Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced changes to Canada's sick-leave benefits under employment insurance Wednesday, to respond to concerns about COVID-19. Here is a quick overview of how th...

CALGARY - Amnesty International says it's not enough for political leaders to condemn a sexually suggestive decal appearing to show teenage climate campaigner Greta Thunberg and they should do more to...

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick public health officials are reporting the province's first presumptive case of COVID-19. Jennifer Russell, the province's chief medical officer of health, says health offic...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals will deliver the first budget of their minority mandate at the end of the month. Finance Minister Bill Morneau told the House of Commons on Wednesday that the federal Lib...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney flew to Ottawa on Wednesday with a list of demands and a key message for the prime minister to focus on the economy. Kenney and his fellow premier...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court on Wednesday said it would allow the Trump administration to continue enforcing a policy that makes asylum-seekers wait in Mexico for U.S. court hearings, despite lower ...

CHANTILLY, Va. - In the darkness, the team suits up quietly, putting on their helmets and tactical gear. Federal agents lug battering rams, bolt cutters and heavy weaponry by foot up a hill on a resid...

OTTAWA - The federal anti-money laundering centre is exploring artificial intelligence and machine learning to help sort through a deluge of data in the hunt for hidden d...

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog urged federal politicians to ask the government why it is holding on to an extra $105 million that it collected on U.S. steel and aluminum during its trade figh...

TORONTO - Growing concern about contracting or spreading the new coronavirus has so far prompted Canadians to make relatively modest changes to protect themselves and others, a poll released on Wednes...