OTTAWA - Canada will contribute an additional $10 million to help stabilization efforts in Mali.The new funds were announced as international donors p...

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Peter MacKay says a heavy-lift Canadian air force transport plane will continue to assist French forces in Mali for another ...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians would oppose the deployment of combat troops to Mali to fight Islamist rebels.Fewer than one in five respo...

Bob Rae questioned John Baird's courage Tuesday night during a debate in the House of Commons on Canada's role in the conflict in Mali. And say wha...

OTTAWA - The total cost of providing a transport plane to aid international efforts in Mali is an estimated $18.6 million, says one of Canada's top so...

OTTAWA - Canada showed little appetite Tuesday for boosting its modest military assistance to Mali, choosing instead to provide $13 million in new hum...

OTTAWA - The Harper government's commitment of a giant Royal Canadian Air Force transport plane to support French military action in Mali — original...

OTTAWA - The massive Canadian C-17 transport plane that's currently ferrying French war supplies to Mali has been seconded from regular duty in Canada...

OTTAWA - The federal government has evacuated most of its staff and their families from the embassy in Mali, and is urging any Canadians still in the ...

OTTAWA - Canada's C-17 heavy-lift military transport plane touched down on Malian soil for the first time Thursday carrying a French military armoured...

If you like your tales of Canadian do-gooding to be humble and cutesy, I imagine you'll be charmed to learn that the primary reason why our air force intervened in Mali this week was because we were already in the neighbourhood. Once you begin to watch the headlines, it becomes harder to ignore the decidedly inelegant possibly that Canadian foreign policy is actually governed by much of the same lazy logic as the rest of Canadian life -- namely, we'll do whatever's cheap, fast, popular, and easy, and -- if time and cost permits -- right.

CFB TRENTON, Ont. - A C-17 military transport plane has finally lifted off en route to France as it makes its way to the troubled African country of M...

The departure of a Canadian Forces C-17 transport plane with 35 personnel headed to support the French mission in Mali was delayed by mechanical probl...

OTTAWA - Canada is contributing one of its large C-17 military cargo planes to deliver supplies to the capital of Mali after a request from France.But...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper ruled out sending Canadian troops to fight Islamist insurgents in Mali, essentially rejecting an impassioned re...

OTTAWA - Robert Fowler, the retired Canadian diplomat who was kidnapped by terrorists in Africa, blasted the Harper government Monday for saying it ha...

OTTAWA - The head of the African Union is set to visit Ottawa this week.Thomas Yayi Boni's meeting with Prime Minister Stephen Harper could bring a re...

OTTAWA - The Harper government is examining whether to dispatch Canadian troops to help train an African force whose purpose would be to take back a v...

As Harper dilates on the virtues of Calgary, and the United States slogs into one of its dullest and nastiest presidential campaigns between two of its least impressive candidates ever, the West may take some comfort from the relative tranquility around their major office-holders. As dismal as things can seem over here, we should be aware of how bad things can get, and in some countries, generally are.

OTTAWA - Canada is not considering sending troops to Mali to help deal with the unfolding crisis in the West African nation, where Islamic extremists ...