Three years on and trillions spent, global recovery still fragile and reversible
( 22-Jul-2012 ) OTTAWA _ Few are noting the occasion, but about now Canada and the rest of the world should be celebrating the third anniversary marking the end of the Great Recession.
It was in the third quarter of 2009 _ the July-September months _ that Canada and many other major advanced nations began to bre ....
Quebec wakes up to a mess, beyond the broken glass
( 26-Apr-2012 )
MONTREAL _ Quebecers are waking up to a mess this morning far beyond the smashed windows and shards of glass being swept off the streets of their largest city.
The intensity of student unrest in the province was illustrated by riotous scenes that unfolded Wednesday night in Montreal.
Banks and o ....
Soldier's mother to testify at inquiry into military's handling of son's suicide
( 26-Apr-2012 )
OTTAWA _ The mother of a Canadian soldier who killed himself in 2008 is expected to testify today at an inquiry into how the military handled his death.
Cpl. Stuart Langridge had been suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after tours in Bosnia and Afghanistan when he died at a base in Edm ....
Protesting employees of insolvent Aveos block downtown Montreal street as
( 25-Apr-2012 )
MONTREAL _ Hundreds of protesters, many of them aerospace workers who just recently lost their jobs, are blocking a downtown Montreal street to vent their frustration.
The workers, together with a number of students, gathered outside a building where shareholders of Air Canada's former parent ....
Manitoba to table budget that juggles core programs with need to cut costs
( 17-Apr-2012 )
WINNIPEG _ The Manitoba budget to be tabled today is expected to juggle spending on core services with cost cutting aimed at bringing down a $1-billion deficit.
Finance Minister Stan Struthers has already said the province is facing uncertain times and the 2012-13 budget will reflect that.
Strut ....
New census speaks to old concerns in Quebec, of demographic decline
( 04-Apr-2012 ) MONTREAL _ Old anxieties about the survival of Quebec's culture are being revived _ with front-page headlines, talk-show airwaves and the provincial legislature filled with warnings of impending doom.
The latest Canadian census offers a chunk of new data for those sounding the alarm bells of ....
Fed budget to slash $7 billion from discretionary spending: CP Exclusive
( 28-Mar-2012 ) OTTAWA _ The Harper government will chop $7 billion from discretionary spending when the finance minister hands down his budget Thursday, The Canadian Press has learned.
That high number will surprise many, including some economists, who had expected that Ottawa's improving fiscal position wo ....
North American defence ministers to tackle drug trade in Ottawa meeting
( 27-Mar-2012 ) OTTAWA _ Defence Minister Peter MacKay and his U.S. and Mexican counterparts wrap up a two-day meeting in Ottawa today that has focused on shared North American security threats.
Drug trafficking, cyber attacks, intelligence sharing and border security are some of the issues MacKay has discussed ....
Mountie spies grilled Herbert Norman's widow years after diplomat killed himself
( 23-Mar-2012 ) OTTAWA _ The RCMP spied on the widow of Herbert Norman more than a decade after the Canadian diplomat _ dogged by unproven accusations of Cold War disloyalty _ leapt from a building to his death in Cairo, newly declassified records show.
The Mounties suspected Norman may have been in league with ....
