Tag Archives: Politics

HALIFAX - The federal government is spending $2.5 million to expand an entrepreneurship program for Indigenous women and create a similar program for Indigenous youth. Small Business Minister Rechie V...

OTTAWA - Supporting women leads to better futures for all, Canada's Governor General said Friday as she reflected on her experience as a woman in power. Mary Simon was the guest of honour at a Canadia...

OTTAWA - The search is on for the next leader of the Canadian Armed Forces - and it's long past time that a woman became chief of the defence staff, observers say. Canada has had 21 full-time defence ...

OTTAWA - Canada has decided to resume funding to the controversial United Nations agency that provides aid to Palestinian refugees in the Gaza Strip, International Development Minister Ahmed Hussen sa...

HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Republican U.S. Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana abruptly dropped his reelection bid on Friday - the second time in the past month that the hardline conservative lawmaker has entere...

Former President Donald Trump met Friday with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn, as the likely Republican presidential nominee continued his embrace of autocratic leaders who are part of a global p...

OTTAWA - A company that worked on the ArriveCan app is defending its integrity and asserts steps were taken to address conflict-of-interest concerns related to its founder, who recently went to work f...

WINNIPEG - The families of two slain First Nations women continued to press the Manitoba government Friday to search a landfill for their remains, while Premier Wab Kinew appeared to back away from a ...

EDMONTON - Alberta RCMP won't lay criminal charges following a multi-year probe into alleged voter identity fraud in the 2017 United Conservative Party leadership race that saw former premier Jason Ke...

MONTREAL - Incidents of harassment and intimidation targeting Quebec politicians have become more common in the last decade, compounding already strenuous work conditions for many local leaders, a new...