Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Privacy commissioner Philippe Dufresne says the government's "lawful access" bill should be amended to limit the sort of information available to authorities under a new production order. Cur...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Less than 24 hours before polls opened across America, Democrats on Monday fought to stay focused on the economy and move past intraparty infighting in the Midwest, while President D...

VICTORIA - The British Columbia Conservative caucus of 63 newly elected legislators is united to lead the province, premier-designate Lorne Doerkson said Monday, but he warned there would be difficult...

OTTAWA - One of the leaders of the Belleville, Ont., synagogue that was targeted by a gunman in September says costly enhanced security measures are needed to ensure the safety of congregants. Police ...

OTTAWA - Experts in European Union policy say Canada should try solidifying gains with the EU in legal frameworks, particularly as talk of becoming an EU "associate member" continues to cause confusio...

OTTAWA - Canada will present itself as an international climate leader when it sends a delegation to the annual UN climate talks next week in Turkey, despite its rollbacks of climate policy under Prim...

TORONTO - Ontario's doctors are calling on the province to reform access to specialist care, drop the use of fax machines and launch a provincewide central intake so they can end their patchwork proce...

OTTAWA - The federal government is defending its plan to start talks on an extradition treaty with the United Arab Emirates as civil society groups issue warnings over the country's human-rights recor...

HALIFAX - The case against a man accused of threatening to bomb the U.S. Consulate in Halifax has been pushed to later date after his lawyer asked for more time to review additional charges filed agai...

OTTAWA - Canadian businesses have submitted their wish lists to Ottawa ahead of Thursday's federal budget. Topping their priorities are tax reform, less red tape and concrete measures to turn the fede...