Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it has an "action plan" to fight illegal dumping of contaminated soil in a Mohawk community west of Montreal, but residents of Kanesatake and the neighbouring tow...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government wants to extend its five per cent cap on rent increases another two years, but the province won't create an enforcement unit to bolster its tenancy rules and regul...

WASHINGTON - Running between classes on the McGill University campus in Montreal, Jacob Wesoky's thoughts drift between assignments and class schedules. But there's another looming deadline for the po...

OTTAWA - The New Democrats included stock images from Russia and Israel in a recent high-profile video, weeks after the party criticized the Conservatives for using non-Canadian images in their conten...

TORONTO - Carol Off hopes her latest book will become irrelevant as the years pass. She fears it will not. The journalist's new book, "At a Loss for Words," published Tuesday by Random House Canada, e...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is suddenly without the assistance of one of his longest advisers just as the threat of being forced into an early election has been heightened. Jeremy Broadhurs...

VANCOUVER - Canadian police forces have been using drones for many years, but scrutiny of their use is lacking, especially as the technology has evolved, privacy and surveillance researchers say. Thei...

NEW YORK (AP) - Federal investigators this week seized phones from New York City's police commissioner and at least four top deputies to New York Mayor Eric Adams, according to people familiar with th...

NEW YORK (AP) - FBI agents this week searched the homes of at least three top deputies to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, according to a person familiar with the matter. FBI agents seized electronic d...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says a new federal policy on international students could lead to higher post-secondary tuition fees for domestic ones. In January, the federal government announc...