Tag Archives: Politics

OTTAWA - The push by the federal and municipal governments to get staff back in the office has become a key issue in Ottawa's mayoral race ahead of next month's election. Candidate Neil Saravanamuttoo...

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia government has tabled legislation that would increase protections for some workers. The bill tabled by Labour Minister Nolan Young would reduce the overtime threshold from 48...

CALGARY - Calgary city councillor Landon Johnston said Tuesday he is apologetic -- but unrepentant --for recently leaking private budget documents to the media. City councillors, meanwhile, were told ...

EDMONTON - A group of Alberta business leaders is urging voters to choose Canada in next month's secession referendum but admits it's an issue fraught with tension on the front lines. The Business Cou...

CALGARY - Alberta landowners are going to court over what they allege is the provincial energy regulator's failure to properly fund the cleanup of oil and gas sites that have no company legally respon...

Quebecers can expect to see political parties starting to ramp up their activity in the provincial election campaign, according to a pollster. There is less than one month to go before Quebec voters h...

HALIFAX - More than 10,000 people have now signed a petition asking the Nova Scotia government to reinstate a ban on uranium mining in the province. The opposition Liberals and NDP were planning to ta...

OTTAWA - Ottawa's retaliatory tariffs on American goods - a response to the 50 per cent tariffs Washington hit Canada with last month - took effect just after midnight EDT on Tuesday. Here's the lates...

BADDECK - Schools and government offices in parts of Cape Breton are closed after torrential rains destroyed roads and triggered a local state of emergency over the weekend. A slow-moving storm dumped...

OTTAWA - Ottawa joined European nations on Tuesday with a pledge to ban imports of goods produced in Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank. Israel's foreign minister promised unspecified "coun...