Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal government is turning to the private sector to design and possibly help run a massive buyback of newly prohibited firearms. Public Safety Canada has invited 15 consulting firms to...

OTTAWA - A Liberal commitment to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples is still a top priority, says Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller, but he c...

MONTREAL - The vast majority of non-Indigenous Quebecers recognize that First Nations members in the province are subject to racism or discrimination, survey results released Wednesday suggest. The su...

VICTORIA - Children in British Columbia will return to classrooms two days later than originally planned as part of a gradual restart to schooling, the education minister says. Rob Fleming said&n...

OTTAWA - The federal government has announced an additional $305 million to help Indigenous Peoples combat COVID-19. Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the money is meant to help Indigenous...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. - Rapper Kanye West has qualified to appear on Arkansas' ballot this fall as an independent presidential candidate, Secretary of State John Thurston said Tuesday. Thurston told West'...

WILMINGTON, Del. - Joe Biden and Kamala Harris pushed past their one-time political rivalry to deliver an aggressive attack on the character and performance of President Donald Trump in their historic...

WASHINGTON - No, Russia isn't having a Sputnik moment. The announcement Tuesday by Russian President Vladimir Putin that his country was the first to approve a coronavirus vaccine did not provoke the ...

CHICAGO - In the weeks before Joe Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris his running mate, women's groups were readying a campaign of their own: shutting down sexist coverage and disinformation about a vice-p...

WASHINGTON - Gretchen Whitmer wanted out. The Michigan governor had caught the interest of Joe Biden and his vice-presidential vetting committee, who were drawn to her prominence in a crucial battlegr...