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Russian diplomats getting the cold shoulder in Europe’s capitals
Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown in his face at short range t…
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Gen. Jonathan Vance expelled from Royal Military College alumni group over guilty plea
Retired Gen. Jonathan Vance has been expelled from the alumni association of the Royal Military College of Canada over his guilty plea to one count of criminal obst…
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Education workers call on Sask. government to provide more funding
Dozens of educational workers rallied on the steps of the Saskatchewan Legislative Building in Regina Tuesday to call for more funding for the education sector.
10 May 2022 | Politics -
Elon Musk says he would end Donald Trump’s Twitter ban if takeover succeeds
Elon Musk said Tuesday that he would end Donald Trump’s Twitter ban if he becomes the social media platform’s new owner.
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Appellate court to rule on Alberta’s challenge to federal environmental impact law
Alberta’s highest court is set to release a decision today on the province’s attempt to declare the federal government’s environmental assessment act unconstitution…
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The road to Queen’s Park: parties divided on highways, united on transit
Ontario’s political parties have identified the transport promises they hope will propel them into government at Queen’s Park after the provincial election on June …
10 May 2022 | Politics -
Where the Ontario leaders are on the campaign trail for Tuesday, May 10
Here’s where the leaders of Ontario’s main political parties are on Tuesday, May 10:
10 May 2022 | Politics -
Ontario party leaders campaign in North Bay for northern debate
NORTH BAY, Ont. — All four main Ontario party leaders are in North Bay today for a debate on issues that affect residents in northern Ontario.
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Conservative leadership hopefuls must focus on electability after ‘nasty’ debate: MacKay
Candidates running to become the next leader of the Conservative party need to focus on portraying themselves as capable of winning the next general election and av…
08 May 2022 | Politics -
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Sinn Fein calls for ‘honest debate’ on unity on brink of historic Northern Ireland win
Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, hailed its first election win in Northern Ireland’s history as a “defining moment” for the British-controlled regio…
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Sinn Fein, once linked to IRA, poised for ‘seismic’ victory in Northern Ireland elections
Sinn Fein, the former political wing of the IRA, looked set to claim top spot in elections in British-controlled Northern Ireland for the first time on Friday, a hi…
06 May 2022 | Politics -
Joel Etienne drops appeal of disqualification from Conservative leadership race
A failed candidate for the Conservative Party of Canada’s leadership says he will put his efforts to appeal the decision to rest.
06 May 2022 | Politics -
Alberta granted intervener status in legal challenges against Emergencies Act
The Federal Court of Canada has granted Alberta intervener status in four legal challenges against the Emergencies Act.
06 May 2022 | Politics -
Extremists saw 2021 federal election as an ‘opportunity’ to plan violence: CSIS
Extremist actors viewed the 2021 federal election as an “opportunity” to plan “acts of violence,” Canada’s domestic intelligence service said Friday.
06 May 2022 | Politics -
Visited the liquor store more often during COVID? Canada’s health agency tracked that
A report sent to the House of Commons ethics committee shows that Canadians’ movements, including trips to the liquor store and pharmacy, were closely tracked via t…
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Conservative leadership hopefuls face off in first unofficial debate
Conservative leadership candidates laid into one another over COVID-19 mandates and the trucker convoy in downtown Ottawa in the first unofficial debate of the race…
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Conservatives could hit 500k members as leadership campaigns scramble for supporters
The Conservative party is on pace to hit as many as half a million members as leadership candidates furiously scramble to sign up supporters, three sources tell Glo…
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Baber would allow MPs to bring forward their own legislation as U.S. abortion battle renews
Conservative leadership candidate Roman Baber would allow MPs to bring forward legislation amid the renewed debate on abortion access in the U.S.
05 May 2022 | Politics -
Five Conservative leadership hopefuls readying for debate in Ottawa
Five out of the six candidates vying for Tory leadership will appear on stage Thursday night for a debate before a room of conservative faithful.
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Did Trudeau drop an ‘F-bomb’ in Parliament? Conservatives say he did: ‘Not fuddle-duddle’
Much has been made of the political legacy Justin Trudeau has to live up to as he follows in the footsteps of his father, a former prime minister.
04 May 2022 | Politics -
Canadians should be able to opt-out of government location tracking: ethics probe
A House of Commons committee says the federal government needs to tell Canadians if it’s collecting data about their movements, and allow them to opt-out of that co…
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‘Over my dead body’: B.C. government strongly condemns info in Roe v. Wade draft leak
The B.C. government is adamantly opposed to the plans raised in a leaked draft opinion from the U.S. Supreme Court to potentially overturn Roe v. Wade.
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Roe v. Wade draft ruling puts U.S. abortion rights in crosshairs. Here’s what to know
News that the U.S. Supreme Court may be close to overturning the constitutional right to abortion laid out in Roe v. Wade sent shockwaves throughout the country.
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Some Canadian MPs block motion to recognize ‘freedom of choice’ on abortion
An unclear number of Canadian MPs on Tuesday blocked a motion seeking to recognize “freedom of choice” for abortion in the House of Commons.
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Liberals, NDP maneuver to get fall economic statement to final vote
The government’s five-month-old fall economic statement should finally pass the House of Commons Wednesday following some procedural manoeuvring by the Liberals and…
03 May 2022 | Politics -
ANALYSIS: Why the Ontario election is one that all of Canada should watch
Voters in Ontario will pass judgment on the government of Doug Ford and the Progressive Conservatives on June 2 but the race that will officially begin Wednesday is…
03 May 2022 | Politics -
Liberal proposal to allow midnight Parliament sittings faces pushback
The Conservatives say the prime minister is trying to create “an audience, not an opposition” after the Liberal government introduced changes to allow midnight sitt…
02 May 2022 | Politics -
Six candidates make the final cut for Conservative leadership race
The Conservative party says six leadership candidates have cleared the final hurdles to getting their names on the ballot, while three others who did not make the c…
02 May 2022 | Politics -
Almost 20% of Ontario MPPs declared rental income in 2021
Almost one in five members of the Ontario provincial parliament declared rental income in 2021, according to public filings from the integrity commissioner.
02 May 2022 | Politics -
White House correspondents’ dinner: Biden mocks Trump, GOP and himself
The White House press corps’ annual gala returned Saturday night along with the roasting of Washington, the journalists who cover it and the man at the helm: Presid…
01 May 2022 | Politics -
Growing evidence points to GOP involvement in Trump election schemes
Rioters who smashed their way into the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, succeeded – at least temporarily – in delaying the certification of Joe Biden‘s election to the…
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Downplaying risks from Ottawa trucker convoy after the fact is ‘revisionist’: minister
Political rhetoric downplaying the serious impacts of the so-called “Freedom Convoy” on Canada’s capital and the country’s security is both “reckless” and “revision…
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Roman Baber says Conservative leadership bid is about more than COVID lockdowns
Conservative leadership candidate Roman Baber said it would be an “error” to suggest his Conservative leadership bid is all about COVID-19 and lockdowns.
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