Thousands of pages of newly released documents back up the Trudeau government's contention that it was federal public servants who recommended a student service grant program be administered by WE Charity.They also suggest bureaucrats may have been nudged to look in that direction by their political masters. The five-thousand-plus pages of government documents were tabled with the finance committee almost two weeks ago.They had not been released to committee members because legal counsel was still vetting them to ensure there were no breaches of cabinet confidences or personal privacy.The doc

There are 123,154 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,252 confirmed (including 5,727 deaths, 54,083 resolved) Ontario: 40,870 confirmed (including 2,793 deaths, 37,126 resolved) Alberta: 12,419 confirmed (including 225 deaths, 11,025 resolved) British Columbia: 4,677 confirmed (including 198 deaths, 3,704 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,582 confirmed (including 22 deaths, 1,403 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,075 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved) Manitoba: 733 confirmed (including 11 deaths, 502 resolved), 15 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 res

NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says the resignation of Bill Morneau as federal finance minister will do little to quash the WE Charity affair. Singh says that's because Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the rest of his inner circle are still at the cabinet table. Jagmeet Singh says he does not believe the resignation of Bill Morneau as federal finance minister will end the ethical problems plaguing the federal Liberals. Singh told reporters in Vancouver that Morneau's replacement, Chrystia Freeland, was at the cabinet table when decisions were made to offer WE Charity a multi-million dollar contract

Canada has its first ever female finance minister. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland was sworn in this afternoon at Rideau Hall in a cabinet shuffle that also saw Dominic LeBlanc take over the intergovernmental affairs portfolio. Prime Minister Trudeau usually hugs his cabinet ministers at such ceremonies, instead he gave Freeland and LeBlanc a congratulatory elbow bump. Trudeau has asked Governor General Julie Payette to prorogue Parliament until September 23rd, two days after the House of Commons was initially to resume sitting.

There are 122,872 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,206 confirmed (including 5,721 deaths, 53,930 resolved) Ontario: 40,745 confirmed (including 2,789 deaths, 37,036 resolved) Alberta: 12,412 confirmed (including 224 deaths, 11,056 resolved) British Columbia: 4,594 confirmed (including 198 deaths, 3,653 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,581 confirmed (including 22 deaths, 1,387 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,075 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved) Manitoba: 716 confirmed (including 9 deaths, 490 resolved), 15 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 reso

Bill Morneau is resigning as the federal minister of finance and a Liberal MP. Morneau says he is putting his name forward as a candidate to be the next secretary general of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he accepted Morneau's resignation earlier Monday and that Canada would ``vigorously support'' his efforts to take on the new role. Morneau has been finance minister since 2015, when the Liberals returned to power. For several weeks, opposition parties have been calling for Morneau's resignation over allegations that he had a con

New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs has called a snap election, saying the campaign leading up to the September 14th vote will be unlike any other. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, candidates will not be going door to door or leaving any pamphlets in mailboxes. Higgs says candidates will have to be creative and innovative. Last week, Higgs threatened to trigger a vote unless opposition parties agreed to keep his minority government in power until 2022. On Aug. 10, Higgs invited opposition leaders to talks to reach a formal agreement not to trigger an election until September 2022, or no earlier t

The CFL has cancelled its 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, dashing hopes of a shortened season in the hub city of Winnipeg. It marks the first year the Grey Cup won't be presented since 1919. Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the league governors decided it is in the best long-term interests of the CFL to concentrate on the future. The league couldn't secure financing from Ottawa which it said was necessary to stage a shortened season. The move comes after the CFL couldn't solve a number of issues in an effort to try to salvage a season. The league was unable to secure financing f

The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in July hit a record high as they continued their rebound from the lows of earlier this year when the COVID-19 pandemic froze the market.CREA says the 62,355 sales in July 2020 marked the highest monthly sales figure on record, with data going back more than 40 years.Sales in July were up 30.5 per cent compared with the same month a year ago.On a month-over-month basis, sales were up 26 per cent.The jump in sales came as the number of newly listed homes climbed by 7.6 per cent in July compared with June.CREA says the actual national average