Tag Archives: Politics

PHOENIX - President Donald Trump trolled his political enemies Wednesday in the first of three rallies in three days in the West as Democrats vied in neighbouring Nevada to be the one to challenge him...

GATINEAU, Que. - Canada is hosting the gathering of foreign ministers today from the coalition of Western Hemisphere countries who are trying to solve the Venezuela crisis. Foreign Affairs Minister Fr...

OTTAWA - "The RCMP Act is clear: the minister of public safety has the ultimate authority over Canada's national police force, and has the power to direct the RCMP to enforce the law. ... So do the ri...

OTTAWA - The federal Crown-Indigenous relations minister is offering to meet today with Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs in northwestern British Columbia. But while Carolyn Bennett and her B.C. counterp...

OTTAWA - Healthy Canadians from the Diamond Princess cruise ship will shortly be heading home, according to Canada's foreign affairs minister, after weeks under quarantine for the novel coronavir...

OTTAWA - The fate of two men accused of plotting to derail a Via train in a terrorist attack should become a little clearer today. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to decide whether it wil...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is expected to name Richard Grenell, the U.S. ambassador to Germany, as acting director of national intelligence. That's according to two administration officials w...

OTTAWA - The chief justice of Canada says the judiciary must be free to decide what training and education judges need to do their jobs well. Richard Wagner's comments in a speech to the Can...

VICTORIA - The chairman of the Childhood Obesity Foundation says a new tax on sugary soda will improve the health of British Columbia's children. Dr. Tom Warshawski says studies show sugary drinks con...

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics officer says Conservative Sen. Victor Oh breached the upper house's ethics code four times when he accepted an all-expenses paid trip to China in 2017. More...