Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada is calling for Ottawa to drop the federal tax on gas and diesel fuel for the rest of this year. The Tories say their plan would eliminate the Fuel Excise Tax ...

The Canadian economy is expected to see modest growth this year, but the ongoing war in the Middle East and continued trade uncertainty are among the risks to that projection. Deloitte's spring econom...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday rescinded a rule that DHS expenditures over $100,000 be personally approved by his office, ending a widely criticized policy...

VICTORIA - The provincial government says B.C. now has the most doctors per capita in the country, while its recruitment efforts targeting U.S.-trained health professionals have wooed more than 500 pe...

VICTORIA - Changing British Columbia's Declaration on the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples Act is "non-negotiable" and it will be pushed into law, Premier David Eby said on Wednesday. "We are working with...

EDMONTON - Alberta's teachers union says the government's suggestion that educators don't act with integrity or present issues in a balanced way is offensive. Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides t...

EDMONTON - Alberta's government is proposing changes to give it more oversight of who hires temporary foreign workers. Jobs and Immigration Minister Joseph Schow proposed a bill Wednesday that, if pas...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is paying a U.S. firm to find emergency room physicians south of the border for temporary posts, largely in rural and northern communities. Shared Health, the provin...

HAPPY VALLEY-GOOSE BAY - The federal government says it will spend a record-setting $8 billion on defence-related projects in Newfoundland and Labrador, though planning remains in the early stages. Th...

ST. JOHN'S - Schools were closed in parts of Atlantic Canada on Wednesday as the region faced yet another onslaught of snow, freezing rain and howling winds, prolonging a winter season that has been d...