Tories target human trafficking in new campaign

The federal government is partnering with Crime Stoppers to enlist the Canadian public’s help in detecting and reporting signs of potential human trafficking. Public Safety Minister Vic Toews states law ...

Chris Weigant: San Francisco Mime Troupe’s Latest: "POSIBILIDAD, or Death of the Worker"

I am not normally a theatre critic. I should just say that right up front. But on this Labor Day, I thought it would be appropriate to write about a ...

Obama proposes $50B stimulus plan

U.S. President Barack Obama is asking Congress to approve at least $50 billion US in long-term spending on the country’s roads, railways and runways in a preelection effort to show ...

GG-designate visits Queen

David Johnston, Canada’s governor general-designate, paid a visit to Balmoral Castle in Scotland on Sunday for his first official audience with Queen Elizabeth. Queen Elizabeth meets David Johnston, Canada’s governor ...

HST papers wrongly denied, B.C. groups say

Government HST briefing documents from early 2009 were denied to two groups making requests under access-to-information laws. (CBC) A B.C. freedom-of-information advocacy group and the provincial NDP have filed formal ...

Jane White: Work Until You’re Dead? That May Be the Only Option for Many Americans

Many Americans are likely to have to work until they are dead, not as a result of Social Security shortfalls but because of their inadequate 401(k) savings or the fact ...

Northern living costs top Layton’s priorities

NDP leader Jack Layton, left, talks to reporters in Yellowknife on Thursday, as Western Arctic NDP MP Dennis Bevington watches on. (CBC) Federal NDP leader Jack Layton states Canada should ...

Judge Overturns Nebraska Ban On Flag Mutilation, Siding With Westboro Church’s Right To Protest Military Funerals

OMAHA, Neb. — A federal judge overturned Nebraska’s ban on flag mutilation Thursday, clearing the way for Kansas church protesters to continue trampling on the U.S. flag when they protest ...

Free parks passes no federalist plot: PM

Prime Minister Stephen Harper talks to reporters during a transit funding announcement in Kitchener, Ont., on Thursday. Harper states it’s time for the government to begin preparing the transition from ...

Chris Weigant: Obama Poll Watch — August, 2010

  Dog days of August Augusts, to be frank, are not President Obama’s friend. The past month was no different, at least as measured by public opinion polling. Obama was ...