OTTAWA - A new battle is brewing between refugee advocates and the federal government — this time over whether those awaiting a decision on their refugee status ought to have access to social assistance.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Senate is poised to vote for the first time on the Keystone XL pipeline this evening — a milestone in a drawn-out political dogfight that has dragged on for years.
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives have narrowly retained the late Jim Flaherty's suburban Toronto seat and easily hung on to another riding in their Alberta stronghold.
KUWAIT CITY — Canadian fighter jets and other coalition aircraft have effectively flattened an enemy warehouse in northern Iraq as part of a major night-time operation against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
OTTAWA — Two suspended Liberal MPs remain in limbo after a multi-party committee determined it has no mandate to establish a process for investigating misconduct complaints between members of Parliament.
OTTAWA — Canada's mega-rich lost ground to the other 99 per cent, say newly released figures from Statistics Canada.