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Political | 62 hits | 7:33 PM on Tuesday | posted by Hyack

The Canadian military is looking for an air defence system to protect its VIP aircraft, including the one used by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, from surface-to-air missiles. The downing of Malaysian Airlines jet MH-17 may have given defence officials mor

Political | 78 hits | 6:49 PM on Tuesday | posted by jj2424

First Nations across Canada are divided in their reactions to a federal government act that requires bands to post financial information, including salaries, online. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development says it will "increase accountability in Firs

Political | 65 hits | 11:37 AM on Tuesday | posted by DrCaleb

An internal report to the Alberta government from Auditor General Merwan Saher, obtained exclusively by CBC News, found that “false passengers” were booked on the planes making it possible for former premier Alison Redford to fly alone with her entourage.

Political | 76 hits | 11:05 AM on Monday | posted by DrCaleb

Thérèse Casgrain, a feminist icon and Quebec heroine who died in 1981, has been quietly removed from a national honour, to be replaced by a volunteer award bearing the prime minister's banner.

Political | 124 hits | 4:19 PM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Rep. Curt Clawson mistakes two administration officials for representatives of India.

Political | 94 hits | 4:10 PM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Many in this prosperous city already fear that Hong Kong's future as an open society as well as a semiautonomous part of China is already in jeopardy

Political | 87 hits | 10:27 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

Some taxpayers’ groups say Canada’s employment insurance system is turning into little more than a cash cow for the federal government, a tax disguised as an insurance premium. The latest data on EI and unemployment likely won’t assuage their concerns.

Political | 73 hits | 6:50 AM on Friday | posted by DrCaleb

The Canada Revenue Agency has told a well-known charity that it can no longer try to prevent poverty around the world if it wants to keep its charitable status for tax purposes. It can only alleviate poverty — because preventing poverty might benefit peop

Political | 80 hits | 4:45 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

BRUSSELS — As it pushed efforts to coalesce around tougher sanctions against Russia, the European Union on Thursday was preparing to draw up lists of oligarchs close to President Vladimir V. Putin, working out how it could limit Russian access to European

Political | 82 hits | 3:52 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

'We weren't quite sure yet, so then we hired some municipal lawyers and they went through all the records and they could not come up with anything either'

Political | 74 hits | 12:18 PM on Thursday | posted by DrCaleb

The Canada Revenue Agency has launched a political-activities audit of Pen Canada, a small charity promoting freedom of expression that has criticized the Harper government in the past.

Political | 69 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 | 100 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 | 104 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 | 105 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 | 94 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 | 83 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 | 100 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 | 123 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 | 127 hits | 10:24 AM on Saturday | posted by Goober911

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

Political | 95 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 | 154 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 | 144 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 | 108 hits | 5:12 PM on Thursday | posted by Goober911

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

Political | 116 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 | 104 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 | 107 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 | 128 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 | 95 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 | 110 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 | 104 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 | 91 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 | 160 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 | 120 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 | 93 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 | 97 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 | 114 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 | 116 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 | 99 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 | 109 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 | 94 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 | 104 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 | 94 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 | 96 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 | 69 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 | 104 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 | 75 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 | 96 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 | 77 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 | 81 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.

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