sweeping series of reforms to the way the federal government makes decisions on contracts after releasing a report on…
‘He just felt hopeless,’ widow says after partner went to hospital 3 times in 24 hours before his death
WARNING: This story contains distressing details. The wife of an Indigenous man from Alberta says a B.C. hospital failed to treat him last month when he said…
Renewed calls for Pope to visit Sask. to apologize for residential schools after 2017 effort failed
For a brief period in 2016, Chief Felix Thomas allowed himself to believe that Pope Francis would come to Saskatchewan."We were very hopeful. We thought it was…
MPs call on Nav Canada to give up $7M in bonuses paid out during pandemic
Politicians are calling on executives and management at Nav Canada to pay back $7 million in bonuses they received last year during the pandemic, while the private…
The House: Is it past time Canada had an Indigenous governor general?
The federal cabinet minister leading the search for a new governor general says background checks on the short list of candidates are nearly finished.But Intergovernmental Affairs Minister…
Wealthy KPMG clients continued to dodge taxes for years after CRA detected offshore ‘sham’
After amassing a fortune selling scrap metal in South Africa, Peter Cooper immigrated to Canada in the mid-1990s with his sons Marshall and Richard and their families.They…
Liberal Party triggers ‘electoral urgency’ clause to speed up nominating candidates
The Liberal Party's national campaign co-chairs have declared a "state of electoral urgency," a procedural move that will allow the party to speed up the nomination processes…
Solar windows, shingles and cladding? The building itself is now the solar panel
When you walk through the sun-filled atrium of the Edmonton Convention Centre or glimpse the dramatic sloped roof of the Varennes Library in suburban Montreal, it's not…
Ex-judge releasing review of military justice system rocked by sexual misconduct crisis
In normal times, a review of the military justice system would be an obscure exercise, something of interest only to a select constituency.These are not normal times.…
Mi’kmaq, supporters hold vigil for 215 residential school victims at Sir John A statue
About 80 P.E.I Mi'kmaq and other Indigenous and non-Indigenous supporters gathered in downtown Charlottetown Monday morning at a statue of Sir John A. Macdonald for a vigil…
Opposition pushing Liberals to act following discovery of children’s remains at Kamloops residential school
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to search the grounds of other former residential schools following the discovery of remains of 215 children…