Tag Archives: Politics

PHOENIX - When the coronavirus flared in China's capital this week, Beijing cancelled flights, suspended reopenings and described the situation as "extremely grave." But with cases rising in some U.S....

OTTAWA - Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal says he has been revolted by recent videotaped examples of "police brutality" against Indigenous People in Canada. Vandal, who is Meti...

REGINA - Saskatchewan's premier says he and other provincial leaders have asked Ottawa for more flexibility on $14 billion in transfer funds to help people returning to work during the COVID-19 pandem...

OTTAWA - Canada's new top central banker says the Bank of Canada has no intention to raise interest rates given the current economic circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Tiff Mackl...

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration sued former national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday to delay the publication of a book that the White House says contains classified information and that...

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog, the Bureau des enquetes independantes, is investigating two recent police shootings of Indigenous people in New Brunswick. On June 4, 26-year-old Chantel Moore was...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who spent 23 years in prison before his first-degree murder conviction was overturned is suing the federal government, the City of Winnipeg and others for more than $16 milli...

VANCOUVER - The insurance market for an estimated 1.5 million people living in condominiums and townhouses in British Columbia isn't healthy with premiums rising by 40 per cent year over year, sa...

HALIFAX - The RCMP are further delaying a decision on whether to offer an apology to Halifax's Black community for their use of street checks, as some Black Nova Scotian leaders say the force's s...

OTTAWA - Several public-interest groups are calling for a suspension of federal decision-making on radioactive-waste disposal until Canada has stronger policies in place. They say the federal nuc...