Tag Archives: Politics

SASKATOON - Saskatchewan and the RCMP have inked a deal that would see the province fund hundreds more officers if Mounties can recruit to fill those positions. The new commitment will be a game-chang...

NEW YORK (AP) - Workers are entitled to time off and other job accommodations for abortions - along with pregnancy-related medical conditions like miscarriage, stillbirth and lactation - under the Pre...

VANCOUVER - Home sales in British Columbia fell by almost 10 per cent in March compared with the same period last year, in a slowdown an analyst says could be buyers waiting for lower interest rates. ...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - The director of Donald Trump's 2020 presidential campaign in Wisconsin, who pushed allegations of widespread fraud that were ultimately debunked, has been hired to run the Republi...

WINNIPEG - Manitobans will soon be able to apply for rebates for security upgrades at their homes and small businesses. The $300 rebate, announced in the recent provincial budget, will be available fo...

HALIFAX - The president of the Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association says she's keeping an open mind as the province gets ready to create a new volunteer corps. However, Sherry Veinot said ...

EDMONTON - The Alberta government must produce thousands of documents on its attempts to encourage coal mining in the Rocky Mountains after a judge threw out a bid to block their release. In denying t...

OTTAWA - The federal government is doubling its investment to train urban firefighters to battle wildfires - a growing threat to Canada's cities and towns. Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinso...

OTTAWA - Canada is imposing more sanctions on officials in Belarus as the country's exiled opposition leader visits Ottawa. Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly has laid sanctions on 21 people accused...

OTTAWA - As the federal government belatedly laid sanctions Monday against those it blames for perpetuating a year-long civil war in Sudan, the country's former ambassador in Ottawa said Canada can he...