Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...

OTTAWA - Traditional chiefs from British Columbia at the heart of the Coastal GasLink pipeline protest are now in eastern Ontario, where federal cabinet ministers hope their proximity to the capital m...

OTTAWA - A sixth presumptive case of COVID-19 has been diagnosed in British Columbia after a woman in her 30s returned to the province from Iran, bringing the total number of cases in Canada...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will review a lower-court decision to grant a new trial to two men accused of plotting to crash a Via Rail train. Raed Jaser and Chiheb Esseghaier were found ...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump announced that Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, will become acting director of national intelligence, a move that puts a staunch Trump ally in charg...

OTTAWA - Canada's top judge says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner, chief justice of the Supreme Court, ...

VICTORIA - Children's health in British Columbia will benefit from the provincial government's decision to tax sugary soda drinks, says the chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation. Dr. Tom W...

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics officer says Conservative Sen. Victor Oh breached the upper house's ethics code four times when he accepted an all-expenses paid trip to China in 2017. More...

VANCOUVER - Canada's minister in charge of Indigenous relations is making a bid to meet with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs, but with the First Nation's leadership en route to meet supporter...

HALIFAX - A Supreme Court of Canada decision could affect whether government lawyers can use confidential documents to defend their reputations if political bosses "throw them...