Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - The B.C. Conservatives have gained another seat after the final count of votes in the October provincial election, but judicial recounts loom in two ridings due to the narrowness of their m...

Canada's Secretary of State for Sport Adam van Koeverden has cast doubt on whether Russia can compete as a neutral team at the upcoming world junior hockey championship in Alberta. The development fol...

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending the period of time a business can employ a low-wage temporary foreign worker. The change will lengthen the maximum duration of a low-wage Labour Market Imp...

OTTAWA - The country's top court began hearing legal arguments Monday about the validity of a federal ban on hundreds of types of firearms the government says are fit only for the battlefield. The hea...

HOMESTEAD AIR RESERVE BASE, Fla. (AP) - Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Sunday that President Donald Trump launched the war against Iran even if it was not "necessarily popular" to safeguard the w...

TORONTO - York University is investigating a cybersecurity incident resulting in the theft of personal data which was discovered last month. The school said an unauthorized actor accessed information ...

QUBEC - Quebec Immigration Minister Catherine Gentilcore says she is "deeply shocked" by alleged fraud incidents uncovered by the province's anti-corruption agency. In a news release this weekend, Gen...

NICOLET - Quebec police say the military has recovered an unexploded shell along the banks of the St. Lawrence River near Trois-Rivires, Que. Police, who were called to the town of Nicolet on Friday t...

TORONTO - Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week: Earnings The parade of quarterly results from companies continues this week with Barrick Mining Corp. on Monday fo...

VANCOUVER - A 23-year-old Canadian soldier was remembered Sunday as a globe-trotting, sporty and car-loving man with an infectious sense of humour and a fearless love for life. Hundreds of military pe...