Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - An NDP private member's bill that would criminalize a pattern of abuse known as coercive control is heading to the Senate. The legislation from Victoria MP Laurel Collins passed third reading...

VICTORIA - British Columbia Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says he wants to speed up a police service transition in the Metro Vancouver city of Surrey following a lengthy jurisdictional battle betwe...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier is casting doubt on whether he will adhere to the fixed provincial election date his party passed into law soon after coming to power. Amendments to the Elections Act f...

OTTAWA - The federal government has just a week left to make key changes to the Citizenship Act in response to a court ruling last year. The Ontario Superior Court has not yet agreed to extend the loo...

TORONTO - Canada's largest public school board says it is working with police to assess the impact of a recent cyberattack, but its main system remains operational and has not been affected. In a lett...

OTTAWA - Foreign actors are trying to interfere with the Canadian media, and journalists and their bosses need to be aware of it, the chairman of Parliament's nonpartisan national security committee w...

OTTAWA - Democratic Institutions Minister Dominic LeBlanc affirmed a plan Wednesday to have an ongoing commission of inquiry delve into allegations about MPs colluding with foreign meddlers. But LeBla...

CALGARY - Calgary's water use is creeping back up, despite conservation pleas from city officials as crews scramble to fix a massive water main break. "We - you and I - need to keep reducing our water...

ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) - The White House is not ruling out a potential commutation for Hunter Biden, the president's son who was convicted on three federal gun crimes. "As we all know, the sentenci...

NEW YORK (AP) - About half of U.S. adults approve of Donald Trump's recent felony conviction, according to a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. The survey shows so...