Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - City councillor Laura Palestini will be the Liberal candidate in the coming byelection for the Montreal riding of LaSalle-mard-Verdun. The seat has been empty since the resignation of former ...

WINNIPEG - A recent interaction between a conservation officer and David Chartrand, president of the Manitoba Mtis Federation, appears set to become the latest skirmish in the battle over Indigenous h...

OTTAWA - Sports minister Carla Qualtrough announced Friday a group of 14 Canadian athletes who will form a Ministerial Athlete Advisory Committee. Gymnast Ellie Black of Halifax, who's heading to her ...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that the state is not immune from liability for drafting and enacting laws that are later found to be unconstitutional. In a ruling Friday, a majority of...

WASHINGTON (AP) - A rapidly growing chorus of Democratic lawmakers called Friday for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, even as the president insisted he's ready to return to the campaign...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A global technology disruption spread to parts of Atlantic Canada Friday morning, affecting the government of Newfoundland and Labrador's online services and health-care information...

OTTAWA - Elections Canada is suggesting possible changes to protect the political nomination process from foreign meddling, including barring non-citizens from helping choose candidates, requiring par...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has made a modest tweak to his cabinet, replacing the latest Liberal MP to opt against seeking re-election with one who insists the party can bounce back from a ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - As President Joe Biden faces a growing drumbeat of pressure to drop his reelection bid, a majority of Democrats think his vice president would make a good president herself. A new po...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Donald Trump, somber and bandaged, accepted the GOP presidential nomination on Thursday at the Republican National Convention in a speech that described in detail the assassination at...