Five things about Canada’s relations with Saudi Arabia, Iran and its neighbours

OTTAWA—As the Middle East grows more turbulent, Canadian officials have prepared a briefing book for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau looking at Canadian prospects in the region....

Trudeau told to deepen ties to Saudi Arabian, brace for change in Iran

OTTAWA—Federal officials have told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that Canada’s strategic interest would be well served by strengthening economic ties with oil-rich Saudi Arabia because of...

Canada decries mass execution in Saudi Arabia which killed 47, including cleric

Seamus O’Regan checks into wellness program seeking ‘alcohol free lifestyle’

OTTAWA—Newly elected Liberal MP and former broadcast journalist Seamus O’Regan says he has entered a wellness program to adopt “an alcohol free lifestyle.” O’Regan, who hosted...

Proposed one metre rule for cars and cyclists ‘a great idea:’ Manitoba premier

WINNIPEG—Manitoba Premier Greg Selinger is throwing his support behind a proposed new rule of the road affecting motorists and cyclists. Selinger says a call to force...

‘Entering a world that is going to be constrained:’ Alberta environment minister

EDMONTON—Climate isn’t all that’s changing in Alberta. The province’s NDP government has arguably made bigger moves on global warming in six months than the previous Conservatives...

How response to Syrian refugee crisis went from 10K in three years to months

OTTAWA—When the Conservative government promised, in January 2015, to resettle 10,000 Syrian refugees over three years, Liberal MP John McCallum didn’t buy it. The Conservatives were...