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Stephen Harper says he is confident a re-elected Conservative government will be able to speed up the pace of job creation, based largely on his past record.

No way, no how, would the Liberal Party of Canada support a Conservative government led by Stephen Harper, leader Justin Trudeau said Tuesday.

Finance Minister Joe Oliver says the country was not in a recession in the first half of the year despite economic data to the contrary.

The Conservatives are promising they would automatically impose travel bans against people who've already been sanctioned by the Canadian government and include gross human rights violations on the list of reasons for implementing sanctions.

A 19-year-old woman has found herself in conflict with the law over her probation order.

A top organizer for both Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton is actively working with the NDP -- and predicts Canadians will conclude that leader Tom Mulcair is the only person who can defeat Stephen Harper.

Some of the most touchy subjects in Canadian politics -- minority rights, climate change and Quebec sovereignty -- had their airing during a lively and edgy French-language debate Thursday.

Stephen Harper doesn't have a reputation as a gambler, but his 2015 federal election call is shaping up as an all- or-nothing bet on another Conservative majority.

The Lotto-Max lottery will make history tonight by offering an estimated jackpot of $60 million for the first time.

The possible escape route of the killer or killers of New Brunswick businessman Richard Oland was the focus of testimony Friday at a murder trial in Saint John.

Stephen Harper is making a promise to keep his promise. Harper says a re-elected Conservative government would bring in legislation prohibiting increases to federal tax rates.

Faced with the prospect of losing votes in Quebec, Tom Mulcair is digging in on his position that women should have a right to wear a veil at citizenship ceremonies.

There is one winning ticket for the $60 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw, and it was sold in the Toronto area.

The federal Liberals say they can add almost $146.5 billion in new government spending over the next four years, and still bring the budget back to balance with an end-of-term surplus of about $1 billion by the end of a four-year mandate.

The federal government has revoked the citizenship of an Islamic extremist who masterminded a plot to bomb downtown Toronto in an effort to terrorize Canadians and cripple the economy.

Two of the three major political parties tried to score domestic political points on Sunday, one day ahead of a major foreign policy debate by the leaders.

A school board on Nova Scotia's Cape Breton Island has banned school dances for students in grades six to eight.

Canadian opposition leaders criticized Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Monday, saying he had betrayed the nation's reputation abroad by abandoning its commitment to multilateralism and helping those in trouble.