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Faced with escalating conflict in the Middle East, a collapsing global trade system and a department struggling to reform itself, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she relishes the job of helping Canada navigate a turbulent world. In a wide-ranging interview Thursday with The Canadian Press, Anand said her experiences in both politics and academia can help her streamline Canada's...
OTTAWA -- Faced with escalating conflict in the Middle East, a collapsing global trade system and a department struggling to reform itself, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she relishes the job of helping Canada navigate a turbulent world.
OTTAWA -- The federal government will help Canadians in Israel and Iran to fly home once they reach neighbouring countries, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Thursday.
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is heading home to Ottawa today after hosting the G7 summit in Kananaskis, Alta.
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday was a "necessary" step toward rebuilding the relationship between the two countries.
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney said his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday was a "necessary" step toward rebuilding the relationship between the two countries.
KANANASKIS -- The leaders of the G7 nations are wrapping up their annual summit in Alberta today with a series of joint statements on issues ranging from transnational repression and migrant smuggling to AI and quantum computing.
Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined $4.3 billion in new support for Ukraine's defence as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday. The Prime Minister's Office said that sum includes $2 billion for the purchase and donation of weapons and materiel like drones, ammunition and armoured vehicles — funding that...
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney outlined $4.3 billion in new support for Ukraine's defence as he met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday.
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is set to hold bilateral talks with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is to hold bilateral talks with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta today. The G7 will continue for its second and final day without U.S. President Donald Trump who left the talks ahead of schedule on Monday. Trump said he left due...
Escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed movement on trade deals within the G7 on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump departed the summit in Alberta a day early because of the crisis in Israel and Iran. The abrupt plan to depart was announced by White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt on social media, and Trump confirmed it at the...
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney is to hold bilateral talks with both Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Alberta today.
KANANASKIS -- Escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed movement on trade deals within the G7 on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump departed the summit in Alberta a day early because of the crisis in Israel and Iran.
KANANASKIS -- Escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed movement on trade deals within the G7 on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump announced late in the day that he would be leaving the leaders' summit early because of the crisis in Israel and Iran.
KANANASKIS -- Escalating violence in the Middle East overshadowed movement on trade deals within the G7 on Monday, as U.S. President Donald Trump announced late in the day that he would be leaving the leaders' summit early because of the crisis in Israel and Iran.
KANANASKIS -- U.S. President Donald Trump is leaving the G7 summit early because of the escalating conflict in the Middle East.
KANANASKIS -- The U.S. and Canada have agreed to reach a deal on a new economic and security relationship by mid-July, Prime Minister Mark Carney's office said Monday, following a meeting between Carney and U.S. President Donald Trump on the sidelines of the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta.
KANANASKIS -- European Union officials say Canada is likely to sign a defence procurement agreement with the continent when Prime Minister Mark Carney goes to Brussels later this month.
KANANASKIS -- Prime Minister Mark Carney will meet this morning with U.S. President Donald Trump at the G7 summit in Alberta.
British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the historic ties and long-standing working relationship between the United Kingdom and Canada are not just reflections of the past, but are very much needed "in the here and now." Starmer says the two Commonwealth members think and work alike, having collaborated for years on issues of security, defence, trade and the economy. Starmer...
OTTAWA -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the historic ties and long-standing working relationship between the United Kingdom and Canada are not just reflections of the past, but are very much needed "in the here and now."
Ottawa--As Prime Minister Mark Carney gets ready to host U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders at the G7 summit in Alberta, analysts say Canada's most important goal will be to keep the G7 from falling apart — even if that means not issuing a joint statement.
Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to pare down Canada's priorities as the G7 summit host, but there's still a lengthy list of global issues for leaders to discuss over the coming days. "Leaders (will) meet at a moment of enormous flux globally, when tensions among G7 members are especially pronounced," Carney's foreign policy adviser David Angell told a panel...
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney has tried to pare down Canada's priorities as the G7 summit host, but there's still a lengthy list of global issues for leaders to discuss over the coming days.
OTTAWA -- As Prime Minister Mark Carney gets ready to host U.S. President Donald Trump and other leaders at the G7 summit in Alberta, analysts say Canada's most important goal will be to keep the G7 from falling apart -- even if that means not issuing a joint statement.
OTTAWA -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is in Ottawa to meet with Prime Minister Mark Carney today before the two leaders leave for the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta.
OTTAWA -- U.S. President Donald Trump is set to arrive Sunday in Alberta for the G7 summit -- his first visit to Canada since leaving in a huff seven years ago.
OTTAWA -- British Prime Minister Keir Starmer is visiting Ottawa today ahead of the G7 leaders' summit in Alberta.
Canada is bringing the world to Alberta for the G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis. As summit host, Prime Minister Mark Carney can invite any leaders he chooses -- even those from countries outside the G7 club -- as he attempts to shape Canada's foreign policy and global geopolitics. When asked on June 7 to explain how Canada decided on the...
OTTAWA -- Canada is bringing the world to Alberta for the G7 leaders summit in Kananaskis.
OTTAWA -- Canada has invited the United Arab Emirates to attend the G7 summit in Alberta, The Canadian Press has learned.
B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal said he met with Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday morning to push back against Carney's decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta next week. In an interview with The Canadian Press before that meeting took place, Dhaliwal said he spoke with hundreds of people who don't want Modi...
OTTAWA -- Luxembourg is officially opening an embassy in Ottawa as the small European nation moves to expand its economy beyond financial services.
Ottawa -- B.C. Liberal MP Sukh Dhaliwal said he met with Prime Minister Mark Carney Wednesday morning to push back against the decision to invite Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit in Alberta next week.
OTTAWA -- The American ambassador to Canada is closely watching as Ottawa shapes its defence budget, but says the U.S. will not dictate what the Canadian government must spend.
The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tough time. "We welcome Canadians to come in and invest, to spend their hard-earned Canadian dollars at U.S. businesses," U.S. Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told The Canadian Press in an interview...
OTTAWA -- The American ambassador to Canada is pushing back on Ottawa's travel advice, saying his country doesn't search phones at the border and arguing some Americans travelling here are having a tough time.
OTTAWA -- U.S. President Donald Trump's goal of enhancing American power aligns with Prime Minister Mark Carney's aim of making Canada's economy the fastest-growing in the G7, Trump's envoy to Canada said Friday.
U.S. President Donald Trump's goal of enhancing American power aligns with Prime Minister Mark Carney's aim of making Canada's economy the fastest-growing in the G7, Trump's envoy to Canada said Friday. "It's going to continue to be a very strong and friendly relationship," Ambassador Pete Hoekstra told The Canadian Press in an interview Friday, adding the two leaders are in...
OTTAWA -- Ottawa has issued a stronger condemnation of Israel's restrictions on food aid in Gaza as the country's ambassador continues to reject claims that Israel is violating humanitarian law.
OTTAWA -- The MP overseeing Canada's foreign aid is calling on Israel to stop restricting the flow of food aid to the Gaza Strip -- while Israel's ambassador is pushing back on Ottawa's suggestion that his country is violating humanitarian law.
Former prime minister Stephen Harper is calling on Canada to move past its dispute with India, arguing in a speech on Saturday that the country is an indispensable partner in a volatile world. He also said Canadian political parties — including the Conservative party he once led — should cut all ties with activists calling for a new Sikh nation...
OTTAWA -- Former prime minister Stephen Harper is calling on Canada to move past its dispute with India, arguing in a speech on Saturday that the country is an indispensable partner in a volatile world.
OTTAWA -- Ottawa probably can't help overhaul how municipalities raise funds in the near future, because the federal government is now focused on major, nation-building projects, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday
OTTAWA -- Canada is calling on Israel to abandon plans unveiled Thursday to authorize 22 Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank which it says would be illegal.
Prime Minister Mark Carney says Ottawa probably can't undertake a thorough overhaul of how municipalities are funded in the near future, with the federal government now focused on major projects.
OTTAWA -- Sikh organizations are calling on Ottawa to break with a five-year tradition by not inviting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the G7 summit.
OTTAWA -- A humanitarian group says it's holding back 17 trucks filled with Canadian aid meant for desperate Palestinians in Gaza, citing what it calls a dangerous aid distribution system implemented by Israel.
OTTAWA -- Canadian medical professionals who treated wounded Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are urging Ottawa to stop all military trade with Israel.
OTTAWA -- Canadian medical professionals who treated wounded Palestinians in the Gaza Strip are urging Ottawa to stop all military trade with Israel.
A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year -- one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties -- according to an analysis for The Canadian Press. One seasoned political observer in Alberta says shattering those party fortresses could help take some of the steam out of efforts...
OTTAWA -- A change to Canada's electoral system would have delivered a very different House of Commons this year -- one without the monolithic regional strongholds held by both major federal parties -- according to an analysis for The Canadian Press.
As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to cast doubt on the future of the NATO military alliance, Canada is looking to partner with the European Union on defence. Here's a closer look at what's driving this major shift in transatlantic relations.
OTTAWA -- As U.S. President Donald Trump continues to cast doubt on the future of the NATO military alliance, Canada is looking to partner with the European Union on defence.
OTTAWA -- After the Second World War came to a close, Canada pulled itself away from Great Britain and planted itself firmly within a North American political and economic compact that generated prosperity for much of the western world for decades.
OTTAWA -- The global head of Amnesty International is calling on Ottawa to bring the same intensity it has used to call out U.S. tariffs and annexation threats to also call out breaches in human rights by Washington and other countries.
OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Mark Carney has many foreign policy issues on his plate -- and they're not all about U.S. President Donald Trump.
King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday. Speaking at the National Press Theatre, Carney said Parliament will be recalled on May 26, and the King will read the speech outlining the new government's priorities on May 27. The prime minister said he invited...
OTTAWA -- King Charles will visit Ottawa to deliver the speech from the throne at the end of this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday.