Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alexander Butterfield, the White House aide who inadvertently hastened Richard Nixon's resignation over the Watergate scandal when he revealed that the president had bugged the Oval ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Film Critics Association says it will make changes to its awards process in an effort to bring back members who resigned en masse over the editing of a speech by actor Elle-Mij T...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe released a plan Monday that aims to bolster patient care with a focus on nurse practitioners, private surgeries and virtual appointments. Moe told a news confer...

HALIFAX - Two months after a Nova Scotia boy died in a dog attack, Halifax Regional Council is poised to vote on a plan aimed at keeping the province's dangerous dogs on a shorter leash. In Nova Scoti...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has nominated a senior official from the national financial intelligence agency as Ottawa's next fiscal watchdog. Wayne Long, secretary of state for financial instituti...

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will put more than $900 million into the National Research Council for defence initiatives, including the purchase of a Bombardier jet for private sector resear...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney was absent from a debate on the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as opposition parties continued to question the government's position on the conflict. Speaking in the House...

The widening Iran war has upended oil production and shipping across the Middle East, straining energy supplies worldwide. Those disruptions caused oil to spike Monday, only for it to swiftly fall bac...

OTTAWA - Voting began Monday in the federal NDP leadership race, with a March 28 deadline for party members to cast their votes. A party official says 100,000 members are eligible to vote in the elect...

OTTAWA - Advocates are raising concerns about how job cuts will affect public servants in equity groups - something the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says it's not tracking. The federal governm...