Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The decades-long debate over whether Canada should create a CIA-style foreign spy agency has been coloured by pressure from allies, budgetary restraint and internal federal rivalries, a new s...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic's next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attac...

QUBEC - As the Coalition Avenir Qubec leadership race continues, both candidates seeking to succeed outgoing Quebec premier Franois Legault highlighted gender equality as a key issue, though their app...

HALIFAX - A floor of the Nova Scotia legislature is closed to the public following a week of rallies and demonstrations over grant cuts. Speaker of the House Danielle Barkhouse said public access woul...

TOKYO - While there should be "debate" in Canada about a social media ban for children, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he has not made up his own mind on the issue yet. "I think this is something tha...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his "deplorable" actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney says the act...

CALGARY - Alberta's government says a long-awaited passenger rail master plan is expected to be made public within weeks. Transportation Minister Devin Dreeshen says with the plan complete, he's hopin...

VICTORIA - Two new police training sites have been approved in Vancouver and Victoria to address a surge in demand for recruits from communities across British Columbia. Public Safety Minister Nina Kr...

HALIFAX - Halifax high school student Teddie Rofe says the Nova Scotia government has just made a decision that will strip away some of her independence. Rofe, 17, is in Grade 11 and works part-time j...

The mother of a 12-year-old girl critically injured in the mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., last month says her daughter's breathing tube has been removed as doctors check to see whether she can ...