Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau has apologised “unreservedly” for making physical contact with a woman MP who said he elbowed her in the chest as he waded through a group of mostly-opposition members.

Bill Clinton is there for Obama in Charlotte. But the big-tent, business-friendly wing of the party he built is long gone. Peter J Boyer looks at how the death of Clintonism could be a major hurdle for the president

Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper has won his coveted majority government in elections which changed Canada’s political landscape with the opposition Liberals and Quebec separatists suffering a shattering defeat.

CANADA'S Supreme Court said yesterday that proposed legislation allowing gay marriage is constitutional, but the government cannot force religious officials to perform unions against their beliefs.