Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Advocates are raising concerns about how job cuts will affect public servants in equity groups - something the Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat says it's not tracking. The federal governm...

OTTAWA - Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon says Prime Minister Mark Carney's government has proposed to debate the turmoil in the Middle East on Monday evening, following a weekend meeting of mini...

CHICAGO (AP) - Oil prices have eclipsed $100 per barrel for the first time in more than three and a half years as the Iran war hinders production and shipping in the Middle East. The price for a barre...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced three byelection for ridings in Ontario and Quebec which could result in the governing Liberals securing a razor-thin majority in the House of Commons...

OTTAWA - Valdez, Canada's Minister for Women and Gender Equality, will highlight Ottawa's commitment to gender equality and share best practices with international partners. This year's priority theme...

OTTAWA - The decades-long debate over whether Canada should create a CIA-style foreign spy agency has been coloured by pressure from allies, budgetary restraint and internal federal rivalries, a new s...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Mojtaba Khamenei, a son of Iran's late supreme leader, has been named as the Islamic Republic's next ruler, authorities announced Monday, as Tehran widened its attac...

QUBEC - As the Coalition Avenir Qubec leadership race continues, both candidates seeking to succeed outgoing Quebec premier Franois Legault highlighted gender equality as a key issue, though their app...

HALIFAX - A floor of the Nova Scotia legislature is closed to the public following a week of rallies and demonstrations over grant cuts. Speaker of the House Danielle Barkhouse said public access woul...

TOKYO - Prime Minister Mark Carney says Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his "deplorable" actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney says the act...