A spokesman for the Chretien family says she died at her home in Shawinigan, Que., on Saturday morning surrounded by family. A cause of death was not specified.

If Parliament is prorogued, the move kills all bills that have not yet received royal ascent, and no committees are allowed to sit during a prorogation.

He recalled the 1960s and 70s, when radical separatists with the Front de liberation du Quebec (FLQ) were setting off bombs, kidnapped the British trade commissioner and killed a Quebec cabinet minister.

There appears to be a regional divide in how fondly Canadians view prime ministers past.

The deputy prime minister's role is not the Canadian equivalent of a U.S. vice-president.

Chretien said that western alienation is a "problem that existed for a long time," but noted that they have "survived" in the past when faced with it.

Chrétien endorsed McKenna in her riding Saturday, cautioning against the divisive American politics that have flourished under U.S. President Donald Trump.

The liberal election campaign n the riding of Kelowna Lake-Country received a boost Friday morning when a political heavyweight visited the campaign headquarters.

The Royal Canadian Navy says the 56 sailors were 45 times more likely to be diagnosed with PTSD than a control group made up of healthy submariners.

Several crewmembers were injured and one died as a result of an electrical fire aboard HMCS Chicoutimi in October 2004