Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - In 2014, Justin Trudeau booted senators out of the Liberal caucus as part of his bid to transform Canada's Senate into a more independent, less partisan chamber of sober second thought. Yet o...

OTTAWA - Two long-range Russian bombers buzzed Canadian airspace this morning, only days after a senior military officer warned that North America's early warning system is outdated. The North America...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ending a controversial practice that allowed hospitals to flag new mothers to child welfare agencies. Families Minister Heather Stefanson says birth alerts will b...

OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of $11.8 billion over seven months of its 2019-20 fiscal year compared with a deficit of $2.1 billion in the same period last year. The Finance Department...

WASHINGTON - Jay Sekulow, one of President Donald Trump's lead attorneys during the impeachment trial, is being paid for his legal work through a rented $80-a-month mailbox a block away from the White...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is confident that Britain's exit from the European Union later today will be an orderly process with minimal disruption to Canadian trade and i...

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne has spoken to his Chinese counterpart about the coronavirus outbreak, a day after the World Health Organization called it a global health ...

An expert says Canadian bats are unlikely to be the source of a new coronavirus that is infecting humans and raising global alarm. Virologist Vikram Misra of the University of Saskatchewan s...

WASHINGTON - Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee will oppose calling more witnesses in President Donald Trump's impeachment trial, all but dashing Democratic efforts to hear more testimony an...

VANCOUVER - The Federal Court of Appeal is set to release its decision on the latest challenge of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion on Tuesday. Four First Nations from British Columbia f...