Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats want a price cap on grocery store staples if the Liberal government can't convince grocers to bring down the prices themselves. For months, the Liberals have been tr...

OTTAWA - The Liberals' pharmacare bill is headed to the Senate after passing third reading in the House of Commons. The bill was the result of careful and lengthy negotiations between the Liberals and...

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The mayors of three British Columbia communities devastated by flooding in November 2021 are calling for changes in how the federal government dispenses disaster relief after their ...

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba cabinet minister is being accused of hiding the fact he has a contract with the provincial government. The Opposition Progressive Conservatives filed a complaint Monday with the ...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez, a New Jersey Democrat who is on trial on federal bribery charges in New York, has filed to run as an independent candidate for reelection. Menendez, 70, ha...

OTTAWA - Soon after they were elected, some Canadian members of Parliament began "wittingly assisting" foreign state actors, says a report released Monday - including sending confidential information ...

VANCOUVER - Twenty-two British Columbia government email inboxes with sensitive personal information on 19 employees may have been accessed during a cyber attack on the province's networks, the minist...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government says it will expand eligibility for the federal dental program to children and people with disabilities on June 27. Citizens' Services Minister Terry Beech says childre...

HALIFAX - A disability rights advocate is raising questions about the Nova Scotia government's assertion Monday that it is making substantial progress in implementing a five-year plan to ensure people...

Two education professors at the University of New Brunswick say the premier's recent push against a sexual health presentation in high schools is at least partly motivated by political aims. Casey Bur...