Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - New figures from the federal government show 16,503 people were intercepted by the RCMP last year crossing between formal border points, likely to seek asylum in Canada. Those numbe...

OTTAWA - A former Canadian military reservist who was accused of being a neo-Nazi before disappearing last summer has been arrested in the United States. Dave Fitz of the FBI's Baltimore office says P...

WASHINGTON - Senators on Capitol Hill have finally approved the latest version of North America's free trade pact. The implementation bill for the long-awaited U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement passed on a...

OTTAWA - Former prime minister Stephen Harper has left his role with the chief fundraising arm of the federal Conservative party, but says he still intends to play a role with the party itself. Harper...

TORONTO - Sen. Mike Duffy has begun his appeal of a ruling that bars him from suing the Senate. He says his suspension by the Upper Chamber was politically motivated and possibly unlawful. As a result...

Canada's national police force is taking part in the massive effort to identify dozens of Canadians killed in last week's plane crash in Iran. While no RCMP officers are currently on th...

KYIV, Ukraine - Ukrainian police say they have opened an investigation into the possibility that the former U.S. ambassador came under illegal surveillance before she was recalled from her post. The a...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is resuming some operations in Iraq following a temporary suspension of activities last week. Brig.-Gen. Michel-Henri St-Louis says the military is again flying transpor...

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is resuming some operations in Iraq following a temporary suspension of activities last week. Brig.-Gen. Michel-Henri St-Louis says the military is again flying transpor...

LONDON - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is chairing a meeting in London today that the federal government hopes will lead to justice and financial compensation for the famil...