Tag Archives: Politics

VICTORIA - British Columbia's Liberal party should view the election results as a wake-up call from voters who punished the free-enterprise coalition for refusing to renew itself in changing times, sa...

HALIFAX - A fisherman from a Mi'kmaq community in Cape Breton says he intends to plead not guilty to charges of illegal fishing after his lobster traps were seized last year by federal fisheries offic...

WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court is siding with Republicans to prevent Wisconsin from counting mailed ballots that are received after Election Day. In a 5-3 order, the justices on Monday refused to rein...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests most Canadians don't want a federal election during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic - or even next year. The results suggest 47 per cent of respondents want the n...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Liberal party is looking for a new leader following Andrew Wilkinson's announcement Monday he's quitting and will leave as soon as a replacement is selected. His decision comes af...

OTTAWA - Authoritarian leaders are using COVID-19 to roll back the rights of women and LGBTQ2 people, says Canada's new ambassador for women, peace and security. Jacqueline O'Neill said she is seeing ...

OTTAWA - Conservatives will seek to amend a Liberal bill that would criminalize forcing people to undergo therapy to change their sexuality or gender.  In signalling their intention on Monday to ...

Health officials in Ontario and Manitoba are pointing to recent Thanksgiving celebrations as they continue to see high numbers of new COVID-19 infections despite strengthening restrictions in hot spot...

MINNEAPOLIS - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Jason Lewis of Minnesota underwent successful emergency surgery for a severe internal hernia on Monday, just eight days before Election Day, his campaign...

OTTAWA - The government's promised update on the health of its finances won't have a specific anchor to guide decisions and keep spending from spiralling out of control, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau ...