Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Conservative leadership race is underway and the deadline to register as a candidate and meet the first round of requirements is Feb. 27. These candidates are officially registered with t...

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian military officer says the aging defensive system protecting North America from attack cannot detect long-range Russian bombers before they are in range to launch missiles at...

TORONTO - Members of Toronto's Chinese community say the racism they experienced during the SARS epidemic must not be repeated during the current outbreak of a new form of coronavirus. The cautions ca...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - An RCMP investigator has testified about the steps a former soldier took, including researching where to buy a rifle, before he shot three members of his f...

OTTAWA - Canada's energy industry is not overly alarmed as the new coronavirus coming out of China is taking a bite out of world oil prices. Brad Herald, a vice-president at the Canadian Association o...

MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin has pardoned an Israeli woman who had been jailed on drug charges, the Kremlin said Wednesday. A presidential decree pardoning Naama Issachar on "humanitarian...

OTTAWA - Canada's minister in charge of federal efforts to expand child care says funding to create 250,000 before- and after-school spaces will be on top of $7.5 billion in already planned spend...

A teacher who is living with his pregnant Canadian wife and child in a city that is the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get out of the country on a British flight. Tom Will...

OTTAWA - Another Conservative MP is testing the waters for a leadership bid. New Brunswick's John Williamson is considering entering the race. His longtime friend and former colleague in the Commons S...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump's legal team on Tuesday concluded its three-day presentation as they started it - arguing that the Democrats' case amounted to partisan politics that would undo the...