Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to review the sentencing of a man who went on a deadly shooting spree at a Quebec City mosque. The examination of Alexandre Bissonnette's case is expect...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The U.S. economy grew at a robust annual rate of 6.4% in the first three months of this year, unchanged from the government's initial estimate. The recovery from last year's deep rec...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and e...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A permanent resident of the United States wanted by China was freed by Dubai on Thursday after spending weeks in detention, and boarded a flight to Turkey. Beijing h...

OTTAWA - A landmark legal battle over the independence of judges responsible for overseeing military courts martial has gone meta with new questions over the autonomy of a judge hearing the case. The ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 301,113 new vaccinations administered for a total of 21,938,7...

Catherine Monias can't wait for the day she sees the buses pull up outside her office and the kids from her remote Manitoba First Nation stream back into the hallways following months of their schools...

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is moving to legally recognize the evolution of Canada's Senate into a more independent, non-partisan chamber of sober second thought. It has introduced a government bi...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's First Nations Health Authority says Indigenous people accounted for nearly 15 per cent of all toxic drug deaths last year although they represent 3.3 per cent of the pro...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau formally apologized on Thursday for the internment of Canadians of Italian descent during the Second World War, saying the community has carried the weight of th...