Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says he is "looking forward to making a real difference" as the government's new special adviser on Jewish community relations and antisemitism. The Prime Minis...

OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives vowed Friday that a future Pierre Poilievre-led government would remove the man the Liberals just appointed to lead the Canadian Human Rights Commission. Birju Da...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Federal Reserve is highlighting the importance of its political independence at a time when Donald Trump, who frequently attacked the Fed's policymaking in the past, edges closer...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that officials can place ballot drop boxes around their communities in this fall's elections, overturning its own ruling two years ago lim...

TORONTO - Workers for Ontario's main liquor retailer, who say the government's plan to open up the alcohol market poses an existential threat to their jobs, are now on strike, with stores expected to ...

OTTAWA - The major shift in the British political landscape after Thursday's election is reviving hope for a possible free-trade deal across the pond in Canada. Keir Starmer officially became prime mi...

OTTAWA - Former foreign affairs minister Marc Garneau says Canada has lost its standing in the world under the tenure of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whom he criticizes as an ill-prepared leader who...

CALGARY - Calgary residents are getting a happy diversion from their water woes, as its annual Stampede summer festival begins today with a downtown parade. The parade comes a month to the day after a...

Investigators with an international environmental watchdog have recommended a probe into whether Canada is violating its own laws by not stopping toxic wastewater from being dumped into the ocean alon...

OTTAWA - David Vigneault says he is stepping down from his job as the head of Canada's spy agency. The director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, who spent seven years at the helm, is lea...