Tag Archives: Politics

MONTREAL - The Supreme Court of Canada's decision to hear a challenge of Quebec's secularism law sets up a final legal battle between the provincial government and minority and civil rights groups - a...

For Monika Scott and Robyn Mair, the last month has brought a whipsaw of emotions every time they log onto social media. Between a divest-or-ban government ultimatum that downed TikTok in the U.S. for...

EDMONTON - Alberta NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi has been acclaimed as the party's candidate in Edmonton-Strathcona. Nenshi didn't face any competition for the nomination and, if elected, would become the ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - An extremist group leader who orchestrated an assault on the U.S. Capitol four years ago defended his role in the attack as he returned to the scene of the crime on Wednesday, while ...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said Wednesday he is only aware of two genders - male and female - and that the government should leave questions of gender identity alone. A leading LGBT...

HALIFAX - Shannon Sweet lives in a Halifax nursing home, but she imagines a home of her own, with a kitchen set up for her wheelchair and visiting staff to assist her with some daily needs. "I want to...

OTTAWA - Liberal leadership candidates Mark Carney, Chrystia Freeland and Chandra Arya have submitted their paperwork to the party and have officially entered the race. They submitted the required 300...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will fly to Poland next week for events marking 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. Trudeau's office says he'll be travel...

EDMONTON - Another disability advocacy organization says its funding has been cut by the Alberta government. Trish Bowman, chief executive of Inclusion Alberta, said Wednesday the government informed ...

OTTAWA - Emergency Preparedness Minister Harjit Sajjan on Wednesday became the latest member of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's front bench to announce he won't seek re-election. More than two dozen L...