Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Marco Mendicino, a former high-ranking cabinet minister in Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, is the latest Liberal to say he will not run in the next federal election. In a statemen...

A judge is asking the Alberta government to consider developing minimum safety standards for clothing donation bins after three people got stuck trying to get inside and died. Justice Jayme Williams r...

EDMONTON - Two Alberta government ministers are going to Texas to meet with police and justice officials and share ideas and strategies for public safety. The province says Public Safety Minister Mike...

OTTAWA - China is accusing Canada of hypocrisy for criticizing Beijing's human-rights record, pointing to issues faced by Indigenous Peoples. The blowback comes after Ottawa sanctioned eight Chinese o...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew says work is underway on a bill aimed at protecting provincial elections from foreign interference, forged images and videos, and other issues that could unfairly...

CALGARY - A Calgary army reserve officer was killed in an ice-climbing accident in eastern British Columbia over the holidays. Maj. Dave Peabody died while off-duty on Dec. 26 in Kootenay National Par...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is said to be reflecting on his future over the holidays after the resignation of his top cabinet minister, Chrystia Freeland, in mid-December. The bombshell mov...

Nine of the 10 Ontario supervised consumption sites forced to shut down through recent provincial legislation will be converted into treatment hubs over the next several months, the province said Thur...

TORONTO - Altus Group Ltd. says it has closed a deal with tax services and software company Ryan LLC to sell its global property tax business for $700 million. Altus Group chief executive Jim Hannon s...

After recently graduating from college with an advanced diploma in graphic design, Hannah Remillard knows launching her career will likely come with personal challenges. For the 23-year-old, who was d...