Tag Archives: Politics

ST. JOHN'S - An imminent provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador is a key opportunity for the public to demand transparency about a new energy agreement with Hydro-Qubec - and possibly even h...

TORONTO - The University of Toronto says it took immediate action after learning about what it called "concerning social media posts" from one of its professors, and that the faculty member is now on ...

VICTORIA - B.C.'s human rights commissioner says misinformation and disinformation pose "significant threats" to human rights as her office has launched a new tool to prevent the spread of such inform...

OTTAWA - The early-1960s revelation that British spy Kim Philby had worked for Moscow alarmed Canadian intelligence officials who feared that he had betrayed confidences gleaned from Soviet defector I...

OTTAWA - Politicians on both sides of the aisle have been calling on Ottawa to designate a gang tied to India as a terrorist organization. The federal Conservatives plan to press the government on the...

OTTAWA - Former environment minister Catherine McKenna says federal security agencies initially refused to offer her protection - and wouldn't even show her the risk assessment they'd completed - as s...

OTTAWA - Former federal environment minister Catherine McKenna says the Justin Trudeau government's efforts to explain the consumer carbon price to Canadians were "half-hearted" - and just getting a m...

OTTAWA - Global Affairs Canada summoned Russian ambassador Oleg Stepanov over the incursion of Russian drones into Poland this week, as Ottawa looks to help a new effort by the NATO military alliance ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is in discussions with Alberta and the oil industry about the future of the sector's emissions cap, Energy Minister Tim Hodgson said Friday. At a news conference in Win...

QUBEC - A few dozen pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Quebec City to denounce the presence of the Israel-Premier Tech (IPT) team at the city's cycling Grand Prix event. They are calling for peopl...