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Political | 55 hits | 3:08 PM on Wednesday | posted by Goober911

With Albany rocked by a seemingly endless barrage of scandals and arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo set up a high-powered commission last summer to root out corruption in state politics. It was barely two months old when its investigators, hunting for violati

Political | 75 hits | 11:41 AM on Wednesday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Toronto’s election is a dead heat between Olivia Chow, John Tory and Rob Ford, the latest poll suggests,

Political | 98 hits | 5:57 PM on Friday | posted by Goober911

WASHINGTON — President Obama plans to sign an executive order on Monday barring discrimination against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender employees of companies that do federal government work, according to White House officials. But it will not inclu

Political | 96 hits | 6:35 AM on Tuesday | posted by QBall

Olivia Chow’s mayoral rivals — including Mayor Rob Ford — were quick to shoot down her push for a handgun ban Monday.

Political | 92 hits | 7:08 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

An Alberta politician caught trying to buy sex from undercover officers in Minnesota while on a government trip has been allowed back into the Progressive Conservative caucus. Government whip George VanderBurg said Fort McMurray-Wood Buffalo member of the

Political | 80 hits | 4:33 PM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

Egypt's president acknowledged for the first time that the heavy sentences handed down to three Al-Jazeera journalists had a "very negative" impact on his country's reputation, saying he wished they were never put on trial.

Political | 97 hits | 11:23 AM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

The Spratly Islands in the South China Sea are resource rich and claimed by vying countries.

Political | 115 hits | 7:16 AM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

RIFFA, Bahrain — Black and yellow concrete barricades block the roads entering this wealthy Sunni enclave, where foreign-born Sunni soldiers in armored personnel carriers guard the mansions of the ruling family and the business elite. Beyond the enclav

Political | 118 hits | 10:24 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Israelis and Palestinians fear a new intifada as demonstrations move beyond Jerusalem.

Political | 93 hits | 10:14 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

It was a scene inconceivable just a few years ago, when politicians were careful about what they said on the issue, for fear of alienating Cuban-American voters

Political | 144 hits | 9:33 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

While other trade talks occupy a prominent place in the government’s promotional plans, the TPP remains largely hidden from view.

Political | 137 hits | 6:54 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Councillors in Nanaimo, B.C., are fending off a storm of criticism after they pulled the plug on a leadership telecast at the town’s convention centre because its sponsor was linked to anti-gay-marriage activism in the U.S.

Political | 104 hits | 5:12 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

The northern region’s president, Massoud Barzani, calls for a referendum on

Political | 112 hits | 4:15 PM on Thursday | posted by JaredMilne

TORONTO — Rob Ford says he was drinking and using drugs before he became mayor of Toronto and the stress of the job is not what drove him to abuse substances.

Political | 97 hits | 3:56 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

BAGHDAD — The Iraqi prime minister, in an apparent rebuff to his international critics, said Wednesday that finding a political settlement to the differences among the country’s factions was not as important or urgent as fighting extremist Sunni insurgent

Political | 104 hits | 6:27 AM on Thursday | posted by Regina

U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that al-Qaeda is trying to develop a new and improved bomb that could go undetected through airport security.

Political | 123 hits | 5:15 PM on Wednesday | posted by Goober911

DAKAR, Senegal — African leaders have voted to give themselves immunity from prosecution for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in an African human rights court that does not yet exist, angering rights groups and puzzling activists on the co

Political | 90 hits | 4:45 PM on Wednesday | posted by Goober911

Xi’s anti-corruption campaign has gone farther than any in the country’s modern history.

Political | 106 hits | 11:18 AM on Tuesday | posted by Goober911

LONDON — The European Court of Human Rights has upheld a ban imposed by France on the wearing of face-covering veils in public, rejecting arguments that the measure violates religious freedoms and bolstering opponents of strict Islamic dress in other part

Political | 100 hits | 10:34 AM on Tuesday | posted by Goober911

If the Prime Minister isn’t worried about the results of four byelections on Monday, he isn’t paying attention. Canadians seem to have grown accustomed to the Tory attack strategey, and largely ignore it.

Political | 87 hits | 4:44 PM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

Local media reports said 12 targets, including an arms manufacturing site and rocket launchers, were hit.

Political | 153 hits | 3:45 PM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

Tea Party candidate Chris McDaniel was left fuming after Republican incumbent Thad Cochran won the Mississippi primary by recruiting the votes of the state's black population.

Political | 117 hits | 2:48 PM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

Last year’s list, created before Canada’s diplomatic rift with Putin over incursions in Ukraine, does not include Russia — but officials are likely banned this year

Political | 89 hits | 1:15 PM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

A court case to be decided in the coming months will see businesses arguing that English or other languages on websites and signs have no impact on the use of French in the province.

Political | 94 hits | 12:38 PM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

The official use of the term can be traced at least to the 1980s when federal lawmakers set out to remove barriers in the labour market for ‘disadvantaged’ groups

Political | 111 hits | 12:24 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog

Global stuporstar Rob Ford is set to return to Toronto on Monday to take up his duties as the city’s mayor with only four months left in his term and a heated campaign to jump back into before the Oct. 27 municipal election.

Political | 107 hits | 12:37 PM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Trinity-Spadina is considered a bellwether; when the Liberals win it, they tend to form government. When the NDP wins, the Liberals are relegated to opposition

Political | 91 hits | 11:01 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Tony Blair was a widely popular prime minister, but since he left office, he's been assailed by political opponents and former allies, and declared a 'megalomaniac'

Political | 108 hits | 7:34 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Federal Court rules against 1,000 Chinese immigrants millionaires under the now-scrapped immigrant investor program

Political | 93 hits | 2:53 PM on Friday | posted by Goober911

Moldova and others are about to sign the same E.U. agreement that set off the biggest East-West dispute since the Cold War.

Political | 102 hits | 6:40 PM on Thursday | posted by Hyack

The chief of defence staff and the deputy minister of defence are warning the government that cuts to the Canadian Forces budget will affect readiness and capabilities across the military, according to documents obtained through the Access to Information

Political | 92 hits | 3:09 PM on Thursday | posted by N_Fiddledog

The governor hasn't been subpoenaed in the investigation into possibly illegal campaign coordination.

Political | 94 hits | 9:46 AM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

Canada has been warming at roughly double the global average over the last six decades, setting the stage for dramatic changes to the economy, environment and our very way of life. But government and business have been slow to react and Canada still has n

Political | 65 hits | 4:35 PM on Wednesday | posted by Goober911

B.C.’s half-a-million public school students got a two week jump on their holidays, but they could still end up cracking open the books for summer school.

Political | 102 hits | 7:14 AM on Wednesday | posted by Regina

The federal border agency is bowing to privacy concerns by agreeing to slash the amount of time it will keep data on the cross-border movements of Canadians as part of a new security plan.

Political | 73 hits | 4:51 PM on Tuesday | posted by Goober911

Moncton-Riverview-Dieppe MP Robert Goguen is backing away from earlier reports that the federal government will conduct a public inquiry into the fatal shootings of three Moncton Mounties and the wounding of two others. The Conservative MP told CBC New

Political | 94 hits | 4:19 PM on Tuesday | posted by Goober911

Justice Minister Peter MacKay raised eyebrows in his department with two very different tributes to female and male employees for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day this year.

Political | 73 hits | 7:15 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

The government of Canada, on the day that one of its citizens was sentenced to a long prison term in Egypt for the crime of committing journalism, was moved to note that Egyptians are, after all, “progressing toward democracy,” writes Neil Macdonald.

Political | 79 hits | 6:42 AM on Tuesday | posted by Regina

Senate Liberals still aren’t fessing up to how much taxpayers spent on flights for their spouses.

Political | 96 hits | 7:48 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Today, WikiLeaks released the secret draft text for the Trade in Services Agreement (TISA) Financial Services Annex, which covers 50 countries and 68.2%1 of world trade in services. The US and the EU are the main proponents of the agreement, and the autho

Political | 167 hits | 2:02 AM on Monday | posted by Hyack

The Conservative government has agreed to accept new helicopters to replace Canada's 50-year-old fleet of Sea Kings even though they don't meet a key requirement recommended for marine helicopters by Canada's air safety investigator, CBC News has learned.

Political | 103 hits | 10:29 AM on Sunday | posted by Goober911

The suicide of Afghan veteran leaves family in shock and questions about the state of mental health services available for the troops.

Political | 302 hits | 5:23 PM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

MP Lawrence MacAulay is clearly a quick study, and has signalled his willingness to subvert his own deeply-held beliefs to whatever the Liberal party leader orders.

Political | 118 hits | 5:03 PM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

After he was accused of selling his soul to the Ontario Liberals, the head of Canada's largest public sector union fights back against OPSEU boss

Political | 94 hits | 4:27 PM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

One of the oldest and most cynical tricks in the political book is for a government to release damaging information on a busy news day and hope the media are too distracted to notice. That’s exactly what happened Tuesday, when Christy Clark’s Liberals

Political | 89 hits | 6:20 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

The only MP to resign from Stephen Harper's government caucus is more than ever convinced Parliament is broken, but is anyone listening to him?

Political | 82 hits | 5:05 PM on Friday | posted by Goober911

B.C. Education Minister Peter Fassbender says talks between the government and the B.C. teachers' union to settle the strike are "not even close" to a deal, but the union says it's time to bring in a new mediator to reach a deal.

Political | 93 hits | 4:27 PM on Friday | posted by Goober911

Union monopolies cost provincial taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars per year.

Political | 119 hits | 4:48 PM on Thursday | posted by Strutz

Immigration groups are urging the government to take responsibility for sponsoring a minimum of 10,000 Syrian refugees over the next two years. That's 10 per cent of the 100,000 Syrian refugees the UN refugee agency is calling on countries around the worl

Political | 91 hits | 2:30 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

Changes to the way federal transfers to provinces are calculated since the Harper government took power appear to have made Ontario a big loser under equalization programs and Alberta the big winner, according to Canada's budget watchdog.

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