Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - Quebec isn't interested in adding a statutory holiday in the province to recognize Indigenous Peoples. Premier Franois Legault told reporters today the province has enough statutory holiday...

OTTAWA - The House of Commons defence committee on Monday ended months of hearings on the Liberal government's handling of sexual misconduct allegations involving senior military commanders without pr...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are asking that the Public Health Agency of Canada's offices be searched after a public shaming of the agency's president failed to persuade him to turn over unredacted docu...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 heard Monday from a close relative who said Lionel Desmond's mental health appeared...

VICTORIA - Three British Columbia First Nations are getting federal funding to buy rescue boats to expand an Indigenous-led coast guard auxiliary. Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says the...

MONTREAL - Some residents of a Montreal-area long-term care home likely died of dehydration during the first wave of COVID-19 in the province, an occupational therapist told a Quebec coroner's inquest...

OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it has found the money to avoid going under, and has enough left over to launch a new campaign to help the beleaguered ...

OTTAWA - Canada has announced new sanctions against Belarusian officials and entities in response to the politically motivated arrests of journalist Raman Pratasevich and his companion Sofia Sapega. I...

WINNIPEG - A large brick building that stands on a hill overlooking a small community in southwestern Manitoba casts an immense shadow. The Birtle Indian Residential school reminds survivors and their...

OTTAWA - As many settler Canadians gain greater awareness of the dark and disturbing truths about the country's mistreatment of Indigenous populations, political leaders struck conciliatory tones in r...