Tag Archives: Politics

SMITHERS, B.C. - On the first anniversary of the RCMP's enforcement of an injunction against opponents of a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia, First Nation hereditary chiefs ...

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister says the United Nations is an unelected, unaccountable body that has no business criticizing Canada's energy megaprojects. Sonya Savage, in a statem...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he hopes to see concrete action in short order after meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland. "We've identified some urgent priorities for...

OTTAWA - Canada's border agency violated the law by carrying out unduly invasive searches of personal digital devices, in one case viewing a traveller's social media and online ban...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives will elect a new leader on June 27. The contest has yet to formally begin, as the party must still release the entry rules, but people have already started signalling their ...

OTTAWA - As contenders for the Conservative leadership continue to jockey into position, several from Quebec are considering a bid despite the party's mediocre showing in that province in th...

VANCOUVER - Sam Sadr's first trip to the United States from his home in North Vancouver was supposed to be a relaxing getaway but he says his birth in Iran made him a target at the border, where ...

OTTAWA - Lou Burri says a body stored in a hospital conference room first set an alarm bell ringing in his head last October. The hospital denies that happened, but the union leader at the O...

OTTAWA - President Donald Trump's decision to order the killing of a top Iranian general has elevated his disregard of Canada and other American allies to a new level, says Barack Obama's fo...

VANCOUVER - A senior executive at British Columbia Lottery Corp. has been denied standing in the province's money laundering inquiry although he could still be called as a witness. The inqui...