Politics

MONTREAL — A welcome sign in the lobby of Montreal's newly renovated city hall depicting a woman wearing a headscarf will be removed in the name of secularism, Montreal's mayor says, following criticism that the image is offensive.

OTTAWA — Former senator Mobina Jaffer says the director of Sudan's intelligence service told her Canadian officials thought Abousfian Abdelrazik was a terrorist, and wanted to find out if the Montreal man was indeed an extremist.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year's election in the battleground state.

MONTREAL — The Parti Québécois says it would lean on robots and automation to replace temporary workers as part of a lengthy proposal to slash immigration to Quebec, claiming its plan is a necessary course correction to ease housing pressure and prot

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans on Monday asked the U.S. Supreme Court for an emergency order in Pennsylvania that could result in thousands of votes not being counted in this year's election in the battleground state.

WASHINGTON (AP) — In today’s fragmented media environment, podcasts have become prized venues for politicians to reach voters. Kamala Harris recently conducted two interviews that were released this week.

WASHINGTON (AP) — With the U.S. presidential election just a week away, the Biden administration is not giving up hope for short-term deals for cease-fires between Israel and Hamas in Gaza and Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon. But U.S.

OTTAWA — A Federal Court hearing got underway Monday to determine whether a group of Black public servants can proceed with a class-action lawsuit alleging discrimination in the federal government.

EDMONTON — A Liberal member of Parliament says he's baffled by the Alberta United Conservative government's response to his private member's bill about pandemic preparedness.

FREDERICTON — A former provincial cabinet minister has been named as interim leader of the Progressive Conservatives in New Brunswick.