LUCAN, Ont. - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Boris Johnson will do a "great job" as Britain's next prime minister.
Ford praised the new leader of Britain's Conservative Party at a news conference in Lucan, Ont., this morning.
He says Johnson is "a no-nonsense type of person" who will "get the job done."
The premier says he would like to meet Johnson if he ever travels to the United Kingdom.
Johnson overwhelmingly defeated rival Jeremy Hunt in a vote of party members.
British Columbia's request for an injunction against Alberta's so-called turn-off-the-taps law is to be heard in a Calgary courtroom today.
More Canadians take pride in the things that affect them today than they do in their country's history, a survey from the Association for Canadian Studies suggests.
TORONTO — The federal government's carbon pricing scheme is constitutionally sound and has the critical purpose of fighting climate change, Ontario's top court ruled in a split decision on Friday.
A Quebecer moves to the Northwest Territories, a family in Newfoundland and Labrador welcomes a new arrival, another in British Columbia mourns a loss, an immigrant settles somewhere in Ontario.
HALIFAX — A leading whale expert says confirmation that a sixth North Atlantic right whale has died in Canadian waters this season is devastating for the critically endangered species.
OTTAWA — The federal government is increasing the carbon tax on new natural-gas plants to discourage power companies from building them.