Refugee claimants coming to Canada through the United States not new

One spring morning, Alfredo Rivas and his wife, who was seven months pregnant, grabbed the small bags containing their remaining belongings and headed north to Canada, a place they'd never seen. A week earlier, they'd decided to leave New York City amid worries the U.S. president's promise to crack down on illegal immigration would put them at risk of being deported back to wartorn El Salvador.

Kate Middleton and Prince William’s Firsts as a Royal Couple

This Saturday, Kate Middleton and Prince William will have been married for six years. And they're still going strong! Check out all the "firsts" the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have experienced since their royal wedding on April 29, 2011.

Trump provides pipeline consent

President Donald Trump gave the go-ahead to the long-delayed Keystone XL pipeline on Friday, declaring it a "great day for American jobs" and siding with energy advocates over environmental groups in a heated debate over climate change. TransCanada CEO Russell Girling speaks with President Donald Trump in Washington.

MP Doherty in Washington meeting with U.S. lawmakers

Windsor West NDP MP Brian Masse , Scarborough-Guildwood Liberal MP John McKay, Senator Ron Johnson of Wisconsin and Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty in between meetings in Washington, D.C. this week. Cariboo-Prince George MP Todd Doherty arrived in Washington, D.C. on Monday for three days of meetings about softwood lumber, NAFTA, the environment and defence spending.

Federal budget won’t contain specific actions to address Trump uncertainty

If the Trudeau government takes action to address the economic risks of the Donald Trump presidency, it won't happen in the upcoming federal budget. Following weeks of meetings between Liberal cabinet ministers and the Trump administration, sources say Ottawa feels it can proceed with the plan it laid out before the U.S. election.

Rachel Notley expects to meet with members of Trump administration

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she expects to meet face to face Wednesday with members of U.S. President Donald Trump's government as she continues a visit to Washington, D.C. "I'm not going to get into specific names until those meetings are finally confirmed, but, yes, we do anticipate meeting with people in the Trump administration," Notley said Tuesday in a conference call from the U.S. capital. Trump is contemplating changes to the trade relationship with Canada, including a new border tax.

Trump’s Billionaire Pick For Commerce, Oceans Chief Is Keeping His Oil Tankers

If there's one thing that's clear from Wilbur Ross's financial disclosure forms, it's that the billionaire nominee for secretary of commerce lives in a world most Americans can only fantasize about. His many holdings include at least $150 million in cash accounts.

Trumpa s first month augurs stormy trans-Atlantic relations

After President Donald Trump's raucous first month in office, Europeans have reacted with demonstrations, counter-barbs and sheer angst that a century of trans-Atlantic friendship may be sinking. "Too much as happened," European Union leader Donald Tusk said Monday, "for us to pretend that everything is as it used to be."

Nine people flee U.S. border patrol to seek asylum in Canada

Family members are helped into Canada by Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers along the U.S.-Canada border near Hemmingford, Quebec. Nine asylum-seekers, including four children, barely made it across the Canadian border on Friday as a U.S. border patrol officer tried to stop them and a Reuters photographer captured the scene.

Trudeau on NATO: spending isn’t everything

Canada is demonstrating its commitment to NATO in ways that go beyond simple military spending, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. During a news conference Friday in Berlin, Trudeau acknowledged the spending target agreed to in 2014 by the members of the global military alliance - two per cent of GDP annually - but described Canada and Germany as principal NATO actors who do much of the "heavy lifting."

If Trump were suddenly Canada’s prime minister, how much could he do before anybody could stop him?

U.S. President Donald Trump has already pushed through an astonishing portion of his campaign platform without needing a hint of Congressional approval. And with more orders to come, Trump opponents are suddenly dusting off their law books to see just how much executive power he has to play with.

Russian media leap on French presidential candidate with rumors and innuendo

French conservative FranA ois Fillon, right, arrives for a news conference at his campaign headquarters in Paris on Feb. 6. Fillon is trying to save his presidential bid as prosecutors investigate the political jobs he gave to his wife, son and daughter. As seen through a Russian television set, the upcoming French elections are the dirtiest in history, a shameful public display of the cronyism and liberal decay that the Kremlin says are tearing Europe apart.