Mike Blanchfield
Reporter with The Canadian Press
About Mike Blanchfield
Tories send Liberals a NAFTA olive branch, with strings attached
Attack mode, says the Conservative Party's new foreign affairs critic, will not be the opposition's first instinct when dealing with the Liberal government's renegotiation of the NAFTA.
'Daddy, let's go to Canada': The fearful Haitian march from Trump to Canada
Their lives changed in an instant that July day when the government letter arrived telling them that her work permit was not being renewed.
Cornwall officials seek answers on arrival of Haitian asylum seekers
"There are mixed feelings in our community on what we think they should be doing and shouldn’t be doing," said Cornwall Mayor Leslie O’Shaughnessy.
Trudeau says Khadr settlement troubles him, but it could have cost more
Justin Trudeau says he shares the concerns of Canadians who object to reports of the government's multi-million dollar settlement with Omar Khadr.
Bibeau to press Trump counterpart not to slash billions in aid spending
International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says she will try to persuade her counterpart in the Trump administration not to slash billions in foreign aid as the president has proposed.
Influential, misinformed Canadian media hurts China-Canada relations: envoy
The envoy levelled the accusations during a lengthy interview at the Chinese Embassy in Ottawa with The Canadian Press.
Liberal government waiting for more details on Trump travel ban decision
The Trudeau government is waiting for more details after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday partially reinstated President Donald Trump’s ban on travellers from six mainly Muslim countries.
Canada urged direct women's aid to small, grassroots groups
The grants she gives out will be small, in the hundreds of dollars — not thousands or millions. But they will provide crucial support dealing with big challenges such as fighting sexual assault.
Liberal legislation aimed at limiting how long inmates can be kept in solitary
The federal government introduced legislation on Monday, June 19, 2017, to restrict the use of solitary confinement inside federal prisons.
A soldier first: transgender veteran of Afghanistan war fights for identity
Toiling at the heart of the Taliban insurgency offered Lamarre a brief respite from the emotional war that had been raging inside him since childhood. Here, he needed only one label: soldier.