Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government has spent less than half of the funding earmarked for a pair of flagship housing programs as the need for affordable homes grows along with a yawning "affordability gap...

OTTAWA - The federal government is committing $321 million in new funding for Indigenous communities and appointing a special interlocutor to propose law and policy changes to better respond to the fi...

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole accused Beijing of using the death penalty for political purposes on Tuesday after a Chinese court upheld the sentence of a Canadian sentenced to deat...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers vetoed a series of bills Tuesday passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature that would have imposed new restrictions on absentee ballots in ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopia's government on Tuesday summoned all capable citizens to war, urging them to join the country's military to stop resurgent forces from the embattled Tigray region "once ...

BEIJING (AP) - A Canadian entrepreneur who was charged with spying after his government arrested an executive of Chinese tech giant Huawei faces a possible verdict Wednesday as Beijing steps up pressu...

OTTAWA - Massachusetts-based drug maker Moderna will build an mRNA vaccine manufacturing plant in Canada within the next two years, CEO Stphane Bancel said Tuesday. The company has signed a memorandum...

VANCOUVER - There has been no misconduct in the extradition case of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that would justify a stay of proceedings, a lawyer for Canada's attorney general told the British Colu...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A six-week, 2,000-kilometre walk to honour children and survivors of residential schools that began in Yukon ended Monday in Kamloops, B.C., "ground zero for where the truth broke out...

OTTAWA - A pair of top officials are departing the Greens as financial strain and internal strife continue to take a toll on the party ahead of a likely election this year. Leader Annamie Paul's inter...