JWR, Philpott no longer welcome in Liberal caucus; secret tape the last straw

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...

Ontario cannabis stores open today, but fewer than half are good to go

‘Muddled messaging’ does SNC-Lavalin’s brand no favours, experts say

MONTREAL — Public relations experts are questioning SNC-Lavalin Group Inc.’s handling of its corporate image over the past two months, faulting a tight-lipped approach and mixed...

Doug Ford slams federal carbon tax that takes effect in four provinces today

TORONTO — Canada’s most populous province and the federal government engaged in a pitched battle for public opinion over the carbon tax as it launched Monday,...

NDP unveils universal pharmacare plan, aims program delivery by the end of 2020

COQUITLAM, B.C. — The NDP is promising to bring in a universal and comprehensive national pharmacare program targeted to begin in 2020 if the party wins...

Federal carbon tax could send N.B. motorists across borders for gas, expert says

FREDERICTON — New Brunswick gas prices jumped by more than four cents a litre Monday, with one expert predicting the federal carbon tax could push motorists...

Quebec Premier Francois Legault defends secularism bill as “moderate”

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is taking a moderate approach to secularism that does not violate freedom of religion, Premier Francois Legault said Sunday as he...

Canada marks fifth anniversary of end of Afghanistan mission

OTTAWA — When the Sept. 11 terror attacks hit the World Trade Centre towers in 2001, Anita Cenerini says her son, Thomas Welsh, knew right away...

Labour minister says it was ‘unethical’ for Wilson-Raybould to record call

OTTAWA — The Liberals escalated their criticism Sunday of Jody Wilson-Raybould’s decision to secretly record a phone call with the country’s top bureaucrat, with a prominent...

Mulroney memoirs tell different story about interference with AG on Milgaard case

OTTAWA — Jody Wilson-Raybould approvingly points to Brian Mulroney as a prime minister who knew better than to politically interfere with the judgment of his attorney...