Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has recognized intimate partner violence as a distinct legal basis for pursuing civil damages. The top court's ruling Friday came in the case of a woman who was su...

OTTAWA - Almost 200 former senior Canadian diplomats are calling on Prime Minister Mark Carney to impose "robust" sanctions on Israel over deteriorating conditions in the Palestinian territories and L...

CALGARY - Prime Minister Mark Carney and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith are to meet today in Calgary, where they're expected to announce an agreement on the future of industrial carbon emission pricin...

A book about Canada's immigration system has won the Donner Prize for public policy writing. "Borderline Chaos: How Canada Got Immigration Right, and Then Wrong" was awarded the $60,000 literary prize...

ST. JOHN'S - Hydro-Qubec fought to hide decades-old correspondence about a proposed aluminum smelter, saying its details could derail ongoing energy negotiations with Newfoundland and Labrador. The pr...

OTTAWA - Public hearings into the tragic 2024 death of a Canadian defence analyst concluded on Friday. The public interest hearings, which began on April 20, are the first in more than a decade and we...

VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says he's hopeful that LNG Canada will come to a final investment decision at the end of the year that will be the "largest private sector investment in ...

EDMONTON - Alberta lawmakers are rising for the summer after a spring sitting overshadowed by the province's vocal separatist movement and the political tensions that came with it. The sitting saw leg...

VANCOUVER - An investigator has found that Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim "misused the influence of his office" and harassed a councillor in violation of the council's code of conduct. The report dated Monda...

OTTAWA - The Carney government is putting a new emphasis on diplomacy with Persian Gulf countries - one that goes beyond seeking investments in Canada to arrangements touching on defence and artificia...