Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - A new independent panel that would review claims of wrongful convictions is edging toward reality, as the Liberal government moves forward on one of its campaign promises. Signs of progress ...

SMITHERS, B.C. - Bonnie George walked out of the Office of the Wet'suwet'en holding her hands up in the air in a triumphant gesture. Just hours earlier, the Wet'suwet'en matriarch and former Coastal G...

PARIS - The spreading coronavirus epidemic shut down France's Louvre Museum on Sunday, with workers who guard its famous trove of artworks fearful of being contaminated by the museum's flow of tourist...

OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes had to come down, the move ha...

SELMA, Ala. - An emboldened Joe Biden tried to cast himself as the clear moderate alternative to progressive Bernie Sanders on Sunday as the Democrats' shrinking presidential field raced toward Super ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - Billionaire activist Tom Steyer, who poured millions of dollars into his Democratic presidential campaign, is ending his bid after a third-place finish in the South Carolina primary. ...

SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers said Saturday they remained optimistic that talks will break an impasse over a pipeline dispute that has sparked widesp...

OTTAWA - Richard Decarie, a social conservative whose views have been condemned by some senior Conservatives, has been barred from running in the party's leadership race. Decarie, who believes being L...

WASHINGTON - Seeking to reassure the American public, President Donald Trump said there was "no reason to panic" as the new coronavirus claimed its first victim inside the U.S. The White House also an...

OTTAWA - It's been billed as the largest-ever investment in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard during a time of peace. Over the next decade, the federal government will invest tens of bi...