Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Vice-Admiral Angus Topshee, the head of the Royal Canadian Navy, is being promoted to second-in-command of the Canadian Armed Forces. The Department of National Defence confirms Topshee is re...

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government wants to revive its stagnant mining sector and take advantage of Ottawa's ambitions to supply an international market hungry for critical minerals from depen...

OTTAWA - People across the country completed their census forms this week, sharing details about their lives, which languages they speak and - for those who got the long-form census - information abou...

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - The Democratic primary for a key U.S. House seat in Nebraska was too early to call late Tuesday, as two candidates were separated by a narrow margin in a contest that could decide t...

British Columbia's public safety minister says that while police in the province have reported declining extortion cases in recent months, combating the crisis remains the government's top public safe...

ROGERS PASS - The military has decided to end its role in avalanche control along a major British Columbia transportation route that has seen it fire artillery shells to set off slides in Rogers Pass ...

OTTAWA - NDP public safety critic Jenny Kwan says Canadians deserve to know what information the RCMP is sharing under an agreement with China's Ministry of Public Security. In an open letter, Kwan ur...

President Donald Trump's push to redraw the nation's U.S. House districts received mixed results Tuesday as South Carolina senators defied his desires but Missouri's top court upheld a new map that co...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand arrived Tuesday in the Persian Gulf, a region where Canada is aiming to strengthen ties on defence and security amid an uptick in visits and investment de...

TORONTO - Funding of special education in Ontario is not keeping pace with the growth in need, which is rising faster than general enrolment, the province's auditor general said Tuesday. In a report o...