Russian ship played key role in Canada's recent Franklin discovery

A Russian-flagged vessel played a key role in Canada's recent discovery of a sunken ship from the missing Franklin expedition, a scenario that faced a regulatory challenge and gave senior Conservative officials pause. Prime Minister Stephen Harper has...

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Cy Tokmakjian's 15-year sentence 'outrageous,' Peter Kent says

A Canadian businessman sentenced in Cuba to 15 years in prison on corruption-related charges should be sent back home, said a Toronto-area MP who called the conviction a "travesty of justice." Cy Tokmakjian, who owns of the Ontario-based automotive...

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Mulcair's dilemma: Canadians like him, but will they vote for him?

Liking a political leader and wanting to vote for him or her can be two very different things. Take the example of Canada's three federal leaders. Justin Trudeau's approval ratings are high and he tops the polls on who would make the best prime minister....

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Stephen Harper gives pricey free ride home to European leaders

Prime Minister Stephen Harper gave visiting European delegates a free flight home to Brussels last week, after adding a Toronto reception to their schedule, CBC News has learned. That reception made it impossible for the visitors to make a planned commercial...

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Trudeau Liberals woo high-profile aboriginal candidates ahead of 2015

A rejected aboriginal education act, a controversial financial transparency act, persistent calls for a national public inquiry into missing and murdered aboriginal women, court challenges to major energy projects and rumblings of more Idle No More protests....

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Canada sets lowest standard at World Conference on Indigenous Peoples

Matthew Coon Come is the Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee) and the chairperson of the Cree Regional Authority. The World Conference on Indigenous Peoples (WCIP), an historic two-day meeting, began on Sept. 22 at the UN General...

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Canada 'joins the big leagues' with EU trade deal, Harper says

After months of leaks and speculation, the final text of Canada's new trade deal with the European Union has been released. "It will not only change the game for Canadian businesses," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, "it will create an entirely new...

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Penitent Calandra again takes blame for non-answers in exclusive CBC interview

Conservative MP Paul Calandra choked back tears while apologizing Friday for responding to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's questions on Canada's mission in Iraq this week with an attack on the NDP position on Israel. But CBC News has learned that Calandra...

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Canada urged to give as much as it can in fight against ISIS

The world is going to have to give more and do more to fight ISIS, according to the U.S. ambassador to Canada. In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, Ambassador Bruce Heyman told Evan Solomon that the message from the United States to all of its...

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Mulcair's dilemma: Canadians like him, but will they vote for him?

Liking a political leader and wanting to vote for him or her can be two very different things. Take the example of Canada's three federal leaders. Justin Trudeau's approval ratings are high and he tops the polls on who would make the best prime minister....

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Stephen Harper says Canada won't 'stand on the sidelines' of ISIS fight

Prime Minister Stephen Harper says Canada will not sit idly while Islamic State militants in the Middle East threaten to slaughter thousands of innocent people. "We do not stand on the sidelines and watch. We do our part," Harper...

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Cabinet to mull deploying CF-18 jets to join U.S.-led mission against ISIS

The federal cabinet will meet next week to discuss deploying Canada's CF-18 fighter jets to join a U.S.-led campaign against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, CBC News has learned. Sources tell CBC News U.S. President Barack Obama...

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Canada 'joins the big leagues' with EU trade deal, Harper says

After months of leaks and speculation, the final text of Canada's new trade deal with the European Union has been released. "It will not only change the game for Canadian businesses," Prime Minister Stephen Harper said, "it will create an entirely new...

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MP makes tearful apology for non-answers, but sources pin blame on PMO

Conservative MP Paul Calandra choked back tears while apologizing Friday for responding to NDP Leader Tom Mulcair's questions on Canada's mission in Iraq this week with an attack on the NDP position on Israel. But CBC News has learned that Calandra...

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Canada urged to give as much as it can in fight against ISIS

The world is going to have to give more and do more to fight ISIS, according to the U.S. ambassador to Canada. In an interview with CBC Radio's The House, Ambassador Bruce Heyman told Evan Solomon that the message from the United States to all of its...

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Justin Trudeau's Sun Media boycott called short-sighted

Federal Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau's decision to boycott Sun Media over an "offensive" rant by one of its TV personalities is short-sighted, experts say, and may have Canadians questioning his open government stance. In a segment aired last...

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Doug Ford hangs on to brother Rob's support, polls suggest

COMING UP LIVE: Toronto's mayoral candidates are debating today at 12:45 p.m. ET. The event will be livestreamed on CBCNews.ca. With Rob Ford out and Doug Ford in his place, the Toronto mayoral campaign has hardly skipped a beat, at least according...

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Harper, EU leaders celebrate trade deal they haven't sealed

Prime Minister Stephen Harper may be all smiles during his summit with European Union leaders in Ottawa Friday, as they celebrate the end of five years of tough trade negotiations on the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. But Canadians...

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How ISIS uses captured oilfields to finance its campaign

To finance its militant campaign in Iraq and Syria, ISIS has relied heavily on the revenue it generates from captured oilfields, some of which are now being targeted by U.S.-led airstrikes. ISIS oil production has been estimated at tens of...

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NDP to launch bid to boost House Speaker's powers

The House of Commons speaker's traditionally laissez faire policy on policing the political back-and-forth during the daily question period could soon be replaced with a markedly more hands-on approach.   The New Democratic...

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Jason Kenney faces foreign-worker fallout in own backyard

James Rajotte has been getting an earful.  Like many of his caucus colleagues, the Conservative MP from the riding of Edmonton-Leduc is taking a lot of flak about his government's decision to reduce access to temporary foreign workers. "I've...

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