Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A newly released spy watchdog report says some federal agencies should do more to ensure information-sharing with other countries does not lead to torture. The National Security and Intellige...

VICTORIA - A former B.C. cabinet minister is the new leader of CentreBC, an upstart political party that lacks a seat in the legislature but offers itself as a middle-of-the-road alternative to the tw...

OTTAWA - Across Canada, plans are underway for a massive boom in construction of the huge new data centres needed for artificial intelligence technology. But opposition is also building as residents w...

MONTREAL - Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says the province's economy is faring better than expected despite global uncertainty. He says Quebec's deficit for the last fiscal year, which ended in ...

WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is threatening to increase tariffs on Canada due to smoke from wildfires in Ontario blanketing parts of the United States. Trump says on social media he is "ho...

MONTREAL - Daniel Jolivet says he's gone through the full spectrum of human emotions since he learned that Justice Minister Sean Fraser has ordered a new trial in his case. "The crying, the laughter, ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - President Donald Trump said Friday that Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, has his support to run for a full term to replace her brother in the U.S. Senate. H...

OTTAWA - Swedish fighter jet maker Saab has struck a deal to work with Canadian company CAE on a domestic training, flight simulation and support program if Ottawa decides to buy its Gripen jets. In a...

OTTAWA - Mexico's foreign affairs minister said Friday his government will engage in trilateral talks with the U.S. and Canada on the continental trade pact when "it's appropriate." Roberto Velasco Al...

EDMONTON - It didn't take long for a potential candidate to emerge looking to take over a key Edmonton riding for the Alberta NDP that's currently held by party leader Naheed Nenshi. Former journalist...