Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - Via Rail Canada says most of the 1,000 employees affected by the suspension of service last month due to blockades will be called back to work as most normal service resumes on Sa...

OTTAWA - The Minister of Everything has one more hot potato on her plate. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Chrystia Freeland to chair a cabinet committee aimed at co-ordinating the federal gov...

MONTREAL - CP Rail crews were able Wednesday to inspect tracks that have been blocked by protesters for more than three weeks in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake, south of Montreal. The Mohawk C...

OTTAWA - Canadian military personnel in Iraq are on high alert following reports the novel coronavirus is spreading within the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance says troops have ...

OTTAWA - Opposition critics say they have been left in the dark about the federal government's preparations for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Canada. Health Minister Patty Hajd...

WASHINGTON - Kim Kardashian West visited the White House on Wednesday along with three women who had their sentences commuted by President Donald Trump last month, allowing them early release from fed...

WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's no kid, but he knows how to stage a comeback.  The former vice-president, whose bid for the Democratic presidential nomination was on life support two weeks ago...

OTTAWA - A senior public servant tasked with ensuring the Liberal government remained on track to deliver on its promises is on his way out. Matthew Mendelsohn is returning to academia after four year...

WASHINGTON - Melania Trump is set to make a rare fundraising foray into the 2020 campaign. President Donald Trump's reelection campaign is asking supporters to make a donation for a chance to meet the...

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian general added his voice to a growing chorus of military voices calling for modernizing North American defensive systems as he described Russia as the "greatest short-term th...