Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON - With the November election 100 days away, more Americans say the country is heading in the wrong direction than at any previous point in Donald Trump's presidency, putting the incumbent i...

Davud Hanci would tell inmates to treat their time as valuable when he was working as a chaplain in Alberta prisons and jails. The imam tried to follow his own advice during the nearly three years he ...

PORTLAND, Ore. - Thousands of protesters gathered outside the federal courthouse in Portland, Oregon, into the early hours of Saturday shooting fireworks at the building as plumes of tear gas, dispens...

HALIFAX - Premier Stephen McNeil says if panellists leading a review into Nova Scotia's recent mass shooting need more powers, he expects they will request them from his government. The Liberal l...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is making mask-wearing mandatory in most indoor public places beginning July 31 - even for performers singing at concerts. Premier Stephen McNeil and Dr. Robert Strang, chie...

TORONTO - A law that bars a judge from imposing a conditional sentence for certain offences was struck down as unconstitutional on Friday in a decision likely to find its way to the country's top cour...

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam is doubling down on warnings to young Canadians to stop fuelling the spread of the novel coronavirus. Tam delivered that pre-weekend ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has lost at least $439 million so far this year in productivity through a policy that allows civil servants to stay home, with pay, during emergencies such as the COVID...

NEW YORK - President Donald Trump's former personal lawyer was released Friday after a judge ruled that he had been sent back to prison from home confinement as retaliation for his plan to release a b...

OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog is calling for statutory deadlines to ensure the Mounties respond to complaint findings in a timely way amid mounting concerns over excessive use of force by police. The&nbs...