Tag Archives: Politics

British Columbians are voting in the next provincial election on Oct. 19. The NDP is hoping to hold on to power, while those on the right are running in a new political landscape after the former Oppo...

OTTAWA - MPs on the public safety and national security committee voted unanimously to launch an investigation into an alleged Russian ploy to dupe right-wing influencers into sowing division among Am...

WINNIPEG - Law groups across Canada are denouncing the Manitoba NDP's ouster of a backbencher over his ties to the lawyer representing convicted sex offender Peter Nygard, while more caucus members ar...

MONTREAL - Quebec's public services are becoming "dehumanized," the province's ombudsperson said in his annual report released Thursday, adding that a growing number of people are reaching out to his ...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he will join the Bloc Qubcois in blocking a non-confidence motion next week when the Conservatives attempt to topple the the government. The planned votes from t...

PORT ALBERNI, B.C. - Getting a bed at one of British Columbia's drug detoxification facilities is like winning the lottery, the vice-president on the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council says. Les Doiron tol...

FREDERICTON - A quick look at some of the issues in the New Brunswick election campaign: HEALTH CARE Conservatives: introduce "incremental improvements" Liberals: open 30 community-care clinics Greens...

OTTAWA - The Mtis Nation of Saskatchewan has pulled out of a national body representing Mtis, citing problems with an Ontario group and throwing the future of the Mtis National Council into question. ...

FREDERICTON - A look at Susan Holt, leader of the Liberal Party of New Brunswick. Born: April 22, 1977. Early years: Raised in Fredericton, she attended Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., and then ...

The mayor of Fort Saskatchewan, Alta., has apologized after she was criticized for musing about the "old days" of managing feral cats by throwing them in the river or gassing them with a vehicle's exh...