The House of Commons has adjourned a few days early for its summer break, after members of Parliament agreed to pause their legislative business until mid-September.
The Peace Tower is pictured through security fencing on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 19, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
This week, the Conservatives tried to push for House of Commons committees to sit over the summer, but Liberal, NDP and Bloc Quebecois MPs rebuked those efforts. All party approval was required to adjourn the House ahead of Friday's scheduled end of the spring sitting. The House will resume sitting on Monday, Sept. 16.
The stakes are high in a looming June 24 federal byelection in a long-held Liberal riding in Toronto, and if Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's party shows signs of slipping, it could spark a bigger conversation, CTV News' pollster Nik Nanos says.The federal Liberal government learned Friday it might have to retreat on a proposal within its electoral reform legislation to delay the next vote by one week, after all opposition parties came out to say they can't support it.
A police constable working as part of the U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s protection team was arrested this week for allegedly making bets related to the timing of the general election, police told CNN.A 2,000-year-old funerary urn unearthed in southern Spain has been shown to contain the oldest wine ever found still in liquid form.
Heading back to their ridings for the summer, Liberal MPs say while it's 'not a happy time,' they're gearing up to hit the doorsteps to try and connect with Canadians directly in an effort to turn the tide for their party that's been persistently down in the polls.Toronto, Montreal among the deadliest cities for Canadian heatwaves, federal research suggests
Canadian consumers are increasingly expecting more when it comes to the quality of 5G performance and are placing blame on providers when an internet connection is spotty, a researcher says.Meet the hobbyists who collect barf bags It’s been roughly 66 million years since dinosaurs roamed the earth. And when you see this fossil cast of a daspletosaurus in tight quarters – you wouldn’t want the gap between our times on this planet to be any closer.A steer auctioned off on behalf a Saskatchewan teenager with a rare neurological disorder has raised more than $50,000 for an MRI project in his hometown.
WestJet has started cancelling some flights across the country, including Edmonton, as its aircraft maintenance engineers and tech ops staff prepare to walk off the job.Records to watch as temperatures soar in the Maritimes WednesdayTransport Canada is rescinding its approval for the Dartmouth Cove infill project that has caused much back and forth between locals and officials.
Occupy UW, a group protesting the war in Gaza at the University of Waterloo campus, disrupted a board of governors meeting on Tuesday afternoon.A fundraising company says it was left in the dark by a Saskatoon Montessori School that is facing allegations about teachers not being paid.More than 1.2 million people now call Saskatchewan homeOntario’s Ministry of Labour charged with criminal negligence causing death in Sudbury, Ont.
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