Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - A consultant hired by Nova Scotia's police watchdog disagrees with the agency's decision to clear two officers of wrongdoing in the case of a Black woman injured during an arrest. Tony Smith...

VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has denied Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's bid to access most of a series of documents her lawyers hoped could help prevent her extradition to the Un...

MONTREAL - Former premier Jean Charest is suing the Quebec government for violation of his privacy in connection with an investigation by the province's anti-corruption unit.  The lawsuit filed F...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - Nearly 50,000 voters received incorrect absentee ballots in the county that is home to Ohio's capital and largest city, elections officials said Friday as they promised corrected ball...

OTTAWA - The federal government doubled the amount of pandemic aid for Canada's food banks on Friday. Another $100 million is being added to the Emergency Food Security Fund so food banks, related age...

VANCOUVER - A federal government fund providing financing for affordable housing projects needs to be rebuilt because it doesn't do enough to help provinces outside of Ontario, advocates say.  Th...

VICTORIA - At the end of a recent virtual town hall meeting where about a dozen people asked questions about British Columbia's Oct. 24 election, New Democrat Leader John Horgan said he was enjoying c...

OTTAWA - Conservatives are accusing the Trudeau government of rushing recklessly to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical help to end their lives. The accusation came F...

OTTAWA - The two federal byelections underway in Toronto will continue even as cases of COVID-19 soar in the city, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says. Byelections for Toronto Centre and York Centre ar...

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Canada's proposed ban on single-use plastics may not run afoul of its trade deal with the United States and Mexico, but experts suggest it disregards the "pause-and-check" spirit o...