Parliament’s top-secret national security committee is launching a review into the actions of the Canada Border Services Agency, which comes amid a growing body of stories pointing to flaws within the agency.
Ottawa pushes navy’s planned supply ships to the front of the construction queue
The Liberal government has decided to pull out all the stops on the construction of the navy’s planned permanent supply ships — a move that’s raised questions about how quickly the Canadian Coast Guard will get a critical oceanographic science vessel.
Quebec municipal councillor questions whether the Earth is actually round
A Gatineau municipal councillor who was already under fire for denying the existence of Islamophobia is drawing new scrutiny for recent comments questioning whether the Earth is round.
Omar Khadr trying new way to get out from under ‘indefinite’ sentence and bail
Former Guantanamo Bay prisoner Omar Khadr is asking Alberta youth court to order his release and declare his eight-year sentence — imposed by a widely maligned military commission in the United States — to have expired.
IBM did not bid on Phoenix replacement, government says
The company that set up the problem-plagued Phoenix payroll system did not bid on the contract to create a new payroll system, according the the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat.
Ottawa tables legislation to protect and promote Indigenous languages, Inuit call it ‘colonial’
The federal Liberal government tabled legislation Tuesday to protect Indigenous languages in Canada — many of which are facing extinction because of a shortage of speakers after centuries of colonialism.
Trudeau rejects idea of a single tax form for Quebec
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it is the federal government’s responsibility to collect federal taxes and Ottawa should not cede that responsibility to a province.
Shipyard at heart of Norman trial received secret cabinet documents in error
A Quebec shipyard accused of being on the receiving end of leaks in the criminal case involving Vice-Admiral Mark Norman was mistakenly given a series of secret cabinet documents last summer, CBC News has learned.
Trump delivers state of the union to divided Congress
U.S. President Donald Trump struck a tone of unity in his state of the union speech on Tuesday, the first he has delivered to a divided congress.
‘Half of me is gone’: Twin of CP Rail victim mourns loss of brother, colleagues
Jeremy Waldenberger-Bulmer says the emptiness in his home is “indescribable” after his twin brother died in a Canadian Pacific Railway train derailment near the Alberta-British Columbia border. Three crew members died Monday when the train plunged into a river.