Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations has warned Prime Minister Mark Carney against "abusing" his majority government powers to pass the new major projects bill, which she said ...

WALKERTON - Ontario farmers are looking for help as the cost of diesel hits record levels amid the war in Iran that has disrupted global crude oil shipments. Jesse Kenwell runs a cash crop and cow-cal...

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Avi Lewis says it's "disingenuous" for the government not to use the word privatization to describe its plan to have investors take over operations of Canada's four biggest airport...

TORONTO - A wedding missed. A school semester deferred. The last several months have been marked by misses for people from the Democratic Republic of Congo with ties to Canada. Visa holders from the D...

OTTAWA - Labour leaders are denouncing what they call a direct attack on the right to strike in the sweeping economic bill the Liberal government tabled Monday. The Canadian Labour Congress on Tuesday...

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier David Eby has arrived at Government House in Victoria, amid expectations he will call a snap election. The premier, who is less than two years into his mandate, has called repo...

Amid Canada's aspirations to be a global economic power, a new report from PwC Canada and the Canadian Chamber of Commerce says barriers in key industries are preventing the country from reaching its ...

MONTREAL - With less than two weeks to go in the Quebec election campaign, party leaders are gearing up for a third and final debate that could see Parti Qubcois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon at the...

UNITED NATIONS - U.S. President Donald Trump told the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday he has a choice to make on Iran: negotiate a deal or "annihilate the Islamic Republic." In a wide-rangi...

MONTREAL - A Quebec man found guilty of second-degree murder in the stabbing deaths of his two children is expected to appear today before the Parole Board of Canada. Guy Turcotte is expected to make ...