Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Canadian diplomats were directed this week not to meet with or attend events with candidates in the U.S. midterm elections. Glen Linder, assistant deputy minister for the Americas at Global A...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - President Donald Trump on Thursday accused LeBron James of disrespecting the United States after the NBA star appeared to continue his warmups while the national anthem was perform...

ST. JOHN'S - A company hoping to launch rockets from southern Newfoundland says it has signed a $20-million contract with the Department of National Defence. In a news release, Nordspace says the 10-y...

EDMONTON - A former Alberta cabinet minister says Premier Danielle Smith won't survive fallout from the separation referendum, while an independence organizer says she still has his support for now. L...

TORONTO - He's one of Canada's top thoroughbred trainers, but the country's tax laws are forcing Kevin Attard to consider setting up shop in the United States. At the crux of the issue is Section 31 o...

OTTAWA - Some federal government websites are still out of commission as Ottawa takes precautions against a global security risk. Governments and corporations worked throughout the night on urgent sec...

MONTREAL - Culture Minister Marc Miller says while he shares concerns about how long the government's new digital regulator will take to set up, he's unable to say exactly when that will happen. In an...

Canada Post has begun to show "early signs" of financial recovery, its CEO says, as the beleaguered Crown corporation starts to step back from the fiscal cliff. At its annual public meeting, Doug Etti...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on the government to implement temporary resident exit tracking, boost collaboration with the provinces and further reduce permanent residency admissions in the ...

VANCOUVER - Voters in Vancouver have voted by about two-thirds in favour of two plebiscite questions proposed by the city's outgoing mayor on drug use, despite ejecting him from office in the same ele...