Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Crown made a mockery of its treaty promise to the Anishinaabe in Ontario by freezing annual payments to First Nations for 150 years, and it now must make things right, the Supreme Court o...

TORONTO - Call it Taylor's Toronto, at least for a month. Toronto councillors have voted to temporarily mark a route through the downtown core with signs honouring megastar Taylor Swift when she bring...

VANCOUVER - Almost all British Columbia communities have adopted the provincial government's plan to tackle the housing crisis by allowing more multi-unit homes on properties. The province says nearly...

OTTAWA - A DNA test shows a former judge and Order of Canada recipient accused of falsely claiming to be Cree "most likely" has Indigenous heritage, a report from the Law Society of British Columbia r...

NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors are urging a judge to uphold Donald Trump's historic hush money conviction, arguing in court papers made public Thursday that the verdict should stand despite the Supreme C...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Vice President Kamala Harris told reporters on Thursday that she's "ready to debate Donald Trump." She accused him of "backpedaling" away from a previous agreement for a debate hoste...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Premier Tim Houston on Thursday defended his absence from this year's Halifax Pride parade, saying he didn't attend because police feared he'd be a lightning rod for protesters. ...

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - Metro Vancouver's transportation provider TransLink is warning of massive service cuts unless a $600-million funding gap is addressed. It says overall transit reductions of up ...

OTTAWA - Bob Rae, Canada's ambassador to the United Nations, will head the UN's Economic and Social Council. Global Affairs Canada says Rae has been elected president of the council for a one-year ter...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre blamed a national rise in crime and the recent killing of an Ontario teenager on what he calls failed Liberal and NDP policies. Poilievre delivered a stum...