Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - The lawyer for a Quebec couple who left their ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community north of Montreal is telling a courtroom that Jewish schools operating there are illegal and leave n...

LAS VEGAS - Mike Bloomberg will confront the greatest test of his presidential campaign when he faces five Democratic rivals in a debate in Las Vegas that could fundamentally change the direction of t...

LAS VEGAS - Terry Reece has long been skeptical that voters would back Bernie Sanders, a 78-year-old self-described democratic socialist who is just months removed from a heart attack. Then the Vermon...

OTTAWA - Federal opposition parties are promising new information about the price of the Trans Mountain pipeline at a morning news conference in Ottawa. Environment critics from the Bloc Quebecois and...

VANCOUVER - B.C. Premier John Horgan raised his voice over jeers and fist-banging recently in question period after members of the Opposition Liberals criticized his government's handling of the clash...

VANCOUVER - A small, mobile RCMP detachment in a remote area of British Columbia has become a bargaining chip in proposed talks that many hope could put an end to blockades that have disrupt...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne wrapped two days of meetings at a summit with Caribbean leaders saying he's confident he was campaigning among "family" for support for Ca...

REGINA - Questions are being raised about the Saskatchewan government's denying sex offenders the ability to legally change their names. The province has released details about an order of c...

VICTORIA - Top income earners and pop drinkers were hit with new taxes in Tuesday's B.C. budget, which continues the government's focus on capital spending for schools, hospitals and transit...

VICTORIA - Highlights of British Columbia's 2020-21 budget released Tuesday: - Starting in September, post-secondary students can receive up to $4,000 a year to help cover tuition costs unde...