Tag Archives: Politics

TORONTO - A group of Toronto cyclists are in Ontario's highest court on Wednesday to defend their successful challenge of the province's plan to rip up three stretches of the city's bike lanes. The cy...

OTTAWA - The federal housing minister says he wants to see the provinces step up their support to get people off the street and into long-term homes. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Gregor Ro...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A man sprayed an unknown substance on Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar and was tackled to the ground Tuesday during a town hall she was hosting in Minneapolis, where tensions over fe...

VANCOUVER - The union representing ambulance paramedics and emergency dispatchers in British Columbia says its more than 6,000 members will be taking a strike vote in early February. Ambulance Paramed...

QUBEC - A Quebec Liberal legislature member says he's ready to turn the page on the turbulent political saga that saw his wife and fellow MNA expelled from the party's caucus. Gregory Kelley addressed...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has agreed to prioritize the passage of its bail legislation by hitting pause on getting its hate crime bill through the legislative process. The justice committee pass...

As Mark Critch watched U.S President Donald Trump fixate on annexing Greenland in recent weeks, annoyance gave way to curiosity - and eventually, a plane ticket. "He was talking about how there's nobo...

OTTAWA - As other countries move toward banning social media use for some teens, the Liberal government has confirmed it's working on new legislation to address online harms. So could Canada follow Au...

SURREY - The council in Surrey, B.C., has passed a motion to urge Ottawa to declare a national state of emergency for extortions, as police say they've arrested two people while patrolling neighbourho...

SURREY - Former grocery executive Darrell Jones has announced his bid for leadership of the Conservative Party of British Columbia, saying the province stands at a "crossroads." Jones, a former presid...