SAlly Bedell Smith's Elizabeth The Queen ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST If you’re looking for shocking revelations, some hidden side of HRH Elizabeth II, now in the 60th year of her reign without ever having once indulged a newshound with an interview, you’re n

Former CBC president Pierre Juneau died Tuesday at age 89. Tom Hanson/THE CANADIAN PRESS file photo Ari Altstedter The Canadian Press OTTAWA—A long-time friend of Pierre Trudeau who had the Juno awards named after him after a career spent championing Can

There’s one thing Jean Charest understands above all about the Quebec Liberal Party – it’s a family as well as a machine. All the leading members of the Liberal family were on hand Monday for the launch of Georges-Hébert Germain’s biography of Robert Bou

CBC president Pierre Juneau gestures during a news conference in Ottawa, April 7, 1982. Juneau, a long-time friend of Pierre Trudeau who went on to become an early champion of Canadian content as head of the CRTC and CBC has died. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Pete

AWARDS SKETCH: I RISH AMERICA opened its arms and welcomed US billionaire Wilbur Ross into the fold in spectacular fashion last Thursday. But it wasn’t the Irish communities of Boston, Chicago or New York who took him in, as you might expect. Rather, it

Having Stephen Harper as your former boss appears to be the best way to land a job in Christy Clark's office. It appears that Christy Clark is bent on importing Stephen Harper's former minions, as the resurgent B.C. Conservatives eat away at her party's

When Brian Mulroney was elected prime minister, he pronounced Canada was open for business. He was really telling the world that our natural resources, manufacturing industry and financial institutions were for sale to the highest bidder. The flood gates

Is there something unlucky about six in Canadian politics? The federal Conservative government marked its sixth-year anniversary in the past few weeks... the sixth anniversary of its election victory in January and six years since its swearing-in on Feb.

Immigration Minister Jason Kenney, shown during Question Period last month in the House of Commons, accused Palestine House of having “a history of taking positions that could be interpreted as extreme or supportive of terrorists and terrorism.” (Jan. 31

OTTAWA — Katimavik, the youth service program championed by former prime minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau, is on the Conservative government’s chopping block, The Huffington Post Canada has learned. “This has been coming for a long time,” Liberal MP Justi

The outrageous arrogance of a federal Conservative government in Canada returns. It appears Stephen Harper has chosen the Brian Mulroney playbook to govern this country. Canada will once again sit back and watch the federal corporate welfare program fund

Former By Derek Abma Liberal leader John Turner predicted in the 1988 federal election debate that the free-trade deal then-prime minister Brian Mulroney had negotiated with the U.S. would "reduce us, I'm sure, to a colony of the United States." Mulroney

Former Liberal leader John Turner predicted in the 1988 federal election debate that the free-trade deal then prime minister Brian Mulroney had negotiated with the U.S. would "reduce us, I'm sure, to a colony of the United States." Mulroney went on to wi

The movement to occupy on behalf of the ninety-nine percent has flagged, but the wealthiest one percent have not relented in their campaigns to enrich themselves at the expense of others. This was made clear in the recent World Economic Forum, in Davos,

OTTAWA — Rob Walsh sat ringside in Parliament for 20 years and watched a paradox unfold. Even as members of Parliament saw a historic reassertion of their ancient parliamentary privileges, increasingly strident partisan politics steadily eroded the rules

The federal government should stop believing its own "propaganda" about the economy and launch a pro-competitiveness initiative that includes measures to tackle a skills shortage "crisis," the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says. It will call today for a r

Former Reform party leader Preston Manning recently wondered out loud if western alienation has been replaced by eastern alienation. Does this mean that the old battle cry of “the West wants in” is going to be replaced by “the East wants in?” The reality

OTTAWA - The federal government should stop believing its own “propaganda” about the economy and launch a pro-competitiveness initiative that includes measures to tackle a skills shortage “crisis,” the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says. It will call Wedn

OTTAWA — The federal government should stop believing its own "propaganda" about the economy and launch a pro-competitiveness initiative that includes measures to tackle a skills shortage "crisis," the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says. It will call Wedn