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Standing on guard for Canada's records Ian Wilson talks to James Bradshaw about his tenure as head of Library and Archives Canada, and looks toward its future James Bradshaw From Monday's Globe and Mail Last updated on Tuesday, Jun.

It's Canada Day as I write this column. I'm alone in the newsroom, save for the hum of the fluorescent lights and the occasional static crackle and voice from the police scanner.

The city workers on strike in Toronto are taking a beating in the mainstream media over the sick leave provisions in their contract.

W hat a brilliant governor-general Michalle Jean has become after nearly four years in office.

New immigrants should embrace their Canadian identity and not marginalize themselves, says a first-generation immigrant MP from Tanzania.

On the eve of Canada's 142nd birthday, a new poll suggests Canadians don't know how old this country is.

Canada's first prime minister, Sir John A. Macdonald, is shown in a an undated file photo.

Five years ago almost to the day, Canadians entered into a cycle of minority governments after a 25-year spell of majority rule.

I've wanted to make a couple of comments about the Ignatieff election standoff thing, and I don't think that the fact it's completely old, nor the fact that everyone's said everything on it, should keep me from doing so ;) So, the first thing is that I'm not in favour of an election six or seven months after the last one unless there's an extreme ...

Singer songwriter k.d. Lang is pinned with the Order of Canada by Gov.-Gen. Romeo LeBlanc during a ceremony in Ottawa Wednesday, April 16, 1997.

Sandra Bullock, Ryan Reynolds and Betty White may be the stars of the nation's number one movie, "The Proposal," but when Paul Martin of Haverhill saw the movie when it opened last Friday, he was looking for some more obscure stars - some local talent in the background.

Former Liberal deputy prime minister John Manley will soon be heading one of Canada's most influential business lobby groups.

Fearing the economic impact of a prolonged standoff, an international contingent of elected officials and community leaders is calling for mediators to step in and help resolve the dispute that has closed the Cornwall-Massena border crossing on Cornwall Island for nearly a month.

This morning, a little international perspective on Canada's federal deficit, and the inevitable debate Canadians must have about taxes.

Clearwater's Dr. John Soles introduces four IPRbc students to a workshop on death and dying issues at the Community Resource Center last Tuesday evening.

Monday, Jun. 22, 2009 09:45PM EDT A coterie of high-ranking Canadian security officials first considered blocking Abousfian Abdelrazik's return five years ago at the request of a foreign government, but kept ministers of the then-Liberal government in the dark, The Globe and Mail has learned.

Nearly two years after leaving territorial politics, former N.W.T. premier Joe Handley says he wants to enter the federal political ring as the Liberal party's next candidate in the territory.

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Some months ago, Premier Dalton McGuinty said he'll lead his party forward in the next election in 2011.

Liberal MPs pressed Finance Minister Jim Flaherty Tuesday for more details about how he intends to eliminate the federal government's annual deficit once the recession ends as Conservatives and Liberals each tried to position themselves as responsible stewards of the public purse in a week which could end with a general election call.