Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - One of Canada's biggest civil service unions says outsourcing of work that could be done by government employees is costing taxpayers billions of dollars, with much of the money spent on sub-...

MONTREAL - Quebec is walking back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to severely mentally ill patients, saying they won't allow it for now and will consult widely before making a final decision. Hea...

WASHINGTON - The stakes over witness testimony at President Donald Trump's impeachment trial are rising now that a draft of a book from former national security adviser John Bolton appears to undercut...

A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who ...

OTTAWA - Ontario MP Erin O'Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he's the one to run it in an online video being released today that officially kicks off h...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down today with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido. The head of the South American nation's congress is on an international tour to bolster support for...

OTTAWA - The work begins in earnest today for the Liberal minority government as the House of Commons opens for business after a lengthy winter break.  The first piece of major legislat...

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A high-profile inquiry is set to begin today in rural Nova Scotia, not far from where Lionel Desmond, an Afghan war veteran with PTSD, fatally shot his mother, ...

TORONTO - Even before Canada's first coronavirus case was announced in Toronto over the weekend, Canada's medical community was on alert - and not just for the disease. Public health officials sa...

TORONTO - Joseph Gottdenker was not there the day his relatives were herded into a Polish town square and marked for either a stint in a forced labour camp or instant execution at the hands of Ge...