Tag Archives: Politics

JOLIETTE, Que. - A coroner's inquest into long-term care deaths in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave opened today with testimony describing staff shortages and employees moving from one...

OTTAWA - A parliamentary hearing on the federal government's now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on ...

EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 ed...

VANCOUVER - American authorities are violating international law by bringing fraud charges against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that have no connection to the United States, a defence lawyer argues. ...

VICTORIA - British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid sp...

WINNIPEG - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Canada has to work closely with its allies to counterbalance China's actions while recognizing that could mean risks to Canadian exports. O'Too...

MONTREAL - Denis Coderre says he's running again against the woman who made him a one-term mayor in 2017. Coderre announced his run Sunday on the popular talk show "Tout le monde en parle," where he i...

OTTAWA - The head of Facebook Canada says it will try to avoid a repeat of the news blackout it imposed in Australia, so long as impending legislation doesn't force it to dim the lights of democracy. ...

OTTAWA - Internal Finance Department documents show officials have deep concerns about the effect of Facebook's planned digital currency on Canada's financial stability. Officials wrote in the briefin...