WAKEFIELD, Que. - With a multi-billion dollar surplus just around the corner, federal Finance Minister Joe Oliver suggests the spending tap is about to be slowly turned back on in Ottawa — just in time for a general election.
TORONTO - Prominent Canadian businessman and lawyer Purdy Crawford has died, according to the Toronto-based law firm where he worked until his recent retirement. Crawford was 82.
A Pakistani-Canadian cleric who is leading the campaign to topple the government in his native country says he will continue his fight, despite a murder investigation launched against him by Pakistani police.
The committee that oversees House of Commons spending says the Opposition New Democrats owe a "significant" sum for salaries improperly paid to aides who worked out of satellite party offices in Quebec.
A small monument to missing and murdered aboriginal women has been unveiled in Winnipeg.
Toronto's police chief has filed a defamation notice against Mayor Rob Ford's brother for comments the city councillor made earlier this month.