Harper to announce Muskrat Falls deal in Labrador

Prime Minister Stephen Harper will be in Labrador on Friday to announce the finalization of a loan guarantee for the huge Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project, CBC News has learned. The planned dam and power-generating station will generate electricity...

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EU 'very close' to an 'ambitious' trade deal with Canada

The European Union is "very close" to an "ambitious" free-trade deal with Canada, its trade commissioner said Thursday, with negotiations still seemingly needed on agriculture and investor protections, among other issues. European Trade Commissioner...

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Chris Hall: What should be Canada's role in the Middle East?

When Canada's John Baird took to the podium at the UN Thursday to condemn the vote elevating the Palestinian Authority to a non-member observer state, it was a message few in the chamber wanted to hear. The General Assembly, after all, was just moments...

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Critics ask why Canada learned about spy from U.S.

Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle, who pleaded guilty to espionage, is escorted from provincial court in Halifax. He worked as an intelligence officer in a top secret facility. (Andrew Vaughan/Canadian Press) The news that Sub-Lt Jeffrey Delisle, the Canadian...

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Canada to review 'full range' of relations with Palestinians

Canada is temporarily recalling its heads of mission to Israel and the West Bank, along with its United Nations representatives in New York and Geneva, to protest the Palestinians' successful bid on Thursday for upgraded status in the UN. Foreign Affairs...

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Trudeau admits comments may have affected Calgary byelection

Liberal Justin Trudeau says negative comments he made about Alberta two years ago may have "hindered a little bit" his party's chances in the Calgary Centre byelection. But in an interview on CBC Radio's The House with Evan Solomon he said he helped...

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Baird going to UN to oppose Palestinian statehood bid

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says he'll travel to New York Thursday and will oppose any "unilateral" move by the Palestinian Authority for statehood at the United Nations. The UN General Assembly is set to consider the matter Thursday, a year...

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Company censured for Tory calls to Montreal Liberal riding

A company working for the Conservative Party has been censured by its industry body over calls made to voters in Liberal MP Irwin Cotler's Montreal riding. But the censure decision also provides a way for its members to use similar tactics, as long...

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The Nanos Number: Changing population means changing politics

Nik Nanos digs beneath the numbers with CBC Power & Politics host Evan Solomon to get to the political, economic and social forces that shape our lives. This week: How will changing demographics affect long-term political strategies? Three byelections...

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Navy spy Delisle's top secret security check was overdue

Canada's most active spy might have been caught almost a year sooner if the military and CSIS had followed their own mandatory security check rules, documents obtained by CBC News show. And Sub-Lt. Jeffrey Paul Delisle might still be swapping secrets...

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Calgary byelection a primer for vote splitting

In a textbook case of vote splitting, Conservative candidate Joan Crockatt won the federal byelection in Calgary Centre Monday night with 36.9 per cent of the vote, 21 points below the 57.7 per cent victory of the former Conservative MP who resigned...

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Will a new Bank of Canada governor shake up interest rates?

Mark Carney's successor as governor of the Bank of Canada is not expected to implement a radical change in interest rate policy and most likely will hold the current underlying philosophy, which includes a hawkish attitude toward inflation. Speculation...

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Ex-astronaut Marc Garneau to launch Liberal leadership bid

Former astronaut and Montreal MP Marc Garneau is widely expected to announce Wednesday that he will be a candidate for the Liberal leadership. It would be hard to imagine why Garneau would hold two news conferences, one in the morning in his riding,...

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Tories shoot down NDP motion for defence spending details

Conservative MPs on the defence committee voted down an attempt by the NDP to force Defence Minister Peter MacKay to outline the details of his department's budget cuts in a continuing battle between the government and parliamentary budget officer Kevin...

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Alberta premier accused of conflict in tobacco case

Premier Alison Redford, while justice minister, personally chose her ex-husband's law firm for a government tobacco-litigation contract worth potentially tens of millions of dollars in contingency fees, a CBC News investigation has found. One of Canada's...

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Generic OxyContin approved for 6 drugmakers

The patent for OxyContin, which was pulled from the market earlier this year due to concerns about abuse, expired Nov. 25, opening the door for generic drugmakers to produce less-expensive versions of the painkiller. (Canadian Press) Six generic pharmaceutical...

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Refugees may turn to province for health needs, officials say

Jason Kenney, the federal minister responsible for immigration, says it is OK for provinces like Saskatchewan to provide health benefits for people who are not covered under programs for refugees. Kenney was responding to concerns raised after a Saskatoon...

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Greg Weston: Carney a coup for U.K., loss for Canada

The announcement that Canadian economic wunderkind Mark Carney will soon be the only foreigner to become governor of the Bank of England in its more than three centuries has caused much jaw-dropping in high places and digital gasping on both sides of...

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What's next for Toronto Mayor Rob Ford?

A ruling by an Ontario court judge that forces Rob Ford to vacate the Toronto mayoralty has opened up a legal and political quandary in Canada's largest municipality. Having found that Ford had violated provincial conflict of interest rules for municipal...

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Tories and NDP hold on to seats in tight byelections

The Conservative Party won two of three federal byelections Monday night, holding on to its seats in Calgary Centre and Durham, Ont., while the NDP kept its seat in Victoria. None of the ridings had been expected to change party hands, though two of...

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Climate financing to run out unless UN talks find solution

A $100-billion-a-year promise from rich nations — including Canada — to help poor countries deal with climate change is still unfunded as of the end of 2012, a new report shows. And a second fund, meant to jump start the promise, will run dry by Dec....

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