OTTAWA — Liberal backbenchers and cabinet ministers alike condemned former attorney general Jody Wilson-Raybould on Monday for surreptitiously recording a phone conversation with the country’s top public servant, Michael Wernick. For many of them, the recording was the last straw in the SNC-Lavalin saga that has engulfed the Trudeau government and proof that the former…
Tech giant Elon Musk is resigning as Tesla’s chairman but will remain as CEO after he settled charges with the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to documents. Musk will have to pay a civil penalty of $20 million after he made a series of “false and misleading” tweets about potentially taking his car company private,…
One of the most controversial figures in the nationalist Alternative for Germany party (AfD) announced on Friday that he was leaving the party and setting up his own breakaway group. There was shock and anger when Andre Poggenburg unveiled the logo of his new “German Patriots Awakening” party. The emblem features a blue cornflower, which…
TORONTO — The Toronto home that Meghan Markle rented while dating Prince Harry sold for $1.6 million in January 2018. The Seaton Village property was snatched up by an unidentified buyer for more than its $1.39 million asking price, according to sales data from property website geowarehouse and seen by The Canadian Press. Watch: Meghan…
OTTAWA — The Canada Revenue Agency says so many Canadians get calls from scammers pretending to be tax enforcers that real tax agents are having trouble reaching people. The CRA and the RCMP say in a briefing in Ottawa Wednesday that they are trying to crack down on call centres loaded with fraudsters who phone…
California senator Kamala Harris has launched her presidential campaign for 2020, adding to a crowded Democratic field dominated by a new generation of women and minority candidates. The 54-year-old former prosecutor announced her bid for the White House on Monday in an appearance on ABC’s Good Morning America programme, saying "The future of our country depends…
Just when the world’s obsession over the newest royal baby was beginning to ever-so-slightly subside, Kensington Palace releases not one, but two photos of the tiny prince. Both were taken by The Duchess of Cambridge and shared by the palace on Saturday. The pictures are the first official portraits of Prince Louis, who is fifth…
If Donald Trump wants a fight, Canada will give him one — one bottle of ketchup at a time. Or a basket of peaches, bottle of wine, roll of toilet paper, jar of jam or — well, you get the idea. What may have started with a social media skirmish over ketchup two years ago…
The British government has recognised Juan Guaido as the interim president of Venezuela after Nicolas Maduro rejected an an ultimatum by European countries to call snap elections. Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt said that the United Kingdom considers the 35-year-old opposition leader "constitutional interim president" until "credible elections can be held." "The oppression of the illegitimate, kleptocratic Maduro regime must…
OTTAWA — Finance Minister Bill Morneau doubled down Tuesday on Ottawa’s message that the federal government will continue to stand up for Canadian values even as it finds itself at the centre of an ongoing diplomatic tumult with Saudi Arabia. It’s important to propagate Canadian values around the world, and the Liberal government will continue…