The provincial government abruptly purged the board and senior leaders of Alberta’s pension fund, defying a long-held principle that funds should be free of political interference. By Ian Austen ...

Canada was once a smug nation. We thought ourselves virtuous, and the rest of the world took us at our own estimation, especially Americans who threatened to move here when a Bush president or two ...

Stephen Harper, the guy who shook the hand of an overalls-clad Justin Bieber—oh, right, Harper is also prime minister of Canada—tried something new on Twitter this week. And no, not a failed DM à la ...

The provincial government of Alberta has appointed Stephen J. Harper, the former prime minister of Canada, as the new chair of the board of the C$168.9 billion ($124.5 billion) Alberta Investment ...

TOYAKO, Japan, July 9 (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday played down the country's rising inflation rate, saying it was not the major concern for his government. Sign up ...

TORONTO (AP) -- Canada's next prime minister used his first post-election press conference Thursday to tell the United States to mind its own business when it comes to territorial rights in the Arctic ...

KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (Reuters) - Good news about the economy propelled Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the campaign trail on Monday, with an earlier-than-expected budget surplus ...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper shut down Parliament on Thursday in an unprecedented attempt to keep his government in power, fending off a no-confidence vote he was all but certain to lose. Less than ...

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