Liberal government vows to hire more staff to address veterans’ backlog,...

Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay speaks during a news conference in Ottawa, on Nov. 10.Adrian Wyld/The Canadian PressThe federal Liberal government is promising to...

These ministers got new jobs, sorta

WELCOME TO OTTAWA PLAYBOOK. I’m your host, Nick Taylor-Vaisey. Today, a short review of what cabinet ministers are doing in this post-election quasi-interregnum. Also,...

Why run when you can’t win? Long shot candidates explain why...

Yvon Vadnais had never participated in party politics before the Conservative Party asked him to run in the 2015 federal election. But he agreed, even though he thought...

Former TRC director to oversee investigation at Mohawk Institute residential school

WARNING: This story contains distressing details. Kimberly Murray, former executive director of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) of Canada, will lead a group...

More children’s graves found in B.C.

Today’s Morning Brief is brought to you by News Media Canada. It’s time to level the digital playing field. Google and Facebook are using...

‘This is our Canada’: The backstory of Singh’s speech on the...

The New Democrat leader, who typically starts his day with music or meditation followed by a virtual meeting with his team, was poised to...

The politics of place – Winnipeg Free Press

From the Introduction to Authorized Heritage: Place, Memory, and Historic Sites in Prairie Canada, by Robert Coutts, published by University of Manitoba Press Landscape as...

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