Ottawa earthquake: Trembler reported near Shawville, Que.
ADVERTISEMENT Updated: April 14, 2026 at 1:42PM EDT Published: April 14, 2026 at 12:52PM EDT An earthquake rattled Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec during the lunch hour Tuesday afternoon. Earthquakes Canada reported a magnitude 3.9 earthquake struck at approximately 12:36 p.m., with the epicentre located 20 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Que. CTV News Ottawa received reports […]
Canada’s Mark Carney secures Liberal majority after by-elections
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals secured a majority government after winning all three by-elections held Monday. The Liberals will control 174 of the 343 seats in the House of Commons, giving Carney greater freedom to pursue his political priorities, according to local broadcaster CBC. With this majority, Carney can pass legislation without support from […]
Alberta rejects federal nature strategy, redefines protected land
Alberta’s environment minister has expanded the province’s definition of “protected lands” in a bid to reject Ottawa’s nature strategy. This comes after Canada, along with 195 other countries, announced plans to protect 30 per cent of its land by 2030, an objective known as 30×30. But Grant Hunter, Alberta’s minister of environment and protected areas, […]
Ontario Liberals want newly elected MP Doly Begum to campaign in upcoming byelection
Instructions: Want to discuss? Please read our [Commenting Policy](https://globalnews.ca/pages/global-news-commenting-policy/) first. Comment Name Δ If you get Global News from Instagram or Facebook – that will be changing. [Find out how you can still connect with us](https://globalnews.ca/news/9885400/how-you-can-find-global-news/). Ontario Liberals are hoping newly minted federal MP Doly Begum will campaign for her provincial cousins in the upcoming […]
Carney is suspending Canada’s fuel excise tax for nearly 5 months
Instructions: Want to discuss? Please read our [Commenting Policy](https://globalnews.ca/pages/global-news-commenting-policy/) first. Comment Name Δ 9 comments Soon the Liberals will for a majority government. The N A Z I Conservatives will be all washed up with P P. It makes me proud to be a Canadian 🇨🇦 I know I speak for all Canadians ,including Liberals […]
Carney secures majority government with sweep of 3 byelections
Liberals win majority government, CBC News projects Liberals win majority government, CBC News projects ‘It’s going to be a long night’ in tight Terrebonne byelection, Joly says Liberals on edge of Canada’s 1st majority government since 2019 Liberals poised to secure majority. How did we get here? Even with majority, Liberals will need rules changes […]
Conservative MP tells reporters on hot mic, Liberals ‘trying to poach me’
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Canada’s defence is still a mess despite Ottawa’s NATO-spending claims
Brian Lilley speaks with David Perry and Christian Leuprecht about Canada’s defence budget You can save this article by registering for free [here](https://nationalpost.com/register/). Or [sign-in](https://nationalpost.com/sign-in/) if you have an account. It’s not actually official that Canada’s defence budget meets NATO’s two per cent of GDP target, despite the press releases claiming so. Yes, spending has […]
Canada February building permits -8.4% vs -2.1% expected
Join investingLive News Updates Join investingLive FX & Crypto Follow us on Twitter Follow Us on Facebook This drop was mostly the result of quirks as institutional permits were halved in the month. Often times these are lumpy things like hospitals. When you look at commercial alone, it fell 8%, which also isn’t great. The […]
Former ministers call on Anand to do more to safeguard arms exports
ADVERTISEMENT Published: April 13, 2026 at 8:18AM EDT OTTAWA — Former senior Liberal cabinet ministers say they have “deep concern” about the federal government’s decision not to pass legislation aiming to close what they consider a regulatory gap in arms exports. Former Liberal foreign affairs minister Lloyd Axworthy and former justice minister and ambassador to the […]