4+ hour, 57+ min ago  (143+ words) LAVAL -- The two candidates vying to replace Francois Legault as Coalition Avenir Quebec leader and Quebec premier are meeting today in a second and final debate. Bernard Drainville and Christine Frechette exchanged friendly greetings ahead of the start of the…...

2+ day, 49+ min ago  (797+ words) Allison Jones and Liam Casey TORONTO -- Ontario is delaying a path to balance once more, as one of several shock absorbers meant to ease the province down a potentially bumpy economic road ahead, though it is currently faring better than…...

3+ day, 4+ hour ago  (181+ words) QUEBEC -- The Quebec Conservatives now have an elected member in the national assembly after a former cabinet minister with the Coalition Avenir Quebec crossed the floor to join the party. Maite Blanchette Vezina, who had quit the CAQ to sit…...

1+ week, 3+ hour ago  (181+ words) QUEBEC -- The first debate in the race to succeed Quebec Premier Francois Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Quebec took place in Quebec City, with candidates Christine Frechette and Bernard Drainville facing off. Saturday's discussion touched on the economy,…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago  (205+ words) Today in Canada's Political History: March 16, 1965, Happy birthday'National Newswatch Today in Canada's Political History: March 16, 1965, Happy birthday Prime Minister Mark Carney; Art invites the PM to perform a tree planting in Kingston! It is a great pleasure to send out…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago  (347+ words) The harsh reality of Canada's criminal justice system in earlier times was chronicled by the Saskatoon Star-Phoenix on this date in 1934. The paper gave extensive coverage of the hanging that day of a 19-year-old boy, convicted of murder in a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (229+ words) TROIS-RIVIERES -- About 600 people welcomed Charles Milliard as the new head of the Quebec Liberal Party in Trois-Rivieres on Sunday, days after he was acclaimed in a leadership race that no one else joined. Milliard, who entered the room at the…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (159+ words) MONTREAL -- The Quebec government joined Montreal's business and political leaders to bolster the city's candidacy to become the global headquarters for the proposed international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Premier Francois Legault lauded Montreal as the bank's potential home…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (260+ words) Today in Canada's Political History: February 2, 1932, Edgar Nelson Rhodes appointed Minister of Finance'National Newswatch Today in Canada's Political History: February 2, 1932, Edgar Nelson Rhodes appointed Minister of Finance A man with a remarkable political resume was appointed federal Minister of Finance…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (254+ words) With the famed 1968 Liberal leadership campaign to replace the retiring Lester B. Pearson about to get underway, analysis of the candidates was a daily feature in Canada's newspapers. On this date in the Toronto Star, former Diefenbaker MP and cabinet minister…...