Tag Archives: Politics

WINNIPEG - The longtime president of the Manitoba Mtis Federation has been acclaimed in the organization's upcoming general election. The federation says David Chartrand was the only person to put his...

Federal judges on Tuesday blocked Alabama's plan to use a congressional map that could give Republicans an advantage in a key U.S. House race in the midterm elections. A three-judge panel in the state...

A new report on women in Canadian sport leadership roles presents a mixed bag of progress, stalling and backtracking. The number of women on the boards of national sports organizations, which are unpa...

KANANASKIS - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew urged Tuesday for Alberta Premier Danielle Smith to pause her fall separation referendum. Kinew, speaking directly to Smith at the annual meeting of western and...

OTTAWA - Three days after the February mass shooting in Tumbler Ridge, B.C., government officials warned Prime Minister Mark Carney that online sentiment was shifting from collective grief toward "eme...

VICTORIA - The flagship of South Korea's submarine fleet is docked in British Columbia where it's serving as a floating floor model in the Asian nation's pitch for Canada to buy 12 like it. The crew o...

OTTAWA - Israel's mistreatment of Canadians participating in a flotilla trying to reach Gaza violated the Vienna Convention, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said Monday. In a social media post, A...

TORONTO - Former federal cabinet member Navdeep Bains has entered the Ontario Liberal leadership race. Bains worked as a science and industry minister in Justin Trudeau's government before leaving pol...

VANCOUVER - The City of Vancouver has issued a human rights plan for the FIFA World Cup that begins next month, saying people who are homeless will still be able to shelter in parks overnight, but str...

SHERBROOKE - Quebec Premier Christine Frchette announced on Monday she's permanently removing provincial sales tax from some grocery and pharmacy items, as part of what she called a "bouquet" of measu...