Representatives of industry associations met in Vancouver on Thursday morning to announce plans for a campaign supporting the completion of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The assembled business leaders said they believe that Canada’s reputation as a safe place to invest is at risk if Kinder Morgan’s plans for the pipeline aren’t allowed to proceed. “We’re at a point of crisis of …

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will break off a foreign trip to return to Ottawa for a meeting on Sunday with the premiers of two provinces arguing over an oil pipeline, his office said on Thursday. The unexpected development is a sign of the pressure building on Trudeau to solve a dispute which could turn into a constitutional crisis. Trudeau’s federal …

Angelique EagleWoman, who became first Indigenous dean of a Canadian law school, says efforts to bring meaningful change “thwarted” by Lakehead University. In 2016, Angelique EagleWoman packed up her life in the United States and moved north to Thunder Bay, where she became the first Indigenous dean of a Canadian law school. Her appointment at Lakehead University’s law faculty was …

Something was different about the man known as Mickie Noah. More than a year after police in Toronto issued a warrant for his arrest, he was in front of investigators. He looked thinner, in a hoodie and track pants. Det.-Const. Timothy Trotter noticed he wasn’t even wearing a watch. “A polite term, would be considerably diminished from his former stature …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday for the first time that a deal to renegotiate NAFTA was likely, amid signs negotiators may be closer to settling one of the regional trade pact’s most contentious issues. “We remain very confident that a win-win-win deal is not only possible, but likely,” Trudeau told a Toronto business audience. The head of …

The Canadian economy added 15,400 jobs in February after a big loss in January but full-time positions shrank and wage growth decelerated, prompting analysts to predict the Bank of Canada will be in no rush to raise rates. Statistics Canada said on Friday the unemployment rate dipped to 5.8 percent from 5.9 percent in January. Analysts in a Reuters poll …

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will appoint a woman as head of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a source familiar with the matter said on Friday, the first permanent female head of a force that has been dogged by accusations of discrimination and sexual assault. Brenda Lucki will be named commissioner of the Mounties, said the source, who spoke on …

Testing driverless cars in cold climates brings added challenges to an industry grappling with the first fatality involving an autonomous vehicle. On Sunday, an Uber Technologies Inc self-driving sport utility vehicle hit and killed a woman crossing the street in Arizona. Blackberry (BB.TO) said on Wednesday it will continue testing its self-driving concept car on the road in Ottawa.The Canadian …

Conservative MP Maxime Bernier is rejecting an olive branch from Liberal counterpart Celina Caesar-Chavannes after the pair exchanged barbs on Twitter over issues of race and identity politics. Bernier, Caesar-Chavannes and Liberal Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen were going at each other over funding in the budget that Hussen described as historic for racialized Canadians. The budget included money for a …

A spokesman for the company confirmed the departure of Paul Bliss but refused to provide further details. “We don’t comment on the specifics of individual employee matters,” Scott Henderson said in an email to The Canadian Press. Bliss did not immediately respond to a request for comment. The allegations against him have not been verified by The Canadian Press. The …