Lawmaker backs probe on CA bribery allegations

Allegations of bribery in the Commission of Appointments (CA) had been raised after Gina Lopez lost her nomination as Environment Secretary last week. Occidental Mindoro Representative...

Nova Scotia party leaders debate health care on the campaign trail

HALIFAX—As Nova Scotia’s party leaders fanned out across the province Sunday, health care emerged as the top campaign issue. A rally on the downsizing of medical...

Advance voter numbers spike in B.C., but turnout remains same as last election

VANCOUVER – Elections B.C. says the number of people who turned out to vote ahead of election day this year is 70 per cent higher than...

Jobs, affordability remain big issues as B.C. election campaign in home stretch

VANCOUVER – Tuesday marks the end of a bitterly fought election campaign in British Columbia, leaving voters to decide whether the Liberals’ jobs-centred pitch is enough...

Trudeau congratulates France’s president elect Macron on decisive win

OTTAWA – Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has spoken with Emmanuel Macron to congratulate him on his election as the next president of France. The Prime Minister’s...

Centrist Emmanuel Macron becomes France’s youngest president

Tight B.C. election puts vote splitting on agenda in campaign’s final days

NANAIMO, B.C. – British Columbia’s political party leaders have been frantically crisscrossing the province, making their final appeals to voters who might still be swayed before...

B.C. NDP leader John Horgan takes campaign to Liberal heartland in Okanagan

VERNON, B.C. – British Columbia’s New Democrats took their campaign to the Liberal heartland in the province’s Okanagan on Saturday, targeting three ridings held by Liberal...

French nationals cast their ballot in Quebec a day before presidential showdown

MONTREAL – Thousands of French nationals who live in Quebec voted Saturday in their country’s presidential runoff between Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen. Nadia Camus,...

Russia, Iran, Turkey sign on ‘de escalation zones’ in Syria

BEIRUT—Russia, Iran and Turkey agreed to establish “de-escalation zones” in Syria, signing on to a Russian plan under which President Bashar Assad’s air force would halt...