Tag Archives: Politics

WASHINGTON - The Trump administration is announcing new sanctions on Iran following this week's missile strikes by the Islamic Republic on U.S. bases in Iraq. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Treasu...

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - John Crosbie, a former federal cabinet minister who was known as much for his sharp wit as for his politics, has died at the age of 88. His death early Friday followed a perio...

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A key witness in special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation is expected to plead guilty to charges of child sex trafficking and possessing child pornography. A criminal informati...

TOLEDO, Ohio - President Donald Trump used his first campaign election rally of 2020 to argue that he served up "American justice" by ordering a drone strike to take out Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani,...

OTTAWA - Commercial airline pilots flying out of Tehran's airport know a simple rule, says Ross Aimer, a former United Airlines captain who has flown there. You don't turn right, because that tak...

HOUSTON, B.C. - About a dozen supporters of the Wet'suwet'en hereditary clan chiefs arrived to help set up a new camp on the side of a snowy logging road that's at the centre of a disputed pipeline ro...

OTTAWA - Canadian and foreign intelligence indicates dozens of Canadians were killed by a potentially errant Iranian missile that downed their jetliner near Tehran this week, sparking a quest for answ...

LONDON - Britain passed a long-elusive milestone on the road to Brexit on Thursday when the House of Commons approved a bill authorizing the country's departure from the European Union at the end of t...

OTTAWA - An outpouring of grief over the deaths of dozens of Iranians with ties to Canada in a plane crash this week underscores the fact that while there may not be official diplomatic relations betw...

OTTAWA - Two men who were found guilty of terrorism offences in a high-profile case argue there is no need to revisit an appeal court's decision to order a new trial. In newly filed&nbs...