Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - Throngs of revellers decked out in red and white will make a 1.4-kilometre trek in the July heat from downtown Ottawa to the national Canada Day celebrations, passing by a transit station the...

CALGARY - Calgary's mayor is sticking to opening day of the Stampede as a best-case scenario for the full resumption of water services in the city. But Jyoti Gondek warns that unforeseen problems coul...

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not delve into a dispute between Nova Scotia and its teachers union that stretches back several years. The province's Supreme Court ruled two years ago that a...

OTTAWA - Federal Justice Minister Arif Virani says he isn't going anywhere without a mobile duress alarm in his pocket. He doesn't move around without first informing someone, including when he attend...

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is changing the rules for those who pay a fixed amount of rent for public housing, a move the government says is aimed at achieving fairness and consistency. Housing Minister Joh...

OTTAWA - The Senate has passed a government bill intended to help deter, investigate and punish foreign interference amid concerns the legislation received inadequate scrutiny and could unduly infring...

EDMONTON - Cheryl Oates learned that she needed to lace up a good pair of running shoes to keep up with Alberta NDP Leader Rachel Notley. "When I think about her turning me into a runner, despite the ...

TORONTO - In Beatrice Schneider's seventh grade classroom in Toronto, there are two fans in opposite corners of the room. One of them is broken. When temperatures soar - as they have this week while m...

VICTORIA - A sexual misconduct investigation into a veteran Vancouver police officer who also teaches criminology was spurred by anonymous comments on a social media post, the Office of the Police Com...

WINNIPEG - A political studies professor says the Manitoba NDP's byelection win of a Progressive Conservative stronghold seat shows the Tories are at a low point. Carla Compton won the Winnipeg seat i...