After months of campaigning, the federal NDP is currently choosing a new leader and will announce the winner of its contest on March 29. Our newsroom interviewed the five candidates currently in the race. Read on to learn more about NDP leadership candidate Heather McPherson: McPherson is the sole candidate in the race...

After months of campaigning, the federal NDP is currently choosing a new leader and will announce the winner of its contest on March 29. Our newsroom interviewed the five candidates currently in the race. Read on to learn more about NDP leadership candidate Rob Ashton: Ashton is a lifelong union man. He is a dockworker...

After months of campaigning, the federal NDP is currently choosing a new leader and will announce the winner of its contest on March 29. Our newsroom interviewed the five candidates currently in the race. Read on to learn more about NDP leadership candidate Tanille Johnston: Johnston is the youngest candidate in the ra...

After months of campaigning, the federal NDP is currently choosing a new leader and will announce the winner of its contest on March 29. Our newsroom interviewed the five candidates currently in the race. Read on to learn more about NDP leadership candidate Tony McQuail: McQuail is an organic farmer from Huron County, ...

Nunavut MP Lori Idlout has left the New Democratic Party and joined the Liberal caucus, a move that brings Prime Minister Mark Carney's government closer to a majority in the House of Commons. Idlout confirmed the decision in a statement released early Wednesday, saying she made the choice after reflection and conversa...

Canada's Energy Ministers have begun exploring the idea of a national transmission grid. Quebec has not put its signature to a Memorandum of Understanding. The grid would allow excess electricity from one jurisdiction to flow to other provinces and territories. The idea was first proposed during a gathering of Minister...

Another interprovincial trade barrier has been reduced between Nova Scotia and Ontario. Premiers Doug Ford and Tim Houston have signed a direct-to-consumer agreement that will allow alcohol producers in each province to sell directly to customers in the other. Under the agreement, eligible wineries, breweries and disti...

Canadian police leaders are reassuring the public that the country faces no imminent security threat, despite heightened tensions following recent U.S. military strikes on Iran. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police says forces nationwide remain fully engaged with federal, provincial and international partners t...

Prime Minister Mark Carney is pressing ahead with a major economic and diplomatic mission in India, unveiling what Ottawa calls an "ambitious new partnership" spanning energy, talent, technology, and security. Carney met with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi, where the two leaders released a j...

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says the federal government is closely watching the situation in Mexico after violence erupted in the wake of a security operation that killed a major cartel leader. Mexican authorities confirmed the death of the cartel figure on Sunday near Puerto Vallarta, prompting unrest that le...