Category: Politics

There was a climactic moment Thursday afternoon as Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced on the Senate floor that President Donald Trump would sign a compromise deal on border-security funding, but would also declare a national emergency to try to build his wall. What happens next will be a test of the mettle of Republicans in […]

If you’re a scholar whose specialty is China, you learn to be careful about criticizing the leaders of the world’s second major power. Yet such self-censorship has grown worse in the past year. Some China scholars are deciding to keep their mouths more or less entirely shut. Others are avoiding travelling to China. Most China […]

About two years ago, Republican congressman Devin Nunes, then the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, went on a “midnight run” to the White House that changed everything. Nunes embarked on the late-night excursion just as the panel he oversaw was opening an investigation into President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia. He then used the […]

More than a year after a report by a B.C. government task force on illegal firearms, several key recommendations have not yet been implemented. Postmedia has learned that forensic testing of some guns used in suspected crimes is not getting done because of a lack of capacity in RCMP forensic labs. And border guards still […]

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos recently accused the National Enquirer of “extortion and blackmail” over private photos of him obtained by the tabloid. In a Medium post, Bezos shared emails from the Enquirer that threaten to publish those photos unless he accedes to their demands. How did a celebrity magazine get into the rough and tumble […]

There were plenty of microphones and video cameras at Svend Robinson’s news conference where he called for the federal Liberal government to expand the eligibility for medically assisted dying to those who give advance consent. Despite 15 years away from Canada and Canadian politics, time doesn’t seem to have changed the veteran New Democrat. His […]

The marathon medicare trial has lurched back to life and plans to sail past its fourth anniversary of somnolent proceedings with a hearty, “Not dead yet!” After another languorous winter holiday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice John Steeves and the flock of lawyers decided this month that the plaintiffs will try to finish their case by […]

What We’re Following Today It’s Thursday, February 14. President Donald Trump plans to sign the congressional deal to avert a government shutdown, but the White House says Trump will “take another executive action—including a national emergency” in order to bypass Congress for border-wall funding. (Here’s a refresher on the legal showdown that might result.) Meanwhile, […]