Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - A prominent gun-control group fears the Liberal government has abandoned its commitment to enact a comprehensive ban on assault-style firearms, citing "no tangible progress" on key steps to f...

MONTREAL - Officials in Montreal are struggling to get the public on board with the city's approach to treating people with severe addiction and homelessness, as those social crises become fodder for ...

OROMOCTO - Three soldiers have been confirmed killed in a car crash last weekend in New Brunswick. National Defence spokesman Kened Sadiku says the three soldiers from 31 Canadian Brigade Group died i...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn't think her cabinet ministers and political staff accepting tickets to luxury suites at playoff hockey games runs afoul of ethics rules. Smith ...

WHITEHORSE, YUKON - Federal Agriculture Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the government, along with its provincial and territorial counterparts, will provide $1.2 million in one-time funding to support...

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...