Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Trump administration soon will allow Venezuela to sell oil now subject to U.S. sanctions, with the revenue initially dedicated to basic government services such as policing and h...

HALIFAX - Four years after a mass shooting in Nova Scotia claimed 22 lives, the RCMP have presented 32 awards to officers and staff for their roles in the manhunt and the public inquiry that followed....

OTTAWA - The leader of the national organization representing Inuit says the federal government must bring them to the table when it makes its plans for defence spending in the Arctic. Inuit Tapiriit ...

OTTAWA - Federal money meant for Arctic projects and programs should go to the territories, Northwest Territories Premier R.J. Simpson said on Wednesday. Simpson made the remarks while taking question...

OTTAWA - Canada continues to be open to a deal to bring news back to Meta's platforms, including Facebook, a spokesperson for Culture Minister Marc Miller said Wednesday. Meta removed news from Facebo...

TORONTO - Doug Ford's Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario has banned media from its upcoming convention for the first time since he became the premier in 2018. Ford says he is always available t...

ATLANTA (AP) - FBI agents were executing a search warrant at the Fulton County elections office near Atlanta on Wednesday, an agency spokesperson confirmed. An FBI spokesperson said agents were "execu...

ASHLAND, VIRGINIA, UNITED STATES - A gigantic warehouse across the street from an outdoor equipment store has become a flashpoint in Virginia as the U.S. grapples with the Trump administration's immig...

OTTAWA - The union representing employees at the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said staff have been told 1,371 agency jobs will be cut as part of the government's cost-cutting exercise. The Agricult...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has chosen Anton Boegman, a former chief electoral officer of British Columbia, to administer the planned federal foreign influence transparency registry. Boegman's pro...