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B.C. man in hospital on 24th day of hunger strike against old-growth logging
A group protesting old-growth logging in British Columbia says one of its members has been hospitalized on the 24th day of a hunger strike.
24 Apr 2022 | Politics -
LGBTQ, Indigenous and racialized groups fear online hate bill may curtail rights
Members of the LGBTQ community, Indigenous people and racialized groups fear a proposed law tackling online harm could disproportionately curtail their online freed…
23 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Florida passes bill to end Disney’s special status amid LGBTQ education feud
Florida legislators passed a bill on Thursday that would revoke Walt Disney Co’s DIS.N self-governing status in a move widely seen as tit-for-tat for the company’s …
21 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Most Hamilton councillors support halting mandatory COVID-19 vaccines for city workers
A policy that requires municipal employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, or be fired as of June 1, is halfway to being paused.
21 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Provincial election race tightens as Liberals gain ground on PCs: Ipsos poll
The provincial election race is tightening as polling day approaches, with the Ontario Liberals now in striking distance of Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservatives, a…
21 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Police fired at a riot in Sweden. How did it get to that point?
Police fired warning shots during a riot in Sweden on Easter weekend, the latest clash in a series of violent demonstrations across the country in recent days.
18 Apr 2022 | Politics -
An inside look at Patrick Brown’s pitch for selling Conservative party memberships
OTTAWA — An apology to the Tamil community, improving cricket infrastructure, and putting a visa office in Kathmandu are just some of the promises Patrick Brown has…
18 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Rideau Hall cyberbreach was ‘sophisticated’ incident, internal documents show
Newly disclosed documents reveal the breach of an internal computer network at Rideau Hall was described to senior government officials as a “sophisticated cyber in…
17 Apr 2022 | Politics -
North Korea test-fires new weapon ahead of U.S., South Korea joint drills
North Korea has test-fired a new type of tactical guided weapon designed to boost its nuclear fighting capability, state media reported Sunday, a day before its chi…
17 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Macron holds major campaign rally in Marseille, touts climate accomplishments
French President Emmanuel Macron held a major campaign rally Saturday in Marseille, touting his environmental and climate accomplishments and future plans in a bid …
16 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Ottawa won’t introduce green tax on pickup trucks, environment minister says
Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said the Conservative are lying about a secret government plan to add a green tax to pickup trucks.
15 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Republican Party withdraws from ‘biased’ U.S. commission on presidential debates
The Republican National Committee voted unanimously on Thursday to withdraw from the Commission on Presidential Debates, saying the group that has run the debates f…
14 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Who is Ukraine’s Azov Battalion, the ‘ultra-nationalist’ group claiming chemical weapon attacks?
The Ukrainian government and its Western allies have been warning that an increasingly desperate Russian military might resort to chemical warfare for weeks.
13 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions
Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Board over her prior convictions in the United States.
12 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Quebec premier warns Ottawa against unilateral action to protect province’s caribou
Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said Tuesday would be interference in an area of provin…
12 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Quebec’s 2012 election-night shooting ‘unpredictable,’ police witnesses testify
The provincial police officer charged with the personal security of then-premier-designate Pauline Marois during Quebec’s 2012 fatal election shooting testified on …
11 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Trudeau says more needed faster on electric vehicles to help cut greenhouse gases
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted the benefits of the latest federal budget on Monday, highlighting spending on infrastructure for electric vehicles during a vis…
11 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Quebec’s English colleges say they are being targeted by government for their success
Recent amendments to Quebec’s new language bill are targeting English junior colleges because the schools are increasingly popular among non-anglophones, say studen…
11 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Liberal Party national convention to take place in Ottawa in May 2023
Liberals plan to gather for a national convention in Ottawa in the spring of next year.
10 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Australian general election to be held May 21, prime minister says
Australia will hold a general election on May 21, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday, triggering a campaign expected to be fought over cost-of-living pres…
10 Apr 2022 | Politics -
French voters head to the polls for 1st round of presidential election
Polls opened across France Sunday for the first round of the country’s presidential election, where up to 48 million eligible voters will be choosing between 12 can…
10 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Montreal French expats face hours-long wait to vote in France election
French nationals showed up in droves Saturday at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès to cast their ballots in the first round of voting for France’s presidential election.
09 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Pakistan PM Imran Khan ousted after losing no-confidence vote in parliament
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan lost a confidence vote in parliament on Sunday, the speaker of the lower house said, following desertions from coalition partne…
09 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Pierre Poilievre draws huge crowds amid Conservative party leadership race
With 10 days left for candidates to enter the Conservative party leadership race –and 20 before $300,000 worth in fees are due– what’s capturing the attention of th…
09 Apr 2022 | Politics -
2 prime ministers named Trudeau, 2 minority governments — and 2 very different budgets
The predictable story coming out of Thursday’s budget is the partisan contrast between the Conservatives, on the one hand, and the Liberals and their junior partner…
08 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Budget 2022: Liberals will put $15B toward new business investment fund
The Trudeau Liberals are promising to create two new arm’s-length bodies to handle billions in federal funds to prod businesses to invest in themselves.
07 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Patrick Brown is juggling mayoral duties with Conservative leadership bid
Conservative Party leadership hopeful Patrick Brown has not officially stepped back from his mayoral duties almost a month after entering the party’s leadership rac…
07 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Leona Alleslev to announce candidacy for Conservative leadership Wednesday
Former Conservative deputy leader Leona Alleslev is expected to formally declare a bid for the party leadership in Ottawa on Wednesday.
05 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Hong Kong’s Carrie Lam will not seek second term as chief executive
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday she will not run for a second term as chief executive of the global financial hub in a leadership election due to take pl…
04 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Vance’s discharge after guilty plea ‘devastating’ to push for accountability: expert
The decision to grant a conditional discharge to Gen. Jonathan Vance after he pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice marks a “devastating” blow to the push for ac…
03 Apr 2022 | Politics -
As Canada moves towards F-35 fighter jet deal, here’s what you need to know
After more than two decades of debate, the Canadian government appears to finally be moving toward procuring Lockheed Martin’s F-35 fighter jets for the country’s a…
02 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Ex-Wildrose leader Danielle Smith returns to Alberta politics, will vote against Kenney leadership
The machinations wracking Jason Kenney and his party took a new twist Friday with the return of a former leader promising to vote against the Alberta premier in his…
01 Apr 2022 | Politics -
Trudeau announces funds for Iqaluit water system after fuel found twice in six months
Iqaluit is getting $214 million from the federal government to fix its water infrastructure after the Nunavut capital’s water was contaminated with fuel twice in th…
01 Apr 2022 | Politics