Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump has nominated a North Carolina Republican, physician and former diplomat as the next U.S. ambassador to Canada. The White House says Aldona Z. Wos, who is curr...

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says his government has unloaded crude-by-rail contracts signed under the previous NDP government, but details aren't being disclosed yet. His predecessor, Rache...

OTTAWA - Senior defence officials were warned that a fight with provinces and hospitals over soldiers' medical costs could mean "negative exposure" weeks before it erupted on the federal cam...

OTTAWA - Another potential contender for leadership of the federal Conservatives is backing away from the race. John Williamson, a member of Parliament from New Brunswick, says he won't enter the cont...

VICTORIA - Hundreds of protesters blocked the entrances to the British Columbia legislature today as demonstrations against a pipeline project continued to flare across the country. Protesters hollere...

OTTAWA - The Conservatives want to know what federal officials are doing about China's alleged involvement in the theft of data from thousands of Canadians. In a letter to Prime Mi...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will head to the Caribbean next week to make his pitch to a new audience for why Canada should be given a seat on the UN Security Council. Trudeau is to fly to t...

HALIFAX - Federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says Ottawa will announce further measures in the coming weeks to protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale. Speaking to a fishing gear i...

DAKAR, Senegal - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is en route to Senegal for an official visit with one of Canada's closest francophone partners in Africa. Trudeau's visit will include a meeting with Pre...

A husband and wife from central Alberta say they are "feeling quite happy and relaxed" quarantined aboard the Diamond Princess cruise ship docked in the port city of Yokohama,...