Tag Archives: Politics

EDMONTON - Alberta's premier says she welcomes diverse opinions in her caucus after a legislature member of her United Conservative Party opined a referendum on separation is good for the province. Da...

Filmmaker Avi Lewis has been elected as the NDP's new leader, defeating his four rivals on the first ballot with nearly 40,000 votes. This victory signals a shift toward the party pushing big, unabash...

MONTRAL - A French-Palestinian member of the European Parliament says she was denied entry into Canada only days before she was scheduled to participate in conferences in Montreal. Rima Hassan wrote o...

Add another star to the Junos guest list: Prime Minister Mark Carney. The prime minister will make his Junos debut at Hamilton's TD Coliseum on Sunday evening. Also due at the ceremony are Joni Mitche...

VICTORIA - The number of candidates running for the leadership of the British Columbia Conservatives has shrunk to six, with candidate Darrell Jones announcing he will be throwing his support behind C...

LAVAL - The two candidates vying to replace Franois Legault as Coalition Avenir Qubec leader and Quebec premier faced off over language and immigration in a heated final debate north of Montreal on Sa...

WINNIPEG - The NDP leadership candidates made their last pitch to voters Saturday morning in a last-ditch effort to win support from the handful of members who have not voted yet. Many of the roughly ...

WINNIPEG - The next NDP leader will be announced on Sunday. There are five candidates on the ballot and voting concludes Saturday. Here's a quick look at the candidates and how the last six months hav...

OTTAWA - Gender-equality activists say a Toronto woman who was killed this month after decades pushing for women's rights in her native Iraq would not want Canadians to give up the fight for equality....

VICTORIA - A joint federal-provincial commission could look into the shooting that killed eight people in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., says British Columbia's public safety minister. Nina Krieger says a joint...