MONTREAL—When Alberta announced a boycott of British Columbia wines in retaliation for regulations that could block a vital west coast oil pipeline, environmentalists across the country had a one-word response. Buycott. The clarion call of conscious consumers determined to flex their purchasing power in support of their political prerogatives was …

OTTAWA—Democratic Institutions Minister Karina Gould is about to become the first federal cabinet minister in history to take a maternity leave. Gould is expecting her first child in early March and will go on leave until at least May after the baby is born. Treasury Board President Scott Brison will …

OTTAWA—The CBC should not have been ordered to remove stories identifying a murdered Alberta girl from its online archives, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The high court made the 9-0 decision Friday in a case that touches on the issue of publishing in the digital era. In early …