Justin Trudeau

Our winner-take-all voting system leaves the governing party, elected with 40 per cent support or less, free to ignore ridings in areas where they have little support ― and they usually do.

The clock is ticking before Canadians head to the polls to cast their ballot in the April 28 election, and attacks from federal party leaders are heating up.

Pope Francis died Monday at the Vatican. He was 88. Canadians remember Pope Francis for his historic apology in 2022 for residential schools that he made to thousands of dignitaries, Indigenous leaders and residential school survivors who travelled from across the country to powwow grounds in central Alberta.

The worst mass shooting in modern Canadian history began almost five years ago, shortly after a Nova Scotia man brutally assaulted his common-law wife.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is promising to tighten financial transparency rules for elected officials — and is using that promise to take aim at Liberal Leader Mark Carney.

A newly released memo shows federal officials recommended almost a year ago that leaders of major opposition parties receive regular classified briefings — not only on foreign interference but also violent extremism and overseas conflicts.

British Columbia's premier said on Thursday he is encouraged to see a shifting tone in U.S. President Donald Trump's talks with Canada, but concerns remain about how tariffs could devastate the province's softwood lumber sector.

After a few years trailing the Conservatives, the Liberal Party is in the lead among young voters – and at least one political youth group is clear about what it wants the party to do with that support.

The federal Liberals are pushing further ahead of the Conservatives in voter support, and almost one in two Canadians surveyed said they think the Liberals will win the election, a new poll suggests.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says that in her first face-to-face meeting with the new prime minister she gave him an earful on wildfires and oil sales and warned him national unity hangs in the balance.

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly says Canada is in the "advanced" stages of negotiations with Europe on joining its new defence partnership — prompted in large part by growing concern about Russia's war in Ukraine and U.S. President Donald Trump's ongoing talk of annexing Canada.

Audrey Champoux, Carney's lead press secretary, says the prime minister has been clear that top priorities for his government include defending Canadians in the face of unjustified trade actions by the U.S., supporting workers and strengthening the economy.

Prime Minister Mark Carney's move on Friday to end the consumer carbon price has done little to put the long-standing political battle to rest.

Mark Carney will be sworn in officially as prime minister and reveal the makeup of his first cabinet on Friday morning — a team one government source said will not include Jean-Yves Duclos.

Point Roberts residents say there's been a decline in traffic and business from across the border. Some want Canadians to know that U.S. President Donald Trump doesn't represent their views, with his economic assault and talk of annexation, as they declare their affection for Canada with Maple Leaf flags, stickers and a banner on the only grocery store.