Tag Archives: Politics

PORT RENFREW, B.C. - The leaders of three First Nations on southwestern Vancouver Island say they've told the B.C. government they want old-growth logging temporarily deferred in two areas, including ...

OTTAWA - MPs from all parties have joined New Democrats in calling on the federal government to drop its legal battles against a pair of rulings involving First Nations children. In a motion put forwa...

LONDON, Ont. - A Muslim family of five out for an evening early summer stroll were mowed down by a driver in an "act of mass murder," the mayor of London, Ont., said on Monday. The deadly attack on Su...

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking at taking a phased approach to welcoming back international visitors as pandemic restrictions loosen, focusing on case counts globally as part of decision-ma...

EDMONTON - A judge has ruled that the religious freedoms of an Alberta pastor who is on trial for violating COVID-19 regulations were not violated. Pastor James Coates made a charter application in re...

OTTAWA - Sweeping updates to the Broadcasting Act will not cover pornography or sexually exploitive content online, the federal heritage minister says. Steven Guilbeault told the House of Commons ethi...

Cities in Eastern Canada are adapting their heat wave-response plans, as pandemic restrictions have closed many places where people normally go to beat the heat. In Ottawa, where a heat warning was is...

Indigenous leaders are expressing disappointment and frustration over comments by Pope Francis they say fell short of an apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. Perry Bellegarde...

OTTAWA - Canada's border agency has an "urgent need" to hire a global technology firm to help develop a biometric strategy in response to rapidly evolving issues including COVID-19. The Canada Border ...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Travellers who have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine will soon be exempt from a 14-day stay in Nunavut's government-run isolation hotels. Starting next Monday, fully vaccinat...