Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Four candidates are in the running for leadership of the federal Conservative party, and a winner will be announced Sunday night. Here's a quick look at who they are, in alphabetical order: L...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champange is heading to Lebanon this week to get a firsthand look at the devastation caused by the deadly explosions in Beirut and urge the country'...

OTTAWA - A new research paper says Canadian intelligence assessments on Iraq were generally accurate in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 - unlike reports produced in Was...

OTTAWA - Perrin Beatty was on his way home from the office when his phone rang. It was Chrystia Freeland, who 24 hours earlier had become Canada’s finance minister. For the president of the Cana...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau first met Chrystia Freeland at a 2012 Toronto signing for her award-winning book, Plutocrats: The Rise of the New Global Super-Rich and the Fall of Everyone Else. The tome...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As Newfoundland and Labrador's newly minted premier gets to work addressing the province's economic problems, he must turn his attention to another pressing political hurdle: winnin...

OTTAWA - Peter MacKay is leading after the first round in the federal Conservative leadership race - a result revealed hours later than planned. Derek Sloan's name will now be dropped off the ballot a...

WASHINGTON - Republicans will aim to recast the story of Donald Trump's presidency when they hold their national convention, featuring speakers drawn from everyday life as well as cable news and the W...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has issued provincewide guidelines to police forces regarding street checks, but the policy is raising concerns from various rights groups. Quebec's Public Security De...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief health officer says Canadians should be "seized" with the crisis of rising deaths from opioid use, and she suggests decriminalizing hard drugs should be part of the discussion ...